Surah Ash-Shu'ara (الشعراء) • The Poets

Quran 26:21

26:21

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

fafarartu minkum lammā khif'tukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥuk'man wajaʿalanī mina l-mur'salīna

So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophet hood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.

— Saheeh International

and I fled from you in fear; later my Lord gave me wisdom and made me one of His messengers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"So I fled from you when I feared you. But my Lord has granted me Hukm (i.e. religious knowledge, right judgement of the affairs and Prophethood), and made me one of the Messengers.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَفَرَرْتُfafarartuSo I fled
مِنكُمْminkumfrom you
لَمَّاlammāwhen
خِفْتُكُمْkhif'tukumI feared you
فَوَهَبَfawahabaBut granted
لِىlīto me
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
حُكْمًۭاḥuk'manjudgment
وَجَعَلَنِىwajaʿalanīand made me
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers