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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 144

سورة الأعراف، الآية ١٤٤

7:144 Juz 9 Hizb 17 Page 168 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:144

قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بِرِسَٰلَٰتِى وَبِكَلَٰمِى فَخُذْ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ۝١٤٤

Transliteration

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

Translation

[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."

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Verse 144 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:144), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 168 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 144

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah told Moses: 'O Moses, I have chosen you and preferred you over other people through the message which I have sent you with, and by My speaking to you directly. Take then the great honour which I have given you, and be among those who are thankful to Allah for such a great gift.'

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Other translations of verse 144

He said, “O Moses, I have chosen you above other people, by giving you My messages and speaking to you. So hold fast to what I have given you, and be of those who are grateful.”

(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."

He said: O Moses! I have preferred thee above mankind by My messages and by My speaking (unto thee). So hold that which I have given thee, and be among the thankful.

(Allah) said: "O Moses! I have chosen thee above (other) men, by the mission I (have given thee) and the words I (have spoken to thee): take then the (revelation) which I give thee, and be of those who give thanks."

He said: O Musa! surely I have chosen you above the people with My messages and with My words, therefore take hold of what I give to you and be of the grateful ones.

Said He, "O Musa! Surely I have elected you above mankind for My Messages and for My Words (to you); so take what I have brought you, and be of the thankful.".

Verse 144 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ yāmūsā O Musa
  3. إِنِّى innī Indeed, I
  4. ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَ iṣ'ṭafaytuka have chosen you ص ف و
  5. عَلَى ʿalā over
  6. ٱلنَّاسِ l-nāsi the people أ ن س
  7. بِرِسَٰلَٰتِى birisālātī with My Messages ر س ل
  8. وَبِكَلَٰمِى wabikalāmī and with My words ك ل م
  9. فَخُذْ fakhudh So take أ خ ذ
  10. مَآ mā what
  11. ءَاتَيْتُكَ ātaytuka I have given you أ ت ي
  12. وَكُن wakun and be ك و ن
  13. مِّنَ mina among
  14. ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ l-shākirīna the grateful ش ك ر

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