Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Ma'idah Verse 25
Al-Ma'idah [5]: 25 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer
قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّيْ لَآ اَمْلِكُ اِلَّا نَفْسِيْ وَاَخِيْ فَافْرُقْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ الْقَوْمِ الْفٰسِقِيْنَ (المائدة : ٥)
- qāla
- قَالَ
- He said
- rabbi
- رَبِّ
- "O my Lord!
- innī
- إِنِّى
- Indeed, I
- lā
- لَآ
- (do) not
- amliku
- أَمْلِكُ
- (have) power
- illā
- إِلَّا
- except
- nafsī
- نَفْسِى
- (over) myself
- wa-akhī
- وَأَخِىۖ
- and my brother
- fa-uf'ruq
- فَٱفْرُقْ
- so (make a) separation
- baynanā
- بَيْنَنَا
- between us
- wabayna
- وَبَيْنَ
- and between
- l-qawmi
- ٱلْقَوْمِ
- the people"
- l-fāsiqīna
- ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ
- (the) defiantly disobedient"
Transliteration:
Qaala Rabbi innee laaa amliku illaa nafsee wa akhee fafruq bainanaa wa bainal qawmil faasiqeen(QS. al-Māʾidah:25)
English / Sahih Translation:
[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." (QS. Al-Ma'idah, ayah 25)
Mufti Taqi Usmani
He said, “O my Lord, I have no control except over myself and my brother. So, make a distinction between us and the sinning people.”
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Moses pleaded, “My Lord! I have no control over anyone except myself and my brother. So set us apart from the rebellious people.”
Ruwwad Translation Center
He said, “O my Lord, I have no control over anyone except myself and my brother, so separate us from these rebellious people.”
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.'
Abdul Haleem
He said, ‘Lord, I have authority over no one except myself and my brother: judge between the two of us and these disobedient people.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Said he: my Lord control not but myself and my brother, so decide Thou between us and this transgressing people.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He said; "O my Lord! I have power only over myself and my brother; so separate us from this rebellious people!"
Abul Ala Maududi
Thereupon Moses said: 'My Lord! I have control over none but my own self and my brother; so distinguish between us and the transgressing people.'
Ahmed Ali
Said (Moses): "O Lord, I have control over none but myself and my brother; so distinguish between us and these, the wicked people."
Ahmed Raza Khan
Said Moosa, “My Lord! I have no control except over myself and my brother, so keep us separated from the disobedient nation.” (Do not count us among them).
Ali Quli Qarai
He said, ‘My Lord! I have no power over [anyone] except myself and my brother, so part us from the transgressing lot.’
Ali Ünal
He (Moses) said (turning to His Lord with entreaty): "O my Lord! I have power over none except my own self and my brother (Aaron) only; so You judge and separate between us and this transgressing people!"
Amatul Rahman Omar
(Moses) said, `My Lord! surely, I have no control but on myself and my brother (Aaron), therefore bring about separation between us and these disobedient people.´
English Literal
(Moses) said: "My Lord, that I do not own/possess except myself and my brother, so separate between us and between the nation the debauchers ."
Faridul Haque
Said Moosa, “My Lord! I have no control except over myself and my brother, so keep us separated from the disobedient nation.” (Do not count us among them).
Hamid S. Aziz
He (the Lord) said, "Then, verily, this land is forbidden them for forty years; in bewilderment shall they wander about in the earth; so grieve not yourself for these sinful people."
Hilali & Khan
He [Musa (Moses)] said: "O my Lord! I have power only over myself and my brother, so separate us from the people who are the Fasiqun (rebellious and disobedient to Allah)!"
Maulana Mohammad Ali
They said: O Moses, we will never enter it so long as they are in it; go therefore thou and thy Lord and fight; surely here we sit.
Mohammad Habib Shakir
He said: My Lord! Surely I have no control (upon any) but my own self and my brother; therefore make a separation between us and the nation of transgressors.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
He said: My Lord! I have control of none but myself and my brother, so distinguish between us and the wrong-doing folk.
Muhammad Sarwar
(Moses) said, "Lord, I can only speak for myself and my brother; keep us away from the evil-doers".
Qaribullah & Darwish
He said: 'Lord, I have none but myself and my brother. Set a barrier between us and the wicked people'
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
He [Musa] said: "O my Lord! I have power only over myself and my brother, so Ifruq us from the rebellious people!"
Wahiduddin Khan
Moses supplicated, "Lord, I have power over none but myself and my brother; so separate us from the disobedient people."
Talal Itani
He said, “My Lord! I have control only over myself and my brother, so separate between us and between the wicked people.”
Tafsir jalalayn
He, Moses, thereupon, said, `My Lord, I control none but myself and my brother, and I control no one else to be able to force them to obedience. So separate, distinguish, us from the wicked folk'.
Tafseer Ibn Kathir
"O my Lord! I have power only over myself and my brother, so separate us from the rebellious people!"
When the Children of Israel refused to fight, Musa became very angry with them and supplicated to Allah against them,
رَبِّ إِنِّي لا أَمْلِكُ إِلاَّ نَفْسِي وَأَخِي
(O my Lord! I have power only over myself and my brother'), meaning, only I and my brother Harun among them will obey, implement Allah's command and accept the call,
فَافْرُقْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِقِينَ
(So Ifruq us from the rebellious people!).
Al-Awfi reported that Ibn Abbas said,
"Meaning, judge between us and them."
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported similarly from him.
Ad-Dahhak said that the Ayah means,
"Judge and decide between us and them."
Other scholars said that the Ayah means,
"Separate between us and them."
Forbidding the Jews from Entering the Holy Land for Forty Years
Allah said