Quran 5:25 — Al-Maaida, verse 25
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘Lord, I have authority over no one except myself and my brother: judge between the two of us and these disobedient people.’
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي لَا أَمْلِكُ إِلَّا نَفْسِي وَأَخِي ۖ فَافْرُقْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِقِينَ
qāla rabbi innī lā amliku illā nafsī wa-akhī fa-uf'ruq baynanā wabayna l-qawmi l-fāsiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'O my Lord, I rule no one except myself and my brother. So do Thou divide between us and the people of the ungodly.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Prayed [Moses]: "O my Sustainer! Of none am I master but of myself and my brother [Aaron]: draw Thou, then, a dividing-line between us and these iniquitous folk!"
- Sahih International
- [Moses] said, "My Lord, indeed I do not possess [i.e., control] except myself and my brother, so part us from the defiantly disobedient people."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | رَبِّrabbi | O my Lord | ربب |
| 3 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 4 | لَآlā | (do) not | — |
| 5 | أَمْلِكُamliku | (have) power | ملك |
| 6 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 7 | نَفْسِىnafsī | (over) myself | نفس |
| 8 | وَأَخِى ۖwa-akhī | and my brother | أخو |
| 9 | فَٱفْرُقْfa-uf'ruq | so (make a) separation | فرق |
| 10 | بَيْنَنَاbaynanā | between us | بين |
| 11 | وَبَيْنَwabayna | and between | بين |
| 12 | ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi | the people | قوم |
| 13 | ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīna | (the) defiantly disobedient | فسق |