Quran 28:43 — Al-Qasas, verse 43
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
After We had destroyed the earlier generations, We gave Moses the Scripture to provide insight, guidance, and mercy for people, so that they might take heed.
وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ الْأُولَىٰ بَصَائِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba min baʿdi mā ahlaknā l-qurūna l-ūlā baṣāira lilnnāsi wahudan waraḥmatan laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We gave Moses the Book, after that We had destroyed the former generations, to be examples and a guidance and a mercy, that haply so they might remember.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [then,] indeed, after We had destroyed those earlier generations [of sinners], We vouchsafed unto Moses [Our] revelation as a means of insight for men, and as a guidance and grace, so that they might bethink themselves [of Us].
- Sahih International
- And We gave Moses the Scripture, after We had destroyed the former generations, as enlightenment for the people and guidance and mercy that they might be reminded.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And verily | — |
| 2 | ءَاتَيْنَاātaynā | We gave | أتي |
| 3 | مُوسَىmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Scripture | كتب |
| 5 | مِنۢmin | after [what] | — |
| 6 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after [what] | بعد |
| 7 | مَآmā | after [what] | — |
| 8 | أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknā | We had destroyed | هلك |
| 9 | ٱلْقُرُونَl-qurūna | the generations | قرن |
| 10 | ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlā | former | أول |
| 11 | بَصَآئِرَbaṣāira | (as) an enlightenment | بصر |
| 12 | لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | for the mankind | نوس |
| 13 | وَهُدًۭىwahudan | and a guidance | هدي |
| 14 | وَرَحْمَةًۭwaraḥmatan | and mercy | رحم |
| 15 | لَّعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | that they may | — |
| 16 | يَتَذَكَّرُونَyatadhakkarūna | remember | ذكر |