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Rabbi zidni ’ilma (My Lord, increase me in knowledge)

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Surah Taha (20), verse 1141 verse

Rabbi zidni ’ilma (My Lord, increase me in knowledge) is found in the Quran: Surah Taha (20), verse 114. Read the Arabic text with its translation and explanation, and listen to it verse by verse.

فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُقْضَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُۥ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًا ۝١١٤

114. So high [above all] is Allāh, the Sovereign,861 the Truth.862 And, [O Muḥammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur’ān before its revelation is completed to you, and say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge."

Notes

[861] And owner of everything in existence.
[862] Or "the True Reality," i.e., the real and permanent existence upon which all other existence depends.

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Allah is High above and Exalted from what the idolaters describe Him with of deficiencies and from what they attribute as partners to Him. He is the Majestic King, to whom belongs the kingdom of everything, and who is the Truth and speaks the truth. Do not hasten, O Messenger, in reciting the Qur’ān with Gabriel before it is completely conveyed to you, and say: O Lord, increase me in knowledge, on top of what You have already taught me.

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Other translations of verse 114

So Exalted is Allah, the True Sovereign41. Do not hasten to [recite] the Qur’an before its revelation to you is concluded42, and say, “My Lord, increase me in knowledge.”

Notes

[41] Of everything in existence.
[42] Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was eager to recite the Qur’an while it was being revealed, so Allah Almighty told him to avoid being in haste in order to learn them before the verses are properly delivered; rather, listen to them attentively.

Then High above all be Allâh, the True King. And be not in haste (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) with the Qur’ân before its revelation is completed to you, and say: "My Lord! Increase me in knowledge."

Then exalted be Allah, the True King! And hasten not (O Muhammad) with the Qur'an ere its revelation hath been perfected unto thee, and say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.

High above all is Allah, the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with the Qur'an before its revelation to thee is completed, but say, "O my Lord! advance me in knowledge."

Supremely exalted is therefore Allah, the King, the Truth, and do not make haste with the Quran before its revelation is made complete to you and say: O my Lord! increase me in knowledge.

So Supremely Exalted be Allah, The True King! And do not hasten with the Qur'an before its revelation is accomplished to you, and say, "Lord! Increase me in knowledge."

Verse 114 word by word

  1. فَتَعَٰلَى fataʿālā So high (above all) ع ل و
  2. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu (is) Allah
  3. ٱلْمَلِكُ l-maliku the King م ل ك
  4. ٱلْحَقُّ l-ḥaqu the True ح ق ق
  5. وَلَا walā And (do) not
  6. تَعْجَلْ taʿjal hasten ع ج ل
  7. بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ bil-qur'āni with the Quran ق ر أ
  8. مِن min before
  9. قَبْلِ qabli before ق ب ل
  10. أَن an [that]
  11. يُقْضَىٰٓ yuq'ḍā is completed ق ض ي
  12. إِلَيْكَ ilayka to you
  13. وَحْيُهُۥ waḥyuhu its revelation و ح ي
  14. وَقُل waqul and say ق و ل
  15. رَّبِّ rabbi My Lord ر ب ب
  16. زِدْنِى zid'nī Increase me ز ي د
  17. عِلْمًا ʿil'man (in) knowledge ع ل م

Verses related to verse 114

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Qiyamah 75:16–19

    لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ …

    Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān]. …

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  • Al-Mu’minun 23:116

    فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْكَرِيمِ

    So exalted is Allāh, the Sovereign, the Truth; there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne.

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