سورة الزخرف، الآية ٥٢
أَمْ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ مَهِينٌ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ ٥٢
am anā khayrun min hādhā alladhī huwa mahīnun walā yakādu yubīnu
Or am I [not] better than this one [i.e., Moses] who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?1442
[1442] That was true previous to his appointment as a prophet, at which time Allāh corrected his speech impediment.
Verse 52 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (43:52), a Meccan surah, is in juz 25, on page 493 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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“Therefore, I am better than the weak, runaway Moses who cannot even speak well.”
Or am I not better than this contemptible one who can hardly express himself20?
[20] Moses had a speech impediment prior to his mission. However, when he became a prophet he asked Allah to remove his impediment, and his prayer was answered. See 20:25-36.
"Am I not better than this one [Mûsâ (Moses)] who is despicable and can scarcely express himself clearly?
I am surely better than this fellow, who is despicable and can hardly make (his meaning) plain!
"Am I not better than this (Moses), who is a contemptible wretch and can scarcely express himself clearly?
Nay! I am better than this fellow, who is contemptible, and who can hardly speak distinctly:
Or even am I (not) more charitable (i.e., better) than this (fellow), who is contemptile and almost cannot make (his meaning) evident?
وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى
And ease for me my task
