Al-Qiyamah Verse 16

Do not rush your tongue trying to memorize ˹a revelation of˺ the Quran.

Do not move your tongue [O Prophet] in haste trying to memorize it.

Move not thy tongue with it to hasten it;

[Prophet], do not rush your tongue in an attempt to hasten [your memorization of] the Revelation:

Move not thy tongue therewith that thou mayest hasten therewith.

Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.

(O Prophet), do not stir your tongue hastily (to commit the Revelation to memory).

Do not forestall (the revelation before its completion) by acting in haste.

O dear Prophet (Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), do not cause your tongue to move along with the Qur’an in order to learn it faster.

Do not move your tongue with it to hasten it.

(O Prophet!) Move not your tongue to hasten it (for safekeeping in your heart).

(Prophet! when We reveal the Qur´ân) do not move your tongue (with a mind) to repeat (this revelation in order to commit it to your memory) hurriedly.

Do not move with it your tongue to hurry/hasten/rush with it

O dear Prophet (Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), do not cause your tongue to move along with the Qur’an in order to learn it faster.

Move not your tongue with it (the Quran) to make haste with it

Move not your tongue concerning (the Quran, O Muhammad SAW) to make haste therewith.

Move not thy tongue therewith to make haste with it.

Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,

Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

(Muhammad), do not move your tongue too quickly to recite the Quran.

Do not move your tongue with it (the Revelation) to hasten it.

Move not your tongue concerning to make haste therewith.

[Prophet], do not move your tongue too fast in your attempt to learn this revelation:

Do not wag your tongue with it, to hurry on with it.

God, exalted be He, says to His Prophet; Do not move your tongue with it, with the Qur'n, before Gabriel is through with [reciting] it, to hasten it, fearing to lose it.

How the Prophet received the Revelation

This is Allah teaching to His Messenger that how to receive the revelation from the angel. For verily, he (the Prophet) was rushing in his attempts to grasp the revelation and he would be reciting the revelation with the angel while he was reciting it. Therefore, Allah commanded him that when the angel brings some revelation to him he should just listen. Allah would make sure to collect it in his chest, and He would make it easy for him to recite it in the same way that it was revealed to him. Allah would explain it, interpret it and clarify it for him. So

the first phase was gathering it in his chest,

the second phase was recitation and

the third phase was its explanation and clarification of its meaning.

Thus, Allah says,

لَاا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ




Move not your tongue concerning to make haste therewith.

meaning, with the Qur'an.

This is as Allah says,

وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِالْقُرْءانِ مِن قَبْلِ إَن يُقْضَى إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْماً

And be not in haste with the Qur'an before its revelation is completed to you, and say;

"My Lord! Increase me in knowledge." (20;114)

Then Allah says

Do not rush O Muhammad to speak, but hold your tongue and listen to what the Angel relates