ٱلزُّخْرُف : ٥٢

  • أَمۡ Or
  • أَنَا۠ am I
  • خَيۡرٞ better
  • مِّنۡ than
  • هَٰذَا this
  • ٱلَّذِي one who
  • هُوَ he
  • مَهِينٞ (is) insignificant
  • وَلَا and hardly
  • يَكَادُ and hardly
  • يُبِينُ clear
Or am I [not] better than this one [i.e., Moses] who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?1
Footnotes
1 That was true previous to his appointment as a prophet, at which time Allāh corrected his speech impediment.
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.