Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 52 (43:52)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

أَمْ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ مَهِينٌ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ

Quran 43:52 is ayah 52 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 493 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:52
أَمْأَنَا۠خَيْرٌمِّنْهَٰذَاٱلَّذِىهُوَمَهِينٌوَلَايَكَادُيُبِينُ٥٢
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?(52)

Word by word

  1. أَمْamOr
  2. أَنَا۠anāam I
  3. خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
  4. مِّنْminthan
  5. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  6. ٱلَّذِىalladhīone who
  7. هُوَhuwahe
  8. مَهِينٌmahīnun(is) insignificant
  9. وَلَاwalāand hardly
  10. يَكَادُyakāduand hardly
  11. يُبِينُyubīnuclear

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