Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
He answered: "They are treading in my footsteps while I have hastened unto Thee, O my Sustainer, so that Thou might be well-pleased [with me]."
Arthur John Arberry
'They are upon my tracks,' Moses said. 'I have hastened, Lord, only that I may please Thee.
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He replied: "Behold, they are close on my footsteps: I hastened to thee, O my Lord, to please thee."
Arabic
قَالَ هُمۡ أُو۟لَاۤءِ عَلَىٰۤ أَثَرِی وَعَجِلۡتُ إِلَیۡكَ رَبِّ لِتَرۡضَىٰ ٨٤
Transliteration (2021)
qāla hum ulāi ʿalā atharī waʿajil'tu ilayka rabbi litarḍ