Quran 28:44 — Al-Qasas, verse 44
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You [Muhammad] were not present on the western side of the mountain when We gave Our command to Moses: you were not there-
وَمَا كُنْتَ بِجَانِبِ الْغَرْبِيِّ إِذْ قَضَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَى الْأَمْرَ وَمَا كُنْتَ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ
wamā kunta bijānibi l-gharbiyi idh qaḍaynā ilā mūsā l-amra wamā kunta mina l-shāhidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Thou wast not upon the western side when We decreed to Moses the commandment, nor wast thou of those witnessing;
- Muhammad Asad
- NOW [as for thee, O Muhammad,] thou wert not present on the sunset slope [of Mount Sinai] when We imposed the Law upon Moses, nor wert thou among those who witnessed [his times]:
- Sahih International
- And you, [O Muḥammad], were not on the western side [of the mount] when We revealed to Moses the command, and you were not among the witnesses [to that].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | كُنتَkunta | you were | كون |
| 3 | بِجَانِبِbijānibi | on (the) side | جنب |
| 4 | ٱلْغَرْبِىِّl-gharbiyi | western | غرب |
| 5 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 6 | قَضَيْنَآqaḍaynā | We decreed | قضي |
| 7 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 8 | مُوسَىmūsā | Musa | — |
| 9 | ٱلْأَمْرَl-amra | the Commandment | أمر |
| 10 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 11 | كُنتَkunta | you were | كون |
| 12 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 13 | ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīna | the witnesses | شهد |