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

Quran 7:144

7:144

قَالَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بِرِسَـٰلَـٰتِى وَبِكَلَـٰمِى فَخُذْ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ

qāla yāmūsā innī iṣ'ṭafaytuka ʿalā l-nāsi birisālātī wabikalāmī fakhudh mā ātaytuka wakun mina l-shākirīna

[Allāh] said, "O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My words [to you]. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful."

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘Moses, I have raised you above other people by [giving you] My messages and speaking to you: hold on to what I have given you; be one of those who give thanks.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(Allâh) said: "O Mûsâ (Moses) I have chosen you above men by My Messages, and by My speaking (to you). So hold that which I have given you and be of the grateful."

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَiṣ'ṭafaytukahave chosen you
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
بِرِسَـٰلَـٰتِىbirisālātīwith My Messages
وَبِكَلَـٰمِىwabikalāmīand with My words
فَخُذْfakhudhSo take
مَآmāwhat
ءَاتَيْتُكَātaytukaI have given you
وَكُنwakunand be
مِّنَminaamong
ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَl-shākirīnathe grateful