Surah Al-Ma'ida 5:25 — translation and meaning
المائدة · Verse 25 / 120 · Page 112
ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي لَا أَمْلِكُ إِلَّا نَفْسِي وَأَخِي فَافْرُقْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِقِينَ
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ۖ
قَالَ
qala
He said
رَبِّ
rabbi
O my Lord
إِنِّي
inni
Indeed, I
لَا
la
(do) not
أَمْلِكُ
amliku
(have) power
إِلَّا
illa
except
نَفْسِي
nafsi
(over) myself
وَأَخِي
wa-akhi
and my brother
فَافْرُقْ
fa-uf'ruq
so (make a) separation
بَيْنَنَا
baynana
between us
وَبَيْنَ
wabayna
and between
الْقَوْمِ
al-qawmi
the people
الْفَاسِقِينَ
al-fasiqina
(the) defiantly disobedient
Transliteration
Qaala Rabbi innee laaa amliku illaa nafsee wa akhee fafruq bainanaa wa bainal qawmil faasiqeen
Translation
[Moses] said, "My Lord, indeed I do not possess except myself and my brother, so part us from the defiantly disobedient people."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Moses said to his Lord, ‘O Lord, I have no authority over anyone besides myself and my brother, Aaron. So separate us from those who do not obey You and Your messenger’.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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