Quran 7:142 — Al-A'raaf, verse 142
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We appointed thirty nights for Moses, then added ten more: the term set by his Lord was completed in forty nights. Moses said to his brother Aaron, ‘Take my place among my people: act rightly and do not follow the way of those who spread corruption.’
وَوَاعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَاثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَاهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ مِيقَاتُ رَبِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ۚ وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَخِيهِ هَارُونَ اخْلُفْنِي فِي قَوْمِي وَأَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ
wawāʿadnā mūsā thalāthīna laylatan wa-atmamnāhā biʿashrin fatamma mīqātu rabbihi arbaʿīna laylatan waqāla mūsā li-akhīhi hārūna ukh'luf'nī fī qawmī wa-aṣliḥ walā tattabiʿ sabīla l-muf'sidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We appointed with Moses thirty nights and We completed them with ten, so the appointed time of his Lord was forty nights; and Moses said to his brother Aaron, 'Be my successor among my people, and put things right, and do not follow the way of the workers of corruption.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [then] We appointed for Moses thirty nights [on Mount Sinai]; and We added to them ten, whereby the term of forty nights set bye, his Sustainer was fulfilled. And Moses said unto his brother Aaron: "Take thou my place among my people; and act righteously, and follow not the path of the spreaders of corruption."
- Sahih International
- And We made an appointment with Moses for thirty nights and perfected them by [the addition of] ten; so the term of his Lord was completed as forty nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron, "Take my place among my people, do right [by them], and do not follow the way of the corrupters."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَوَٰعَدْنَاwawāʿadnā | And We appointed | وعد |
| 2 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | (for) Musa | — |
| 3 | ثَلَـٰثِينَthalāthīna | thirty | ثلث |
| 4 | لَيْلَةًۭlaylatan | nights | ليل |
| 5 | وَأَتْمَمْنَـٰهَاwa-atmamnāhā | and We completed them | تمم |
| 6 | بِعَشْرٍۢbiʿashrin | with ten (more) | عشر |
| 7 | فَتَمَّfatamma | so was completed | تمم |
| 8 | مِيقَـٰتُmīqātu | (the) set term | وقت |
| 9 | رَبِّهِۦٓrabbihi | (of) his Lord | ربب |
| 10 | أَرْبَعِينَarbaʿīna | (of) forty | ربع |
| 11 | لَيْلَةًۭ ۚlaylatan | night(s) | ليل |
| 12 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And said | قول |
| 13 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |
| 14 | لِأَخِيهِli-akhīhi | to his brother | أخو |
| 15 | هَـٰرُونَhārūna | Harun | — |
| 16 | ٱخْلُفْنِىukh'luf'nī | Take my place | خلف |
| 17 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 18 | قَوْمِىqawmī | my people | قوم |
| 19 | وَأَصْلِحْwa-aṣliḥ | and do right | صلح |
| 20 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 21 | تَتَّبِعْtattabiʿ | follow | تبع |
| 22 | سَبِيلَsabīla | (the) way | سبل |
| 23 | ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīna | (of) the corrupters | فسد |