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Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 34

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28:34 Juz 20 Hizb 39 Page 389 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 28:34

وَأَخِى هَٰرُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّى لِسَانًا فَأَرْسِلْهُ مَعِىَ رِدْءًا يُصَدِّقُنِىٓ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ۝٣٤

Transliteration

wa-akhī hārūnu huwa afṣaḥu minnī lisānan fa-arsil'hu maʿiya rid'an yuṣaddiqunī innī akhāfu an yukadhibūni

Translation

And my brother Aaron is more fluent than me in tongue, so send him with me as support, verifying me. Indeed, I fear that they will deny me."

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Verse 34 of Surah Al-Qasas (28:34), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 389 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 34

Al-Mukhtasar

And my brother Aaron speaks with more clarity than I do, so send him with me as my aide. I fear Pharaoh and his people will reject me, just as it is common for nations passed to reject the Messengers that were sent to them.

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Other translations of verse 34

My brother Aaron is more eloquent than me in speech, so send him with me as a helper to confirm my words, for I fear that they may reject me.”

"And my brother Hârûn (Aaron) - he is more eloquent in speech than me: so send him with me as a helper to confirm me. Verily I fear that they will belie me."

My brother Aaron is more eloquent than me in speech. Therefor send him with me as a helper to confirm me. Lo! I fear that they will give the lie to me.

"And my brother Aaron - He is more eloquent in speech than I: so send him with me as a helper, to confirm (and strengthen) me: for I fear that they may accuse me of falsehood."

And my brother, Haroun, he is more eloquent of tongue than I, therefore send him with me as an aider, verifying me: surely I fear that they would reject me.

And my brother (is) Harun; (Aaron) he is more eloquent than I (am) in speech; (Literally: in tongue= regarding his tongue) so send him with me as an auxiliary to sincerely confirm me in (my speech). Surely I fear they will cry me lies."

Verse 34 word by word

  1. وَأَخِى wa-akhī And my brother أ خ و
  2. هَٰرُونُ hārūnu Harun
  3. هُوَ huwa he
  4. أَفْصَحُ afṣaḥu (is) more eloquent ف ص ح
  5. مِنِّى minnī than me
  6. لِسَانًا lisānan (in) speech ل س ن
  7. فَأَرْسِلْهُ fa-arsil'hu so send him ر س ل
  8. مَعِىَ maʿiya with me
  9. رِدْءًا rid'an (as) a helper ر د أ
  10. يُصَدِّقُنِىٓ yuṣaddiqunī who will confirm me ص د ق
  11. إِنِّىٓ innī Indeed
  12. أَخَافُ akhāfu I fear خ و ف
  13. أَن an that
  14. يُكَذِّبُونِ yukadhibūni they will deny me ك ذ ب

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  • Taha 20:27–32

    وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى …

    And untie the knot from my tongue …

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  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:12

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

    He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me

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