Surah 20. Taha

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Verses [Section]: 1-24[1], 25-54 [2], 55-76 [3], 77-89 [4], 90-104 [5], 105-115 [6], 116-128 [7], 129-135 [8]

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Quran Text of Verse 77-8920. Taha Page 317وَ لَقَدْAnd verilyاَوْحَیْنَاۤWe inspiredاِلٰیtoمُوْسٰۤی ۙ۬MusaاَنْthatاَسْرِTravel by nightبِعِبَادِیْwith My slavesفَاضْرِبْand strikeلَهُمْfor themطَرِیْقًاa pathفِیinالْبَحْرِthe seaیَبَسًا ۙdryلَّاnotتَخٰفُfearingدَرَكًاto be overtakenوَّ لَاand notتَخْشٰی being afraid فَاَتْبَعَهُمْThen followed themفِرْعَوْنُFiraunبِجُنُوْدِهٖwith his forcesفَغَشِیَهُمْbut covered themمِّنَfromالْیَمِّthe seaمَاwhatغَشِیَهُمْؕcovered them وَ اَضَلَّAnd led astrayفِرْعَوْنُFiraunقَوْمَهٗhis peopleوَ مَاand (did) notهَدٰی guide them یٰبَنِیْۤO Children of IsraelاِسْرَآءِیْلَO Children of IsraelقَدْVerilyاَنْجَیْنٰكُمْWe delivered youمِّنْfromعَدُوِّكُمْyour enemyوَ وٰعَدْنٰكُمْand We made a covenant with youجَانِبَon (the) sideالطُّوْرِ(of) the Mountالْاَیْمَنَthe rightوَ نَزَّلْنَاand We sent downعَلَیْكُمُto youالْمَنَّthe Mannaوَ السَّلْوٰی and the quails كُلُوْاEatمِنْofطَیِّبٰتِ(the) good thingsمَاwhichرَزَقْنٰكُمْWe have provided youوَ لَاand (do) notتَطْغَوْاtransgressفِیْهِthereinفَیَحِلَّlest should descendعَلَیْكُمْupon youغَضَبِیْ ۚMy Angerوَ مَنْAnd whoeverیَّحْلِلْon whom descendsعَلَیْهِon whom descendsغَضَبِیْMy Angerفَقَدْindeedهَوٰی he (has) perished وَ اِنِّیْBut indeed I Amلَغَفَّارٌthe Perpetual Forgiverلِّمَنْof whoeverتَابَrepentsوَ اٰمَنَand believesوَ عَمِلَand doesصَالِحًاrighteous (deeds)ثُمَّthenاهْتَدٰی remains guided وَ مَاۤAnd whatاَعْجَلَكَmade you hastenعَنْfromقَوْمِكَyour peopleیٰمُوْسٰی O Musa قَالَHe saidهُمْTheyاُولَآءِ(are) closeعَلٰۤیuponاَثَرِیْmy tracksوَ عَجِلْتُand I hastenedاِلَیْكَto youرَبِّmy Lordلِتَرْضٰی that You be pleased قَالَHe saidفَاِنَّاBut indeed, Weقَدْ[verily]فَتَنَّاWe (have) triedقَوْمَكَyour peopleمِنْۢafter youبَعْدِكَafter youوَ اَضَلَّهُمُand has led them astrayالسَّامِرِیُّ the Samiri فَرَجَعَThen Musa returnedمُوْسٰۤیThen Musa returnedاِلٰیtoقَوْمِهٖhis peopleغَضْبَانَangryاَسِفًا ۚ۬(and) sorrowfulقَالَHe saidیٰقَوْمِO my peopleاَلَمْDid notیَعِدْكُمْpromise youرَبُّكُمْyour Lordوَعْدًاa promiseحَسَنًا ؕ۬goodاَفَطَالَThen, did seem longعَلَیْكُمُto youالْعَهْدُthe promiseاَمْorاَرَدْتُّمْdid you desireاَنْthatیَّحِلَّdescendعَلَیْكُمْupon youغَضَبٌ(the) Angerمِّنْofرَّبِّكُمْyour Lordفَاَخْلَفْتُمْso you brokeمَّوْعِدِیْ (the) promise to me قَالُوْاThey saidمَاۤNotاَخْلَفْنَاwe brokeمَوْعِدَكَpromise to youبِمَلْكِنَاby our willوَ لٰكِنَّاbut weحُمِّلْنَاۤ[we] were made to carryاَوْزَارًاburdensمِّنْfromزِیْنَةِornamentsالْقَوْمِ(of) the peopleفَقَذَفْنٰهَاso we threw themفَكَذٰلِكَand thusاَلْقَیthrewالسَّامِرِیُّۙthe Samiri 20. Taha Page 318فَاَخْرَجَThen he brought forthلَهُمْfor themعِجْلًاa calf'sجَسَدًاbodyلَّهٗit hadخُوَارٌa lowing soundفَقَالُوْاand they saidهٰذَاۤThisاِلٰهُكُمْ(is) your godوَ اِلٰهُand the godمُوْسٰی ۬(of) Musaفَنَسِیَؕbut he forgot اَفَلَاThen did notیَرَوْنَthey seeاَلَّاthat notیَرْجِعُit (could) returnاِلَیْهِمْto themقَوْلًا ۙ۬a wordوَّ لَاand notیَمْلِكُpossessلَهُمْfor themضَرًّاany harmوَّ لَاand notنَفْعًا۠any benefit

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Translation of Verse 77-89

77. And We surely inspired Moses, ˹saying,˺ "Leave with My servants ˹at night˺ and strike a dry passage for them across the sea. Have no fear of being overtaken, nor be concerned ˹of drowning˺."

78. Then Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers-but how overwhelming were the waters that submerged them!

79. And ˹so˺ Pharaoh led his people astray, and did not guide ˹them rightly˺.

80. O Children of Israel! We saved you from your enemy, and made an appointment with you ⁵⁹⁵ on the right side of Mount Ṭûr, and sent down to you manna and quails, ⁵⁹⁶

81. ˹saying,˺ "Eat from the good things We have provided for you, but do not transgress in them, or My wrath will befall you. And whoever My wrath befalls is certainly doomed.

82. But I am truly Most Forgiving to whoever repents, believes, and does good, then persists on ˹true˺ guidance."

83. ˹Allah asked,˺ "Why have you come with such haste ahead of your people, O Moses?" ⁵⁹⁷

84. He replied, "They are close on my tracks. And I have hastened to You, my Lord, so You will be pleased."

85. Allah responded, "We have indeed tested your people in your absence, and the Sâmiri ⁵⁹⁸ has led them astray."

86. So Moses returned to his people, furious and sorrowful. He said, "O my people! Had your Lord not made you a good promise? ⁵⁹⁹ Has my absence been too long for you? Or have you wished for wrath from your Lord to befall you, so you broke your promise to me?" ⁶⁰⁰

87. They argued, "We did not break our promise to you of our own free will, but we were made to carry the burden of the people's ˹golden˺ jewellery, ⁶⁰¹ then we threw it ˹into the fire˺, and so did the Sâmiri."

88. Then he moulded for them an idol of a calf that made a lowing sound. They said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but Moses forgot ˹where it was˺!"

89. Did they not see that it did not respond to them, nor could it protect or benefit them?

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Commentary

595. i.e., your prophet to receive the Tablets for your guidance.

596. Manna (heavenly bread) and quails (chicken-like birds) sustained the children of Israel in the wilderness after they left Egypt.

597. Moses selected a delegation of seventy people from his community to go to Mount Ṭûr where it was appointed for him to receive the Tablets. On the way, he rushed for the appointment with Allah, arriving before the delegation.

598. The Sâmiri, or the man from Samaria, was a hypocrite who led the Children of Israel into idol-worship.

599. To reveal the Torah for their guidance.

600. To worship Allah alone until Moses returned with the Tablets.

601. The jewellery they borrowed from their Egyptian neighbours before they fled Egypt.