Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:142

7:142

۞ وَوَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَـٰثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَـٰهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ مِيقَـٰتُ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ۚ وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَخِيهِ هَـٰرُونَ ٱخْلُفْنِى فِى قَوْمِى وَأَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

wawāʿadnā mūsā thalāthīna laylatan wa-atmamnāhā biʿashrin fatamma mīqātu rabbihi arbaʿīna laylatan waqāla mūsā li-akhīhi hārūna ukh'luf'nī fī qawmī wa-aṣliḥ walā tattabiʿ sabīla l-muf'sidīna

And We made an appointment with Moses for thirty nights and perfected them by [the addition of] ten; so the term of his Lord was completed as forty nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron, "Take my place among my people, do right [by them], and do not follow the way of the corrupters."

— Saheeh International

We appointed thirty nights for Moses, then added ten more: the term set by his Lord was completed in forty nights. Moses said to his brother Aaron, ‘Take my place among my people: act rightly and do not follow the way of those who spread corruption.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We appointed for Mûsâ (Moses) thirty nights and added (to the period) ten (more), and he completed the term, appointed by his Lord, of forty nights. And Mûsâ (Moses) said to his brother Hârûn (Aaron): "Replace me among my people, act in the Right Way (by ordering the people to obey Allâh and to worship Him Alone) and follow not the way of the Mufsidûn (mischief-makers)."

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

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۞ وَوَٰعَدْنَاwawāʿadnāAnd We appointed
مُوسَىٰmūsā(for) Musa
ثَلَـٰثِينَthalāthīnathirty
لَيْلَةًۭlaylatannights
وَأَتْمَمْنَـٰهَاwa-atmamnāhāand We completed them
بِعَشْرٍۢbiʿashrinwith ten (more)
فَتَمَّfatammaso was completed
مِيقَـٰتُmīqātu(the) set term
رَبِّهِۦٓrabbihi(of) his Lord
أَرْبَعِينَarbaʿīna(of) forty
لَيْلَةًۭۚlaylatannight(s)
وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
لِأَخِيهِli-akhīhito his brother
هَـٰرُونَhārūnaHarun
ٱخْلُفْنِىukh'luf'nīTake my place
فِىfīin
قَوْمِىqawmīmy people
وَأَصْلِحْwa-aṣliḥand do right
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَتَّبِعْtattabiʿfollow
سَبِيلَsabīla(the) way
ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīna(of) the corrupters