Surah Zukhruf ayat 52 Tafsir Quran 43:52

﴿أَمْ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِّنْ هَٰذَا الَّذِي هُوَ مَهِينٌ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ﴾
[ الزخرف: 52]

43:52 Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?

Or do you perceive in which case am I not better than this one namely Moses who is contemptible feeble and lowly and who can scarcely speak clearly? who can scarcely articulate his speech because of his lisp — which was the result of his accidentally placing a hot coal in his mouth when he was a child.

Am I not, he added Far better in worldly conditions than this creature who is contemptible and can hardly express himself or put his thoughts into wards

(43:52) Am I better or this contemptible man *47 who is scarcely able to express himself? *48

Or am I [not] better than this meaning

*47) " Wretched person " : the person who has neither wealth, power nor authority.
This same objection had been raised by the disbelieving Quraish against the Holy Prophet Muhammad ( upon whom be Allah's peace ).

*48) Some commentators have expressed the opinion that Pharaoh referred to the impediment of speech from which the Prophet Moses suffered since childhood.
But this is not a correct opinion.
As has been mentioned in Surah Ta Ha above, when the Prophet Moses was being appointed to Prophet hood, he had implored Allah Almighty to remove the defect from his tongue so that the people might understand his speech, and at that very time his request had also been granted along with his other requests ( vv.
27-36 ).
Moreover, orations of the Prophet Moses that have been cited at different places in the Qur'an, point to his perfect eloquence and fluency.
Therefore, the basis of Pharaoh's objection was not any impediment of speech from which Moses might be suffering but what he meant was: " This person talks confusedly at least I have never been able to understand what he says. "
 

I am surely better than this fellow, who is despicable) physically weak, ( and can hardly make (his meaning ) plain) his argument plain!

"Am I not better than this one [Musa (Moses)], who is Mahin [has no honour nor any respect, and is weak and despicable] and can scarcely express himself clearly?

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