Quran 5:28 — Al-Maaida, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you raise your hand to kill me, I will not raise mine to kill you. I fear God, the Lord of all worlds,
لَئِنْ بَسَطْتَ إِلَيَّ يَدَكَ لِتَقْتُلَنِي مَا أَنَا بِبَاسِطٍ يَدِيَ إِلَيْكَ لِأَقْتُلَكَ ۖ إِنِّي أَخَافُ اللَّهَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ
la-in basaṭta ilayya yadaka litaqtulanī mā anā bibāsiṭin yadiya ilayka li-aqtulaka innī akhāfu l-laha rabba l-ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'Yet if thou stretchest out thy hand against me, to slay me, I will not stretch out my hand against thee, to slay thee; I fear God, the Lord of all Being.
- Muhammad Asad
- Even if thou lay thy hand on me to slay me, I shall not lay my hand on thee to slay thee: behold, I fear God, the Sustainer of all the worlds.
- Sahih International
- If you should raise your hand toward me to kill me - I shall not raise my hand toward you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allāh, Lord of the worlds.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَئِنۢla-in | If | — |
| 2 | بَسَطتَbasaṭta | you stretch | بسط |
| 3 | إِلَىَّilayya | towards me | — |
| 4 | يَدَكَyadaka | your hand | يدي |
| 5 | لِتَقْتُلَنِىlitaqtulanī | to kill me | قتل |
| 6 | مَآmā | not | — |
| 7 | أَنَا۠anā | will I | — |
| 8 | بِبَاسِطٍۢbibāsiṭin | stretch | بسط |
| 9 | يَدِىَyadiya | my hand | يدي |
| 10 | إِلَيْكَilayka | towards you | — |
| 11 | لِأَقْتُلَكَ ۖli-aqtulaka | to kill you | قتل |
| 12 | إِنِّىٓinnī | indeed I | — |
| 13 | أَخَافُakhāfu | fear | خوف |
| 14 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 15 | رَبَّrabba | (the) Lord | ربب |
| 16 | ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna | (of) the worlds | علم |