Quran 7:144 — Al-A'raaf, verse 144
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘Moses, I have raised you above other people by [giving you] My messages and speaking to you: hold on to what I have given you; be one of those who give thanks.’
قَالَ يَا مُوسَىٰ إِنِّي اصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِرِسَالَاتِي وَبِكَلَامِي فَخُذْ مَا آتَيْتُكَ وَكُنْ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ
qāla yāmūsā innī iṣ'ṭafaytuka ʿalā l-nāsi birisālātī wabikalāmī fakhudh mā ātaytuka wakun mina l-shākirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said He, 'Moses, I have chosen thee above all men for My Messages and My Utterance; take what I have given thee, and be of the thankful.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [God]: "O Moses! Behold, I have raised thee above all people by virtue of the messages which I have entrusted to thee, and by virtue of My speaking [unto thee]: hold fast, therefore, unto what I have vouchsafed thee, and be among the grateful!"
- Sahih International
- [Allāh] said, "O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My words [to you]. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsā | O Musa | — |
| 3 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 4 | ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَiṣ'ṭafaytuka | have chosen you | صفو |
| 5 | عَلَىʿalā | over | — |
| 6 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the people | نوس |
| 7 | بِرِسَـٰلَـٰتِىbirisālātī | with My Messages | رسل |
| 8 | وَبِكَلَـٰمِىwabikalāmī | and with My words | كلم |
| 9 | فَخُذْfakhudh | So take | أخذ |
| 10 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 11 | ءَاتَيْتُكَātaytuka | I have given you | أتي |
| 12 | وَكُنwakun | and be | كون |
| 13 | مِّنَmina | among | — |
| 14 | ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَl-shākirīna | the grateful | شكر |