Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 35 (28:35)

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قَالَ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَ وَنَجْعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلْطَٰنًا فَلَا يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُمَا ۚ …

Quran 28:35 is ayah 35 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 389 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:35
قَالَسَنَشُدُّعَضُدَكَبِأَخِيكَوَنَجْعَلُلَكُمَاسُلْطَٰنًافَلَايَصِلُونَإِلَيْكُمَا ۚبَِٔايَٰتِنَآأَنتُمَاوَمَنِٱتَّبَعَكُمَاٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ٣٥
qāla sanashuddu ʿaḍudaka bi-akhīka wanajʿalu lakumā sul'ṭānan falā yaṣilūna ilaykumā biāyātinā antumā wamani ittabaʿakumā l-ghālibūna

[Allāh] said, "We will strengthen your arm through your brother and grant you both supremacy so they will not reach you. [It will be] through Our signs; you and those who follow you will be the predominant."(35)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. سَنَشُدُّsanashudduWe will strengthen
  3. عَضُدَكَʿaḍudakayour arm
  4. بِأَخِيكَbi-akhīkathrough your brother
  5. وَنَجْعَلُwanajʿaluand We will make
  6. لَكُمَاlakumāfor both of you
  7. سُلْطَٰنًاsul'ṭānanan authority
  8. فَلَاfalāso not
  9. يَصِلُونَyaṣilūnathey will reach
  10. إِلَيْكُمَا ۚilaykumāto both of you
  11. بَِٔايَٰتِنَآbiāyātināThrough Our Signs
  12. أَنتُمَاantumāyou two
  13. وَمَنِwamaniand (those) who
  14. ٱتَّبَعَكُمَاittabaʿakumāfollow you
  15. ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَl-ghālibūna(will) be the dominant

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