سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ

Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 2

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وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن دُونِى وَكِيلًا ﴿2﴾
And We gave Mûsâ (Moses) the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel (saying): "Take none other than Me as (your) Wakîl (Protector, Lord or Disposer of your affairs).
وَءَاتَيْنَا waātaynā And We gave
مُوسَى mūsā Musa
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ l-kitāba the Book
وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ wajaʿalnāhu and made it
هُدًۭى hudan a guidance
لِّبَنِىٓ libanī for the Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ is'rāīla (of) Israel
أَلَّا allā That not
تَتَّخِذُوا۟ tattakhidhū you take
مِن min other than Me
دُونِى dūnī other than Me
وَكِيلًۭا wakīlan (as) a Disposer of affairs

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.