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Surah Al-Isra, Verse 2

سورة الإسراء، الآية ٢

17:2 Juz 15 Hizb 29 Page 282 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 17:2

وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن دُونِى وَكِيلًا ۝٢

Transliteration

waātaynā mūsā l-kitāba wajaʿalnāhu hudan libanī is'rāīla allā tattakhidhū min dūnī wakīlan

Translation

And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,726

Notes

[726] i.e., trust in Allāh, knowing that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) is responsible for every occurrence.

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Verse 2 of Surah Al-Isra (17:2), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 282 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 2

Al-Mukhtasar

I gave Moses (peace be upon him) the Torah and I made it a guide and manual for the Israelites. I said to the Israelites: Do not take besides me any guardian to whom you entrust your affairs. Rather, place your reliance in Me alone.

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Other translations of verse 2

We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guide for the Children of Israel, “Do not take besides Me anyone as a Disposer of Affairs1.

Notes

[1] i.e., rely upon none except Allah, for He alone is the Disposer of Affairs of the whole universe.

And We gave Mûsâ (Moses) the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel (saying): "Take none other than Me as (your) Wakîl (Protector, Lord or Disposer of your affairs).

We gave unto Moses the Scripture, and We appointed it a guidance for the children of Israel, saying: Choose no guardian beside Me.

We gave Moses the Book, and made it a Guide to the Children of Israel, (commanding): "Take not other than Me as Disposer of (your) affairs."

And We gave Musa the Book and made it a guidance to the children of Israel, saying: Do not take a protector besides Me;

And We brought Musa (Moses) the Book and We made it a guidance to the Seeds (Or: Sons) of Israel) (saying), "Do not take to yourselves any trustee apart from Me."

Verse 2 word by word

  1. وَءَاتَيْنَا waātaynā And We gave أ ت ي
  2. مُوسَى mūsā Musa
  3. ٱلْكِتَٰبَ l-kitāba the Book ك ت ب
  4. وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ wajaʿalnāhu and made it ج ع ل
  5. هُدًى hudan a guidance ه د ي
  6. لِّبَنِىٓ libanī for the Children ب ن ي
  7. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ is'rāīla (of) Israel
  8. أَلَّا allā That not
  9. تَتَّخِذُوا۟ tattakhidhū you take أ خ ذ
  10. مِن min other than Me
  11. دُونِى dūnī other than Me د و ن
  12. وَكِيلًا wakīlan (as) a Disposer of affairs و ك ل

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  • As-Saf 61:8

    يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِـُٔوا۟ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَٱللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

    They want to extinguish the light of Allāh with their mouths, but Allāh will perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.

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  • As-Sajdah 32:23

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَلَا تَكُن فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّن لِّقَآئِهِۦ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture, so do not be in doubt over his meeting. And We made it [i.e., the Torah] guidance for the Children of Israel.

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