Al-Qasas Verse 34

And my brother Aaron is more eloquent than I, so send him with me as a helper to support what I say, for I truly fear they may reject me.”

My brother Aaron is more eloquent than me in speech, so send him with me as a helper to confirm my words, for I fear that they may reject me.”

Moreover my brother Aaron is more eloquent than I. Send him with me as a helper and to confirm I speak truly, for' I fear they will cry me lies.'

My brother Aaron is more eloquent than I: send him with me to help me and confirm my words- I fear they may call me a liar.’

And My brother Harun! He is more eloquent than I in speech; wherefore send him with me as a support, to corroborate me; verily I fear that they shall belie me.

"And my brother Aaron - He is more eloquent in speech than I; so send him with me as a helper, to confirm (and strengthen) me; for I fear that they may accuse me of falsehood."

My brother Aaron is more eloquent in speech than I: so send him with me as a helper to confirm my truthfulness for I fear that they will reject me as a liar."

So send my brother Aaron with me as helper for he is more fluent than I with words, that he should affirm me, for I fear that they would call me a liar."

“And my brother Haroon – he is more eloquent than I am in speech, therefore in order to help me, appoint him as a Noble Messenger so that he confirms me; I fear that they will deny me.”

Aaron, my brother—he is more eloquent than me in speech. So send him with me as a helper to confirm me, for I fear that they will impugn me.’

"And my brother Aaron – he is one more eloquent in speech than me, so (appointing him also as a Messenger) send him with me as a helper to confirm my truthfulness, for indeed I fear that they will deny me."

`And my brother Aaron is more fluent and eloquent in speech than I, so send him with me as a helper to bear me out (for) I fear that they will treat me as a liar.´

And my brother Aaron, he is more pronouncing/eloquent (in) tongue/speech than me, so send him with me (as) support/help he confirms me , that I , I fear that they deny me .

“And my brother Haroon – he is more eloquent than I am in speech, therefore in order to help me, appoint him as a Noble Messenger so that he confirms me; I fear that they will deny me.”

Said he, "My Lord! Verily, I have killed a person amongst them, and I fear that they will kill me:

"And my brother Harun (Aaron) he is more eloquent in speech than me so send him with me as a helper to confirm me. Verily! I fear that they will belie me."

Insert thy hand into thy bosom, it will come forth white without evil, and remain calm in fear. These two are two arguments from thy Lord to Pharaoh and his chiefs. Surely they are a transgressing people.

And my brother, Haroun, he is more eloquent of tongue than I, therefore send him with me as an aider, verifying me: surely I fear that they would reject me.

My brother Aaron is more eloquent than me in speech. Therefor send him with me as a helper to confirm me. Lo! I fear that they will give the lie to me.

My brother Aaron is more fluent then I am. Send him with me to assist me and express my truthfulness; I am afraid they will reject me".

Aaron my brother has a more eloquent tongue than I, (please) send him with me as a helper to confirm I speak truly, I fear that they will belie me'

"And my brother Harun -- he is more eloquent in speech than me, so send him with me as a helper to confirm me. Verily, I fear that they will deny me."

My brother Aaron is more eloquent than I am. Send him with me to support me and back me up. For I fear that they will reject me."

And my brother Aaron, he is more eloquent than me, so send him with me, to help me, and to confirm my words, for I fear they will reject me.”

And my brother Aaron is more eloquent, more intelligible, than me in speech. So send him with me as a helper, as an aid (a variant reading [for rid'an, `helper'] is ridan) to confirm me (read [either] in apocopated form, yusadiqn, as a response to the request, or [as an indicative] with damma inflection, yusadiqun, as an adjectival qualification of rid'an, `helper'), for I truly fear that they will deny me'.

وَأَخِي هَارُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّي لِسَانًا

And my brother Harun -- he is more eloquent in speech than me,

Musa, peace be upon him, had a speech defect, because when he had been given the choice between a date and a pearl, he mistakenly picked up a coal and placed it on his tongue, so he found it difficult to speak clearly.

Musa said;

وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى

يَفْقَهُواْ قَوْلِي

وَاجْعَل لِّى وَزِيراً مِّنْ أَهْلِى

هَـرُونَ أَخِى

اشْدُدْ بِهِ أَزْرِى

وَأَشْرِكْهُ فِى أَمْرِى

"And loose the knot (the defect) from my tongue. That they understand my speech. And appoint for me a helper from my family, Harun, my brother. Increase my strength with him, And let him share my task." (20;27-32)

meaning, `give me someone to keep me company in this immense task of Prophethood and conveying the Message to this arrogant, tyrannical and stubborn king.' Hence Musa said;
وَأَخِي هَارُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّي لِسَانًا فَأَرْسِلْهُ مَعِيَ رِدْءًا
(And my brother Harun -- he is more eloquent in speech than me;so send him with me as a helper),

meaning, as a support to give strength to my cause and confirm what I say and convey from Allah, because the word of two carries more weight in people's minds than the word of one.

فَأَرْسِلْهُ مَعِيَ رِدْءًا يُصَدِّقُنِي

send him with me as a helper to confirm me.

So he said;

إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ



Verily, I fear that they will deny me.

Muhammad bin Ishaq said;

رِدْءًا يُصَدِّقُنِي
(as a helper to confirm me),

means, `to explain to them what I say, for he can understand me where they may not.'

When Musa asked for this, Allah said to him