Mūsā عليه السلام · leading people who will not follow
I control none but myself and my brother
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Sūrat Al-Maaida
5:25 - Extent
- Excerpt within the āyah, shown in full ink against dimmed framing.
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ إِلَّا نَفْسِى وَأَخِى فَٱفْرُقْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ
Rabbi ʾinnī lā ʾamliku ʾillā nafsī wa-ʾakhī fafruq baynanā wa-bayna al-qawmi al-fāsiqīna
English · Marmaduke Pickthall He said: My Lord! I have control of none but myself and my brother, so distinguish between us and the wrong-doing folk.
Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır Musa: "Ey Rabbim! Ben, kendimle kardeşimden başkasına söz geçiremiyorum, artık bizimle bu fâsık kavmin arasını ayır" dedi.
When and why it was said
From Sūrat Al-Maaida, 5:25. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
Qurʾān 5:25
Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
He Moses thereupon said ‘My Lord I control none but myself and my brother and I control no one else to be able to force them to obedience. So separate distinguish us from the wicked folk’.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, al-Maḥallī and al-Suyūṭī. Translated by Feras Hamza. altafsir.com