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قَالَ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَ وَنَجْعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلْطَٰنًۭا فَلَا يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُمَا ۚ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أَنتُمَا وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكُمَا ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ﴿٣٥

Translation (Sahih International)

[Allah] 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."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
سَنَشُدُّsanashudduWe will strengthen
عَضُدَكَʿaḍudakayour arm
بِأَخِيكَbi-akhīkathrough your brother
وَنَجْعَلُwanajʿaluand We will make
لَكُمَاlakumāfor both of you
سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānanan authority
فَلَاfalāso not
يَصِلُونَyaṣilūnathey will reach
إِلَيْكُمَا ۚilaykumāto both of you
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināThrough Our Signs
أَنتُمَاantumāyou two
وَمَنِwamaniand (those) who
ٱتَّبَعَكُمَاittabaʿakumāfollow you
ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَl-ghālibūna(will) be the dominant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How Musa asked for the Support of His Brother and was granted that by AllahWhen Allah commanded him to go to Fir`awn, the one who he had run away from and whose vengeance he feared,قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْساً( Musa said: My Lord! I have killed a man among them,) meaning, that Coptic,فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ(and I fear that they will kill me.) i.e., `when they see me.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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