Surah Al-Isra 17:2 — translation and meaning
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وَآتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا مِن دُونِي وَكِيلًا
Word by Word
وَآتَيْنَا
waatayna
And We gave
مُوسَى
musa
Musa
الْكِتَابَ
al-kitaba
the Book
وَجَعَلْنَاهُ
waja'alnahu
and made it
هُدًى
hudan
a guidance
لِّبَنِي
libani
for the Children
إِسْرَائِيلَ
is'raila
(of) Israel
أَلَّا
alla
That not
تَتَّخِذُوا
tattakhidhu
you take
مِن
min
other than Me
دُونِي
duni
other than Me
وَكِيلًا
wakilan
(as) a Disposer of affairs
Transliteration
Wa aatainaa Moosal-Kitaaba wa ja'alnaahu hudal-liBaneee Israaa'eel;
Translation
And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
I gave Moses (peace be upon him) the Torah and I made it a guide and manual for the Israelites. I said to the Israelites: Do not take besides me any guardian to whom you entrust your affairs. Rather, place your reliance in Me alone.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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