Al-Qur'an Surah Ghafir Verse 53

Mufti Taqi Usmani

We gave Guidance to Mūsā, while We made the children of Isrā’īl inherit the Book -

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And indeed, We gave Moses ˹true˺ guidance, and made the Children of Israel inherit the Scripture—

Ruwwad Translation Center

We gave Moses guidance, and made the Children of Israel inherit the Scripture,

A. J. Arberry

We also gave Moses the guidance, and We bequeathed upon the Children of Israel the Book

Abdul Haleem

We gave Moses guidance and passed down the Scripture to the Children of Israel,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And assuredly We vouchsafed Unto Musa the guidance, and We caused the Children of Isra'il to inherit the Book.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We did aforetime give Moses the (Book of) Guidance, and We gave the book in inheritance to the Children of Israel,-

Abul Ala Maududi

We surely guided Moses and made the Children of Israel the heirs of the Book

Ahmed Ali

Verily We showed Moses the way, and bequeathed the Book to the children of Israel,

Ahmed Raza Khan

And indeed We gave Moosa the guidance, and bequeathed the Book to the Descendants of Israel.

Ali Quli Qarai

Certainly We gave guidance to Moses and We gave the Children of Israel the Book as a legacy,

Ali Ünal

Most certainly We did grant to Moses the guidance, and We made the Children of Israel inheritors of the Book (after Moses),

Amatul Rahman Omar

And indeed We gave Moses (Our) guidance and made the Children of Israel inherit the Scripture.

English Literal

And We had (E) given Moses the guidance, and We made Israel`s sons and daughters inherit The Book .

Faridul Haque

And indeed We gave Moosa the guidance, and bequeathed the Book to the Descendants of Israel.

Hamid S. Aziz

And certainly We gave Moses the guidance, and We caused the children of Israel to inherit the Book,

Hilali & Khan

And, indeed We gave Musa (Moses) the guidance, and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit the Scripture [i.e. the Taurat (Torah)],

Maulana Mohammad Ali

The day on which their excuse will not benefit the unjust, and for them is a curse and for them is the evil abode.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And certainly We gave Musa the guidance, and We made the children of Israel inherit the Book,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And We verily gave Moses the guidance, and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit the Scripture,

Muhammad Sarwar

To Moses We had given guidance and to the children of Israel We had given the Book

Qaribullah & Darwish

We gave Moses the Guidance and bequeathed upon the Children of Israel the Book

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And, indeed We gave Musa the guidance, and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit the Scripture --

Wahiduddin Khan

We gave Moses Our guidance, and made the Children of Israel the inheritors of the Book --

Talal Itani

We gave Moses guidance, and made the Children of Israel inherit the Scripture.

Tafsir jalalayn

And verily We gave Moses the guidance, the Torah and miracles, and We made the Children of Israel, after Moses, heirs to the scripture, the Torah,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَلَقَدْ اتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْهُدَى

And, indeed We gave Musa the guidance.

means, the guidance and light with which Allah sent him.

وَأَوْرَثْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَايِيلَ الْكِتَابَ



and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit the Scripture.

means, `We caused them to prevail in the end and they inherited the land and accumulated wealth of Fir`awn, because of their patience in obeying Allah and following His Messenger Musa.'

The Scripture which they inherited, the Tawrah, was

هُدًى وَذِكْرَى لاُِولِي الاَْلْبَابِ