سورة الشعراء، الآية ١٢
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ١٢
qāla rabbi innī akhāfu an yukadhibūni
He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me
Verse 12 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:12), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 367 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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12-13. Moses (peace be upon him) said, I fear that they will deny me and what I convey to them from you, and that my breast will be constricted because of their denial of me, and that my tongue will not be free in calling to Allah, so send Gabriel (peace be upon him) to my brother, Aaron, so that he could assist me.
He said, “My Lord, I fear that they may reject me,
He said: "My Lord! Verily, I fear that they will belie me,
He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,
He said: "O my Lord! I do fear that they will charge me with falsehood:
He said: O my Lord! surely I fear that they will reject me;
He said, "Lord! Surely I fear they will cry me lies,
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى …
[Moses] said, "My Lord, expand [i.e., relax] for me my breast [with assurance] …
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَأَخِى هَٰرُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّى لِسَانًا فَأَرْسِلْهُ مَعِىَ رِدْءًا يُصَدِّقُنِىٓ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
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."
