Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 25 (5:25)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ إِلَّا نَفْسِى وَأَخِى ۖ فَٱفْرُقْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ …

Quran 5:25 is ayah 25 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 112 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:25
قَالَرَبِّإِنِّىلَآأَمْلِكُإِلَّانَفْسِىوَأَخِى ۖفَٱفْرُقْبَيْنَنَاوَبَيْنَٱلْقَوْمِٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ٢٥
qāla rabbi innī lā amliku illā nafsī wa-akhī fa-uf'ruq baynanā wabayna l-qawmi l-fāsiqīna

[Moses] said, "My Lord, indeed I do not possess [i.e., control] except myself and my brother, so part us from the defiantly disobedient people."(25)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. رَبِّrabbiO my Lord
  3. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
  4. لَآlā(do) not
  5. أَمْلِكُamliku(have) power
  6. إِلَّاillāexcept
  7. نَفْسِىnafsī(over) myself
  8. وَأَخِى ۖwa-akhīand my brother
  9. فَٱفْرُقْfa-uf'ruqso (make a) separation
  10. بَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween us
  11. وَبَيْنَwabaynaand between
  12. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
  13. ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīna(the) defiantly disobedient

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