سورة الإسرَاء
Surah Al-Isrâ’ 17:2
The Night-Journey · Verse 2 of 111
وَآتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ هُدًى لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْ دُونِي وَكِيلًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
And (similarly) We gave Moses the Scripture and We made it a guidance for the Children of Israel, saying, `Take no (one as) disposer of affairs apart from Me.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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.
Ahmed Ali
We gave Moses the Book, and made it a guidance for the children of Israel that they should not take another protector apart from Me.
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Ali Unal
We granted Moses the Book and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel, (commanding them): "Take, apart from Me, no guardian (one to rely on and to whom affairs should be entrusted)."
Daryabadi
And We vouchsafed unto Musa the Book and We appointed it as a guidance to the Children of Isra´il: take not beside Me a trustee.
Faridul Haque
And We gave Moosa the Book, and made it a guidance for the Descendants of Israel that, "Do not appoint anyone as a Trustee besides Me."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And We gave Moses the Book and made it a guidance to the Children of Israel (saying): Take no guardian beside Me --
Maulvi Sher Ali
And WE gave Moses the Book and WE made it a guidance for the Children of Israel, commanding, `Take ye no guardian beside ME,
Muhammad Asad
And [thus, too,] We vouchsafed revelation unto Moses, and made it a [source of] guidance for the children of Israel, [commanding them:] "Do not ascribe to any but Me the power to determine your fate,
Muhammad Musin Khan
And We gave Musa (Moses) the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel (saying): "Take not other than Me as (your) Wakil (Protector, Lord, or Disposer of your affairs, etc).
Muhammad Pickthall
We gave unto Moses the Scripture, and We appointed it a guidance for the children of Israel, saying: Choose no guardian beside Me.
Muhammad Sarwar
To Moses We gave the Book and made it a guide for the children of Israel, so that they would not have any one as their guardian other than Me
Muhammed ali Shakir
And We gave Musa the Book and made it a guidance to the children of Israel, saying: Do not take a protector besides Me;
Rashad Khalifa
Similarly, we gave Moses the scripture, and rendered it a beacon for the Children of Israel that: "You shall not set up any idol as a Lord and Master beside Me."
Shabbir Ahmed
(Recall that Moses had to migrate from Pharaoh's kingdom to the Sinai Peninsula.) We gave Moses the scripture and We appointed it a Guide to the Children of Israel, saying, “Choose no guardian besides Me.”
Commentary 17:2 The statement “We gave Moses the Book” وَآتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ refers to the Divine Commandments received by Moses for his people. The word…
وَآتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
17:2 The statement “We gave Moses the Book” وَآتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ refers to the Divine Commandments received by Moses for his people. The word Kitâbكِتاب, derived from kataba كتَبَ also means to command or to write (cf. 2:183). The conjunctive particle and at the start of the verse indicates that the mystic Night Journey is an experience of a similar kind of Divine grace as that bestowed upon Moses.