Quran 5:20 — Al-Maaida, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Moses said to his people, ‘My people, remember God’s blessing on you: how He raised prophets among you and appointed kings for you and gave you what he had not given to any other people.
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ يَا قَوْمِ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَعَلَ فِيكُمْ أَنْبِيَاءَ وَجَعَلَكُمْ مُلُوكًا وَآتَاكُمْ مَا لَمْ يُؤْتِ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ
wa-idh qāla mūsā liqawmihi yāqawmi udh'kurū niʿ'mata l-lahi ʿalaykum idh jaʿala fīkum anbiyāa wajaʿalakum mulūkan waātākum mā lam yu'ti aḥadan mina l-ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when Moses said to his people, 'O my people, remember God's blessing upon you, when He appointed among you Prophets, and appointed you kings, and gave you such as He had not given to any being.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND, LO, Moses said unto his people:" O my people! Remember the blessings which God bestowed upon you when he raised up prophets among you, and made you your own masters, and granted unto you [favours] such as He had not granted to anyone else in the world.
- Sahih International
- And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember the favor of Allāh upon you when He appointed among you prophets and made you possessors and gave you that which He had not given anyone among the worlds.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | قَالَqāla | said | قول |
| 3 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | لِقَوْمِهِۦliqawmihi | to his people | قوم |
| 5 | يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi | O my people | قوم |
| 6 | ٱذْكُرُوا۟udh'kurū | remember | ذكر |
| 7 | نِعْمَةَniʿ'mata | (the) Favor | نعم |
| 8 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 9 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 10 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 11 | جَعَلَjaʿala | He placed | جعل |
| 12 | فِيكُمْfīkum | among you | — |
| 13 | أَنۢبِيَآءَanbiyāa | Prophets | نبأ |
| 14 | وَجَعَلَكُمwajaʿalakum | and made you | جعل |
| 15 | مُّلُوكًۭاmulūkan | kings | ملك |
| 16 | وَءَاتَىٰكُمwaātākum | and He gave you | أتي |
| 17 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 18 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 19 | يُؤْتِyu'ti | He (had) given | أتي |
| 20 | أَحَدًۭاaḥadan | (to) anyone | أحد |
| 21 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 22 | ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna | the worlds | علم |