Quran 28:35 — Al-Qasas, verse 35
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God said, ‘We shall strengthen you through your brother; We shall give you both power so that they cannot touch you. With Our signs you, and those who follow you, will triumph.’
قَالَ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَ وَنَجْعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلْطَانًا فَلَا يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُمَا ۚ بِآيَاتِنَا أَنْتُمَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَكُمَا الْغَالِبُونَ
qāla sanashuddu ʿaḍudaka bi-akhīka wanajʿalu lakumā sul'ṭānan falā yaṣilūna ilaykumā biāyātinā antumā wamani ittabaʿakumā l-ghālibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said He, 'We will strengthen thy arm by means of thy brother, and We shall appoint. to you an authority, so that they shall not reach you because of Our signs; you, and whoso follows you, shall be the victors.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said He: “We shall strengthen thine arm through thy brother, and endow both of you with power, so that they will not be able to touch you: by virtue of Our messages shall you two, and all who follow you, prevail!”
- Sahih International
- [Allāh] said, "We will strengthen your arm through your brother and grant you both supremacy so they will not reach you. [It will be] through Our signs; you and those who follow you will be the predominant."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | سَنَشُدُّsanashuddu | We will strengthen | شدد |
| 3 | عَضُدَكَʿaḍudaka | your arm | عضد |
| 4 | بِأَخِيكَbi-akhīka | through your brother | أخو |
| 5 | وَنَجْعَلُwanajʿalu | and We will make | جعل |
| 6 | لَكُمَاlakumā | for both of you | — |
| 7 | سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānan | an authority | سلط |
| 8 | فَلَاfalā | so not | — |
| 9 | يَصِلُونَyaṣilūna | they will reach | وصل |
| 10 | إِلَيْكُمَا ۚilaykumā | to both of you | — |
| 11 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātinā | Through Our Signs | أيي |
| 12 | أَنتُمَاantumā | you two | — |
| 13 | وَمَنِwamani | and (those) who | — |
| 14 | ٱتَّبَعَكُمَاittabaʿakumā | follow you | تبع |
| 15 | ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَl-ghālibūna | (will) be the dominant | غلب |