Surah Ta-Ha

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 20:1 ▶

   طه ﴿١﴾

   ṭā-hā

   Ṭā, Hā.

   See footnote to 2:1.

2. 20:2 ▶

   مَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِتَشْقَىٰٓ ﴿٢﴾

   mā 'anzalnā ʿalayka l-qur'āna litashqā

   We have not sent down to you the Qur’ān that you be distressed

3. 20:3 ▶

   إِلَّا تَذْكِرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ ﴿٣﴾

   illā tadhkiratal limay yakhshā

   But only as a reminder for those who fear [Allāh] -

4. 20:4 ▶

   تَنزِيلًا مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ ٱلْعُلَى ﴿٤﴾

   tanzīlam mimman khalaqa l-arḍa was-samāwāti l-ʿulā

   A revelation from He who created the earth and highest heavens,

5. 20:5 ▶

   ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱسْتَوَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

   ar-raḥmānu ʿala l-ʿarshi stawā

   The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established.

   i.e., having ascendancy over all creation. See footnotes to 2:19 and 7:54.

6. 20:6 ▶

   لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحْتَ ٱلثَّرَىٰ ﴿٦﴾

   lahū mā fi s-samāwāti wamā fi l-arḍi wamā baynahumā wamā taḥta th-tharā

   To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth and what is between them and what is under the soil.

7. 20:7 ▶

   وَإِن تَجْهَرْ بِٱلْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى ﴿٧﴾

   wa'in tajhar bil-qawli fa'innahū yaʿlamu s-sirra wa'akhfā

   And if you speak aloud - then indeed, He knows the secret and what is [even] more hidden.

8. 20:8 ▶

   ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

   allāhu lā 'ilāha 'illā huw | lahu l-asmā'u l-ḥusnā

   Allāh - there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the best names.

9. 20:9 ▶

   وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ﴿٩﴾

   wahal 'atāka ḥadīthu mūsā

   And has the story of Moses reached you? -

10. 20:10 ▶

    إِذْ رَءَا نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ هُدًى ﴿١٠﴾

    idh ra'ā nāran faqāla li'ahlihi mkuthū 'innī 'ānastu nāral laʿallī 'ātīkum minhā biqabasin 'aw 'ajidu ʿala n-nāri hudā

    When he saw a fire and said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance."

11. 20:11 ▶

    فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ ﴿١١﴾

    falammā 'atāhā nūdiya yāmūsā

    And when he came to it, he was called, "O Moses,

12. 20:12 ▶

    إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكَ فَٱخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ﴿١٢﴾

    innī 'ana rabbuka fakhlaʿ naʿlayk | innaka bil-wādi l-muqaddasi ṭuwā

    Indeed, I am your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the blessed valley of Ṭuwā.

13. 20:13 ▶

    وَأَنَا ٱخْتَرْتُكَ فَٱسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَىٰٓ ﴿١٣﴾

    wa'ana khtartuka fastamiʿ limā yūḥā

    And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed [to you].

14. 20:14 ▶

    إِنَّنِىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدْنِى وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكْرِىٓ ﴿١٤﴾

    innanī 'ana llāhu lā 'ilāha 'illā 'ana faʿbudnī wa'aqimi ṣ-ṣalāta lidhikrī

    Indeed, I am Allāh. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.

15. 20:15 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰ ﴿١٥﴾

    inna s-sāʿata 'ātiyatun 'akādu 'ukhfīhā litujzā kullu nafsim bimā tasʿā

    Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives.

    Meaning that Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) keeps knowledge of the Hour hidden from everyone except Himself.

16. 20:16 ▶

    فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ ﴿١٦﴾

    falā yaṣuddannaka ʿanhā mal lā yu'minu bihā wattabaʿa hawāhu fatardā

    So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.

    From preparation for the Hour or for the Hereafter.

17. 20:17 ▶

    وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿١٧﴾

    wamā tilka biyamīnika yāmūsā

    And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?"

18. 20:18 ▶

    قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخْرَىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

    qāla hiya ʿaṣāya 'atawakka'u ʿalayhā wa'ahushshu bihā ʿalā ghanamī waliya fīhā ma'āribu 'ukhrā

    He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."

19. 20:19 ▶

    قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

    qāla 'alqihā yāmūsā

    [Allāh] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."

20. 20:20 ▶

    فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾

    fa'alqāhā fa'idhā hiya ḥayyatun tasʿā

    So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.

21. 20:21 ▶

    قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾

    qāla khudhhā walā takhaf | sanuʿīduhā sīrataha l-ūlā

    [Allāh] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.

22. 20:22 ▶

    وَٱضْمُمْ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ ءَايَةً أُخْرَىٰ ﴿٢٢﴾

    waḍmum yadaka 'ilā janāḥika takhruj bayḍā'a min ghayri sū'in 'āyatan 'ukhrā

    And draw in your hand to your side; it will come out white without disease - another sign,

23. 20:23 ▶

    لِنُرِيَكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا ٱلْكُبْرَى ﴿٢٣﴾

    linuriyaka min 'āyātina l-kubrā

    That We may show you [some] of Our greater signs.

24. 20:24 ▶

    ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿٢٤﴾

    idhhab 'ilā firʿawna 'innahū ṭaghā

    Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed [i.e., tyrannized]."

25. 20:25 ▶

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى ﴿٢٥﴾

    qāla rabbi shraḥ lī ṣadrī

    [Moses] said, "My Lord, expand [i.e., relax] for me my breast [with assurance]

26. 20:26 ▶

    وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى ﴿٢٦﴾

    wayassir lī 'amrī

    And ease for me my task

27. 20:27 ▶

    وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى ﴿٢٧﴾

    waḥlul ʿuqdatam mil lisānī

    And untie the knot from my tongue

28. 20:28 ▶

    يَفْقَهُوا۟ قَوْلِى ﴿٢٨﴾

    yafqahū qawlī

    That they may understand my speech.

29. 20:29 ▶

    وَٱجْعَل لِّى وَزِيرًا مِّنْ أَهْلِى ﴿٢٩﴾

    wajʿal lī wazīram min 'ahlī

    And appoint for me a minister [i.e., assistant] from my family -

30. 20:30 ▶

    هَـٰرُونَ أَخِى ﴿٣٠﴾

    hārūna 'akhī

    Aaron, my brother.

31. 20:31 ▶

    ٱشْدُدْ بِهِۦٓ أَزْرِى ﴿٣١﴾

    ushdud bihī 'azrī

    Increase through him my strength

32. 20:32 ▶

    وَأَشْرِكْهُ فِىٓ أَمْرِى ﴿٣٢﴾

    wa'ashrik-hu fī 'amrī

    And let him share my task

33. 20:33 ▶

    كَىْ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرًا ﴿٣٣﴾

    kay nusabbiḥaka kathīrā

    That we may exalt You much

34. 20:34 ▶

    وَنَذْكُرَكَ كَثِيرًا ﴿٣٤﴾

    wanadhkuraka kathīrā

    And remember You much.

35. 20:35 ▶

    إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا ﴿٣٥﴾

    innaka kunta binā baṣīrā

    Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."

36. 20:36 ▶

    قَالَ قَدْ أُوتِيتَ سُؤْلَكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾

    qāla qad 'ūtīta su'laka yāmūsā

    [Allāh] said, "You have been granted your request, O Moses.

37. 20:37 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَيْكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَىٰٓ ﴿٣٧﴾

    walaqad manannā ʿalayka marratan 'ukhrā

    And We had already conferred favor upon you another time,

38. 20:38 ▶

    إِذْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ ﴿٣٨﴾

    idh 'awḥaynā 'ilā 'ummika mā yūḥā

    When We inspired to your mother what We inspired,

39. 20:39 ▶

    أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّى وَعَدُوٌّ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِّنِّى وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِىٓ ﴿٣٩﴾

    ani qdhifīhi fi t-tābūti faqdhifīhi fi l-yammi falyulqihi l-yammu bis-sāḥili ya'khudhhu ʿaduwwul lī waʿaduwwul lah | wa'alqaytu ʿalayka maḥabbatam minnī walituṣnaʿa ʿalā ʿaynī

    [Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed upon you love from Me that you would be brought up under My eye [i.e., observation and care].

    Allāh put love of Moses into the hearts of the people.

40. 20:40 ▶

    إِذْ تَمْشِىٓ أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖ فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ ۚ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّـٰكَ فُتُونًا ۚ فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾

    idh tamshī 'ukhtuka fataqūlu hal 'adullukum ʿalā may yakfuluh | farajaʿnāka 'ilā 'ummika kay taqarra ʿaynuhā walā taḥzan | waqatalta nafsan fanajjaynāka mina l-ghammi wafatannāka futūnā | falabithta sinīna fī 'ahli madyana thumma ji'ta ʿalā qadariy yāmūsā

    [And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.

    The Copt who died after being struck by Moses.

41. 20:41 ▶

    وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِى ﴿٤١﴾

    waṣṭanaʿtuka linafsī

    And I produced you for Myself.

    Allāh had already selected Moses and made him strong in body and character according to the requirements of his mission.

42. 20:42 ▶

    ٱذْهَبْ أَنتَ وَأَخُوكَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِى وَلَا تَنِيَا فِى ذِكْرِى ﴿٤٢﴾

    idhhab 'anta wa'akhūka bi'āyātī walā taniyā fī dhikrī

    Go, you and your brother, with My signs and do not slacken in My remembrance.

43. 20:43 ▶

    ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿٤٣﴾

    idhhabā 'ilā firʿawna 'innahū ṭaghā

    Go, both of you, to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

44. 20:44 ▶

    فَقُولَا لَهُۥ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا لَّعَلَّهُۥ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىٰ ﴿٤٤﴾

    faqūlā lahū qawlal layyinal laʿallahū yatadhakkaru 'aw yakhshā

    And speak to him with gentle speech that perhaps he may be reminded or fear [Allāh]."

45. 20:45 ▶

    قَالَا رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَآ أَوْ أَن يَطْغَىٰ ﴿٤٥﴾

    qālā rabbanā 'innanā nakhāfu 'ay yafruṭa ʿalaynā 'aw 'ay yaṭghā

    They said, "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress."

46. 20:46 ▶

    قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآ ۖ إِنَّنِى مَعَكُمَآ أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ ﴿٤٦﴾

    qāla lā takhāfā | innanī maʿakumā 'asmaʿu wa'arā

    [Allāh] said, "Fear not. Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see.

47. 20:47 ▶

    فَأْتِيَاهُ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبْهُمْ ۖ قَدْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ﴿٤٧﴾

    fa'tiyāhu faqūlā 'innā rasūlā rabbika fa'arsil maʿanā banī 'isrā'īla walā tuʿadhdhibhum | qad ji'nāka bi'āyatim mir rabbik | was-salāmu ʿalā mani ttabaʿa l-hudā

    So go to him and say, 'Indeed, we are messengers of your Lord, so send with us the Children of Israel and do not torment them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. And peace will be upon he who follows the guidance.

    i.e., safety and security from Allāh's punishment.

48. 20:48 ▶

    إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْنَآ أَنَّ ٱلْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿٤٨﴾

    innā qad 'ūḥiya 'ilaynā 'anna l-ʿadhāba ʿalā man kadhdhaba watawallā

    Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.'"

49. 20:49 ▶

    قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٤٩﴾

    qāla famar rabbukumā yāmūsā

    [Pharaoh] said, "So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?"

50. 20:50 ▶

    قَالَ رَبُّنَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَعْطَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلْقَهُۥ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ ﴿٥٠﴾

    qāla rabbuna lladhī 'aʿṭā kulla shay'in khalqahū thumma hadā

    He said, "Our Lord is He who gave each thing its form and then guided [it]."

51. 20:51 ▶

    قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿٥١﴾

    qāla famā bālu l-qurūni l-ūlā

    [Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"

52. 20:52 ▶

    قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى فِى كِتَـٰبٍ ۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى وَلَا يَنسَى ﴿٥٢﴾

    qāla ʿilmuhā ʿinda rabbī fī kitāb | lā yaḍillu rabbī walā yansā

    [Moses] said, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."

53. 20:53 ▶

    ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰ ﴿٥٣﴾

    alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa mahdaw wasalaka lakum fīhā subulaw wa'anzala mina s-samā'i mā'an fa'akhrajnā bihī 'azwājam min nabātin shattā

    [It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.

54. 20:54 ▶

    كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَـٰمَكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ ﴿٥٤﴾

    kulū warʿaw 'anʿāmakum | inna fī dhālika la'āyātil li'uli n-nuhā

    Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.

55. 20:55 ▶

    ۞ مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ ﴿٥٥﴾

    minhā khalaqnākum wafīhā nuʿīdukum waminhā nukhrijukum tāratan 'ukhrā

    From it [i.e., the earth] We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.

56. 20:56 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ أَرَيْنَـٰهُ ءَايَـٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبَىٰ ﴿٥٦﴾

    walaqad 'araynāhu 'āyātinā kullahā fakadhdhaba wa'abā

    And We certainly showed him [i.e., Pharaoh] Our signs - all of them - but he denied and refused.

57. 20:57 ▶

    قَالَ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا بِسِحْرِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٥٧﴾

    qāla 'aji'tanā litukhrijanā min 'arḍinā bisiḥrika yāmūsā

    He said, "Have you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?

58. 20:58 ▶

    فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ فَٱجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهُۥ نَحْنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانًا سُوًى ﴿٥٨﴾

    falana'tiyannaka bisiḥrim mithlihī fajʿal baynanā wabaynaka mawʿidal lā nukhlifuhū naḥnu walā 'anta makānan suwā

    Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned."

    Literally, "marked," as to be known. Another meaning is "a place midway [between us]" or "a level place."

59. 20:59 ▶

    قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحًى ﴿٥٩﴾

    qāla mawʿidukum yawmu z-zīnati wa'ay yuḥshara n-nāsu ḍuḥā

    [Moses] said, "Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning."

    So that the signs of Allāh would be seen clearly.

60. 20:60 ▶

    فَتَوَلَّىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَتَىٰ ﴿٦٠﴾

    fatawallā firʿawnu fajamaʿa kaydahū thumma 'atā

    So Pharaoh went away, put together his plan, and then came [to Moses].

61. 20:61 ▶

    قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ ﴿٦١﴾

    qāla lahum mūsā waylakum lā taftarū ʿala llāhi kadhiban fayusḥitakum biʿadhāb | waqad khāba mani ftarā

    Moses said to them [i.e., the magicians summoned by Pharaoh], "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allāh or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."

62. 20:62 ▶

    فَتَنَـٰزَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَىٰ ﴿٦٢﴾

    fatanāzaʿū 'amrahum baynahum wa'asarru n-najwā

    So they disputed over their affair among themselves and concealed their private conversation.

63. 20:63 ▶

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَٰنِ لَسَـٰحِرَٰنِ يُرِيدَانِ أَن يُخْرِجَاكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِمَا وَيَذْهَبَا بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ ٱلْمُثْلَىٰ ﴿٦٣﴾

    qālū 'in hādhāni lasāḥirāni yurīdāni 'ay yukhrijākum min 'arḍikum bisiḥrihimā wayadhhabā biṭarīqatikumu l-muthlā

    They said, "Indeed, these are two magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and do away with your most exemplary way [i.e., religion or tradition].

64. 20:64 ▶

    فَأَجْمِعُوا۟ كَيْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ٱئْتُوا۟ صَفًّا ۚ وَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مَنِ ٱسْتَعْلَىٰ ﴿٦٤﴾

    fa'ajmiʿū kaydakum thumma 'tū ṣaffā | waqad 'aflaḥa l-yawma mani staʿlā

    So resolve upon your plan and then come [forward] in line. And he has succeeded today who overcomes."

65. 20:65 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ ﴿٦٥﴾

    qālū yāmūsā 'immā 'an tulqiya wa'immā 'an nakūna 'awwala man 'alqā

    They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."

66. 20:66 ▶

    قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ ﴿٦٦﴾

    qāla bal 'alqū | fa'idhā ḥibāluhum waʿiṣiyyuhum yukhayyalu 'ilayhi min siḥrihim 'annahā tasʿā

    He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

67. 20:67 ▶

    فَأَوْجَسَ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰ ﴿٦٧﴾

    fa'awjasa fī nafsihī khīfatam mūsā

    And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses.

68. 20:68 ▶

    قُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٦٨﴾

    qulnā lā takhaf 'innaka 'anta l-aʿlā

    We [i.e., Allāh] said, "Fear not. Indeed, it is you who are superior.

69. 20:69 ▶

    وَأَلْقِ مَا فِى يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا۟ كَيْدُ سَـٰحِرٍ ۖ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىٰ ﴿٦٩﴾

    wa'alqi mā fī yamīnika talqaf mā ṣanaʿū | innamā ṣanaʿū kaydu sāḥir | walā yufliḥu s-sāḥiru ḥaythu 'atā

    And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."

70. 20:70 ▶

    فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَـٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ ﴿٧٠﴾

    fa'ulqiya s-saḥaratu sujjadan qālū 'āmannā birabbi hārūna wamūsā

    So the magicians fell down in prostration. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."

    After they had seen the miracles which Allāh had given Moses and that they were realities and not merely impressions of magic.

71. 20:71 ▶

    قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ ۖ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِى جُذُوعِ ٱلنَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَآ أَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَأَبْقَىٰ ﴿٧١﴾

    qāla 'āmantum lahū qabla 'an 'ādhana lakum | innahū lakabīrukumu lladhī ʿallamakumu s-siḥr | fala'uqaṭṭiʿanna 'aydiyakum wa'arjulakum min khilāfiw wala'uṣallibannakum fī judhūʿi n-nakhli walataʿlamunna 'ayyunā 'ashaddu ʿadhābaw wa'abqā

    [Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and you will surely know which of us is more severe in [giving] punishment and more enduring."

72. 20:72 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنَا ۖ فَٱقْضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍ ۖ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَآ ﴿٧٢﴾

    qālū lan nu'thiraka ʿalā mā jā'anā mina l-bayyināti walladhī faṭaranā | faqḍi mā 'anta qāḍ | innamā taqḍī hādhihi l-ḥayāta d-dunyā

    They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us. So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this worldly life.

    This phrase has also been interpreted as an oath, i.e., "...by Him who created us."

73. 20:73 ▶

    إِنَّآ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِيَغْفِرَ لَنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَا وَمَآ أَكْرَهْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلسِّحْرِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ﴿٧٣﴾

    innā 'āmannā birabbinā liyaghfira lanā khaṭāyānā wamā 'akrahtanā ʿalayhi mina s-siḥr | wallāhu khayruw wa'abqā

    Indeed, we have believed in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and what you compelled us [to do] of magic. And Allāh is better and more enduring."

    In reward and in punishment.

74. 20:74 ▶

    إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَأْتِ رَبَّهُۥ مُجْرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ﴿٧٤﴾

    innahū may ya'ti rabbahū mujriman fa'inna lahū jahannama lā yamūtu fīhā walā yaḥyā

    Indeed, whoever comes to his Lord as a criminal - indeed, for him is Hell; he will neither die therein nor live.

75. 20:75 ▶

    وَمَن يَأْتِهِۦ مُؤْمِنًا قَدْ عَمِلَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱلدَّرَجَـٰتُ ٱلْعُلَىٰ ﴿٧٥﴾

    wamay ya'tihī mu'minan qad ʿamila ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fa'ulā'ika lahumu d-darajātu l-ʿulā

    But whoever comes to Him as a believer having done righteous deeds - for those will be the highest degrees [in position]:

76. 20:76 ▶

    جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿٧٦﴾

    jannātu ʿadnin tajrī min taḥtiha l-anhāru khālidīna fīhā | wadhālika jazā'u man tazakkā

    Gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of one who purifies himself.

    From all uncleanliness, the greatest of which is worship and obedience to other than Allāh.

77. 20:77 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى فَٱضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ يَبَسًا لَّا تَخَـٰفُ دَرَكًا وَلَا تَخْشَىٰ ﴿٧٧﴾

    walaqad 'awḥaynā 'ilā mūsā 'an 'asri biʿibādī faḍrib lahum ṭarīqan fi l-baḥri yabasal lā takhāfu darakaw walā takhshā

    And We had inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants and strike for them a dry path through the sea; you will not fear being overtaken [by Pharaoh] nor be afraid [of drowning]."

78. 20:78 ▶

    فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِۦ فَغَشِيَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْ ﴿٧٨﴾

    fa'atbaʿahum firʿawnu bijunūdihī faghashiyahum mina l-yammi mā ghashiyahum

    So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,

    i.e., not only the water but that which only Allāh knows - terror, pain, regret, etc.

79. 20:79 ▶

    وَأَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهُۥ وَمَا هَدَىٰ ﴿٧٩﴾

    wa'aḍalla firʿawnu qawmahū wamā hadā

    And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them].

80. 20:80 ▶

    يَـٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ قَدْ أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَوَٰعَدْنَـٰكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنَ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ﴿٨٠﴾

    yābanī 'isrā'īla qad 'anjaynākum min ʿaduwwikum wawāʿadnākum jāniba ṭ-ṭūri l-aymana wanazzalnā ʿalaykumu l-manna was-salwā

    O Children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and We made an appointment with you at the right side of the mount, and We sent down to you manna and quails,

    i.e., with your prophet, to receive the scripture for you.

81. 20:81 ▶

    كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِى ۖ وَمَن يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِى فَقَدْ هَوَىٰ ﴿٨١﴾

    kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum walā taṭghaw fīhi fayaḥilla ʿalaykum ghaḍabī | wamay yaḥlil ʿalayhi ghaḍabī faqad hawā

    [Saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you and do not transgress [or oppress others] therein, lest My anger should descend upon you. And he upon whom My anger descends has certainly fallen [i.e., perished]."

82. 20:82 ▶

    وَإِنِّى لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا ثُمَّ ٱهْتَدَىٰ ﴿٨٢﴾

    wa'innī laghaffārul liman tāba wa'āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan thumma htadā

    But indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance.

83. 20:83 ▶

    ۞ وَمَآ أَعْجَلَكَ عَن قَوْمِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ ﴿٨٣﴾

    wamā 'aʿjalaka ʿan qawmika yāmūsā

    [Allāh said], "And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?"

84. 20:84 ▶

    قَالَ هُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ عَلَىٰٓ أَثَرِى وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَىٰ ﴿٨٤﴾

    qāla hum 'ulā'i ʿalā 'atharī waʿajiltu 'ilayka rabbi litarḍā

    He said, "They are close upon my tracks, and I hastened to You, my Lord, that You be pleased."

85. 20:85 ▶

    قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ ﴿٨٥﴾

    qāla fa'innā qad fatannā qawmaka mim baʿdika wa'aḍallahumu s-sāmiriyy

    [Allāh] said, "But indeed, We have tried your people after you [departed], and the Sāmirī has led them astray."

    Translated as "the Samaritan" (from Samaria), a hypocrite among them who led the Children of Israel into idol-worship.

86. 20:86 ▶

    فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَـٰنَ أَسِفًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُم مَّوْعِدِى ﴿٨٦﴾

    farajaʿa mūsā 'ilā qawmihī ghaḍbāna 'asifā | qāla yāqawmi 'alam yaʿidkum rabbukum waʿdan ḥasanā | afaṭāla ʿalaykumu l-ʿahdu 'am 'arattum 'ay yaḥilla ʿalaykum ghaḍabum mir rabbikum fa'akhlaftum mawʿidī

    So Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved. He said, "O my people, did your Lord not make you a good promise? Then, was the time [of its fulfillment] too long for you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord descend upon you, so you broke your promise [of obedience] to me?"

    The meaning may also be "angry and enraged."

    That He would send down the Torah, containing guidance for you.

87. 20:87 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَآ أَوْزَارًا مِّن زِينَةِ ٱلْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنَـٰهَا فَكَذَٰلِكَ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ ﴿٨٧﴾

    qālū mā 'akhlafnā mawʿidaka bimalkinā walākinnā ḥummilnā 'awzāram min zīnati l-qawmi faqadhafnāhā fakadhālika 'alqa s-sāmiriyy

    They said, "We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people [of Pharaoh], so we threw them [into the fire], and thus did the Sāmirī throw."

88. 20:88 ▶

    فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَـٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِىَ ﴿٨٨﴾

    fa'akhraja lahum ʿijlan jasadal lahū khuwārun faqālū hādhā 'ilāhukum wa'ilāhu mūsā fanasiy

    And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot."

89. 20:89 ▶

    أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا ﴿٨٩﴾

    afalā yarawna 'allā yarjiʿu 'ilayhim qawlaw walā yamliku lahum ḍarraw walā nafʿā

    Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech [i.e., response] and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?

90. 20:90 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَـٰرُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرِى ﴿٩٠﴾

    walaqad qāla lahum hārūnu min qablu yāqawmi 'innamā futintum bih | wa'inna rabbakumu r-raḥmānu fattabiʿūnī wa'aṭīʿū 'amrī

    And Aaron had already told them before [the return of Moses], "O my people, you are only being tested by it, and indeed, your Lord is the Most Merciful, so follow me and obey my order."

91. 20:91 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَـٰكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ ﴿٩١﴾

    qālū lan nabraḥa ʿalayhi ʿākifīna ḥattā yarjiʿa 'ilaynā mūsā

    They said, "We will never cease being devoted to it [i.e., the calf] until Moses returns to us."

92. 20:92 ▶

    قَالَ يَـٰهَـٰرُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوٓا۟ ﴿٩٢﴾

    qāla yāhārūnu mā manaʿaka 'idh ra'aytahum ḍallū

    [Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

93. 20:93 ▶

    أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِى ﴿٩٣﴾

    allā tattabiʿan | afaʿaṣayta 'amrī

    From following me? Then have you disobeyed my order?"

94. 20:94 ▶

    قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى ﴿٩٤﴾

    qāla yabna'umma lā ta'khudh biliḥyatī walā bira'sī | innī khashītu 'an taqūla farraqta bayna banī 'isrā'īla walam tarqub qawlī

    [Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.'"

95. 20:95 ▶

    قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَـٰسَـٰمِرِىُّ ﴿٩٥﴾

    qāla famā khaṭbuka yāsāmiriyy

    [Moses] said, "And what is your case, O Sāmirī?"

96. 20:96 ▶

    قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِى نَفْسِى ﴿٩٦﴾

    qāla baṣurtu bimā lam yabṣurū bihī faqabaḍtu qabḍatam min 'athari r-rasūli fanabadhtuhā wakadhālika sawwalat lī nafsī

    He said, "I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the track of the messenger and threw it, and thus did my soul entice me."

    i.e., a hoof-print in the sand left by the angel Gabriel's horse.

    Into the fire upon the melted ornaments in order to form the calf.

97. 20:97 ▶

    قَالَ فَٱذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّن تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِى ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا ۖ لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ نَسْفًا ﴿٩٧﴾

    qāla fadhhab fa'inna laka fi l-ḥayāti 'an taqūla lā misās | wa'inna laka mawʿidal lan tukhlafah | wanẓur 'ilā 'ilāhika lladhī ẓalta ʿalayhi ʿākifā | lanuḥarriqannahū thumma lanansifannahū fi l-yammi nasfā

    [Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.' And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it [i.e., its ashes] into the sea with a blast.

    i.e., Do not touch me. As chastisement, he was to be completely shunned by all people.

98. 20:98 ▶

    إِنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا ﴿٩٨﴾

    innamā 'ilāhukumu llāhu lladhī lā 'ilāha 'illā huw | wasiʿa kulla shay'in ʿilmā

    Your god is only Allāh, except for whom there is no deity. He has encompassed all things in knowledge."

99. 20:99 ▶

    كَذَٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ مَا قَدْ سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَ مِن لَّدُنَّا ذِكْرًا ﴿٩٩﴾

    kadhālika naquṣṣu ʿalayka min 'ambā'i mā qad sabaq | waqad 'ātaynāka mil ladunnā dhikrā

    Thus, [O Muḥammad], We relate to you from the news of what has preceded. And We have certainly given you from Us a message [i.e., the Qur’ān].

100. 20:100 ▶

     مَّنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَحْمِلُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وِزْرًا ﴿١٠٠﴾

     man 'aʿraḍa ʿanhu fa'innahū yaḥmilu yawma l-qiyāmati wizrā

     Whoever turns away from it - then indeed, he will bear on the Day of Resurrection a burden [i.e., great sin],

101. 20:101 ▶

     خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهِ ۖ وَسَآءَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ حِمْلًا ﴿١٠١﴾

     khālidīna fīh | wasā'a lahum yawma l-qiyāmati ḥimlā

     [Abiding] eternally therein, and evil it is for them on the Day of Resurrection as a load -

     i.e., in the state of sin.

102. 20:102 ▶

     يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ وَنَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًا ﴿١٠٢﴾

     yawma yunfakhu fi ṣ-ṣūr | wanaḥshuru l-mujrimīna yawma'idhin zurqā

     The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.

     From terror, or blinded completely.

103. 20:103 ▶

     يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا عَشْرًا ﴿١٠٣﴾

     yatakhāfatūna baynahum 'il labithtum 'illā ʿashrā

     They will murmur among themselves, "You remained not but ten [days in the world]."

104. 20:104 ▶

     نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًا ﴿١٠٤﴾

     naḥnu 'aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūna 'idh yaqūlu 'amthaluhum ṭarīqatan 'il labithtum 'illā yawmā

     We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner [i.e., wisdom or speech] will say, "You remained not but one day."

105. 20:105 ▶

     وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّى نَسْفًا ﴿١٠٥﴾

     wayas'alūnaka ʿani l-jibāli faqul yansifuhā rabbī nasfā

     And they ask you about the mountains, so say, "My Lord will blow them away with a blast.

     Once they have been reduced to dust.

106. 20:106 ▶

     فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا ﴿١٠٦﴾

     fayadharuhā qāʿan ṣafṣafā

     And He will leave it [i.e., the earth] a level plain;

107. 20:107 ▶

     لَّا تَرَىٰ فِيهَا عِوَجًا وَلَآ أَمْتًا ﴿١٠٧﴾

     lā tarā fīhā ʿiwajaw walā 'amtā

     You will not see therein a depression or an elevation."

108. 20:108 ▶

     يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ ۖ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا ﴿١٠٨﴾

     yawma'idhiy yattabiʿūna d-dāʿiya lā ʿiwaja lah | wakhashaʿati l-aṣwātu lir-raḥmāni falā tasmaʿu 'illā hamsā

     That Day, they [i.e., everyone] will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps].

     To the gathering for judgement.

109. 20:109 ▶

     يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَرَضِىَ لَهُۥ قَوْلًا ﴿١٠٩﴾

     yawma'idhil lā tanfaʿu sh-shafāʿatu 'illā man 'adhina lahu r-raḥmānu waraḍiya lahū qawlā

     That Day, no intercession will benefit except [that of] one to whom the Most Merciful has given permission and has accepted his word.

110. 20:110 ▶

     يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِۦ عِلْمًا ﴿١١٠﴾

     yaʿlamu mā bayna 'aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bihī ʿilmā

     He [i.e., Allāh] knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, but they do not encompass it [i.e., what He knows] in knowledge.

     Allāh’s knowledge encompasses every aspect of His creations in the past, present and future.

111. 20:111 ▶

     ۞ وَعَنَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ ٱلْقَيُّومِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا ﴿١١١﴾

     waʿanati l-wujūhu lil-ḥayyi l-qayyūm | waqad khāba man ḥamala ẓulmā

     And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. And he will have failed who carries injustice.

     See footnotes describing these attributes in 2:255.

     i.e., sin or wrongdoing towards Allāh or any of His creation.

112. 20:112 ▶

     وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا يَخَافُ ظُلْمًا وَلَا هَضْمًا ﴿١١٢﴾

     wamay yaʿmal mina ṣ-ṣāliḥāti wahuwa mu'minun falā yakhāfu ẓulmaw walā haḍmā

     But he who does of righteous deeds while he is a believer - he will neither fear injustice nor deprivation.

113. 20:113 ▶

     وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا وَصَرَّفْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْوَعِيدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ أَوْ يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرًا ﴿١١٣﴾

     wakadhālika 'anzalnāhu qur'ānan ʿarabiyyaw waṣarrafnā fīhi mina l-waʿīdi laʿallahum yattaqūna 'aw yuḥdithu lahum dhikrā

     And thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān and have diversified therein the warnings that perhaps they will avoid [sin] or it would cause them remembrance.

     i.e., revealed in the Arabic language.

114. 20:114 ▶

     فَتَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۗ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُقْضَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُۥ ۖ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًا ﴿١١٤﴾

     fataʿāla llāhu l-maliku l-ḥaqq | walā taʿjal bil-qur'āni min qabli 'ay yuqḍā 'ilayka waḥyuh | waqur rabbi zidnī ʿilmā

     So high [above all] is Allāh, the Sovereign, the Truth. And, [O Muḥammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur’ān before its revelation is completed to you, and say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge."

     And owner of everything in existence.

     Or "the True Reality," i.e., the real and permanent existence upon which all other existence depends.

115. 20:115 ▶

     وَلَقَدْ عَهِدْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ ءَادَمَ مِن قَبْلُ فَنَسِىَ وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُۥ عَزْمًا ﴿١١٥﴾

     walaqad ʿahidnā 'ilā 'ādama min qablu fanasiya walam najid lahū ʿazmā

     And We had already taken a promise from Adam before, but he forgot; and We found not in him determination.

     To resist temptation.

116. 20:116 ▶

     وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ ﴿١١٦﴾

     wa'idh qulnā lil-malā'ikati sjudū li'ādama fasajadū 'illā 'iblīsa 'abā

     And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except Iblees; he refused.

     See footnote to 2:34.

117. 20:117 ▶

     فَقُلْنَا يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰٓ ﴿١١٧﴾

     faqulnā yā'ādamu 'inna hādhā ʿaduwwul laka walizawjika falā yukhrijannakumā mina l-jannati fatashqā

     So We said, "O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer.

118. 20:118 ▶

     إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْرَىٰ ﴿١١٨﴾

     inna laka 'allā tajūʿa fīhā walā taʿrā

     Indeed, it is [promised] for you not to be hungry therein or be unclothed.

119. 20:119 ▶

     وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَؤُا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَىٰ ﴿١١٩﴾

     wa'annaka lā taẓma'u fīhā walā taḍḥā

     And indeed, you will not be thirsty therein or be hot from the sun."

120. 20:120 ▶

     فَوَسْوَسَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ قَالَ يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَىٰ شَجَرَةِ ٱلْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لَّا يَبْلَىٰ ﴿١٢٠﴾

     fawaswasa 'ilayhi sh-shayṭānu qāla yā'ādamu hal 'adulluka ʿalā shajarati l-khuldi wamulkil lā yablā

     Then Satan whispered to him; he said, "O Adam, shall I direct you to the tree of eternity and possession that will not deteriorate?"

121. 20:121 ▶

     فَأَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۚ وَعَصَىٰٓ ءَادَمُ رَبَّهُۥ فَغَوَىٰ ﴿١٢١﴾

     fa'akalā minhā fabadat lahumā saw'ātuhumā waṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā miw waraqi l-jannah | waʿaṣā 'ādamu rabbahū faghawā

     And they [i.e., Adam and his wife] ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.

122. 20:122 ▶

     ثُمَّ ٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَهَدَىٰ ﴿١٢٢﴾

     thumma jtabāhu rabbuhū fatāba ʿalayhi wahadā

     Then his Lord chose him and turned to him in forgiveness and guided [him].

123. 20:123 ▶

     قَالَ ٱهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًۢا ۖ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى فَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَىٰ ﴿١٢٣﴾

     qāla hbiṭā minhā jamīʿā | baʿḍukum libaʿḍin ʿaduww | fa'immā ya'tiyannakum minnī hudan famani ttabaʿa hudāya falā yaḍillu walā yashqā

     [Allāh] said, "Descend from it [i.e., Paradise] - all, [your descendants] being enemies to one another. And if there should come to you guidance from Me - then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray [in the world] nor suffer [in the Hereafter].

124. 20:124 ▶

     وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِى فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ أَعْمَىٰ ﴿١٢٤﴾

     waman 'aʿraḍa ʿan dhikrī fa'inna lahū maʿīshatan ḍankaw wanaḥshuruhū yawma l-qiyāmati 'aʿmā

     And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed [i.e., difficult] life, and We will gather [i.e., raise] him on the Day of Resurrection blind."

125. 20:125 ▶

     قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِىٓ أَعْمَىٰ وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيرًا ﴿١٢٥﴾

     qāla rabbi lima ḥashartanī 'aʿmā waqad kuntu baṣīrā

     He will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once] seeing?"

126. 20:126 ▶

     قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ أَتَتْكَ ءَايَـٰتُنَا فَنَسِيتَهَا ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ تُنسَىٰ ﴿١٢٦﴾

     qāla kadhālika 'atatka 'āyātunā fanasītahā | wakadhālika l-yawma tunsā

     [Allāh] will say, "Thus did Our signs come to you, and you forgot [i.e., disregarded] them; and thus will you this Day be forgotten."

127. 20:127 ▶

     وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَنْ أَسْرَفَ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنۢ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَشَدُّ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ﴿١٢٧﴾

     wakadhālika najzī man 'asrafa walam yu'mim bi'āyāti rabbih | walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati 'ashaddu wa'abqā

     And thus do We recompense he who transgressed and did not believe in the signs of his Lord. And the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe and more enduring.

     Than that of this world.

128. 20:128 ▶

     أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ ﴿١٢٨﴾

     afalam yahdi lahum kam 'ahlaknā qablahum mina l-qurūni yamshūna fī masākinihim | inna fī dhālika la'āyātil li'uli n-nuhā

     Then, has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them as they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.

129. 20:129 ▶

     وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى ﴿١٢٩﴾

     walawlā kalimatun sabaqat mir rabbika lakāna lizāmaw wa'ajalum musammā

     And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, it [i.e., punishment] would have been an obligation [due immediately], and [if not for] a specified term [decreed].

     See footnote to 10:19.

     Allāh would have punished the disbelievers in this world as He did with previous peoples.

130. 20:130 ▶

     فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا ۖ وَمِنْ ءَانَآئِ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْ وَأَطْرَافَ ٱلنَّهَارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضَىٰ ﴿١٣٠﴾

     faṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʿi sh-shamsi waqabla ghurūbihā | wamin 'ānā'i llayli fasabbiḥ wa'aṭrāfa n-nahāri laʿallaka tarḍā

     So be patient over what they say and exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting; and during periods of the night [exalt Him] and at the ends of the day, that you may be satisfied.

131. 20:131 ▶

     وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ ﴿١٣١﴾

     walā tamuddanna ʿaynayka 'ilā mā mattaʿnā bihī 'azwājam minhum zahrata l-ḥayāti d-dunyā linaftinahum fīh | warizqu rabbika khayruw wa'abqā

     And do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [some] categories of them, [its being but] the splendor of worldly life by which We test them. And the provision of your Lord is better and more enduring.

132. 20:132 ▶

     وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَا ۖ لَا نَسْـَٔلُكَ رِزْقًا ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكَ ۗ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ﴿١٣٢﴾

     wa'mur 'ahlaka biṣ-ṣalāti waṣṭabir ʿalayhā | lā nas'aluka rizqā | naḥnu narzuquk | wal-ʿāqibatu lit-taqwā

     And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein. We ask you not for provision; We provide for you, and the [best] outcome is for [those of] righteousness.

133. 20:133 ▶

     وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا يَأْتِينَا بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ تَأْتِهِم بَيِّنَةُ مَا فِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٣٣﴾

     waqālū lawlā ya'tīnā bi'āyatim mir rabbih | awalam ta'tihim bayyinatu mā fi ṣ-ṣuḥufi l-ūlā

     And they say, "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has there not come to them evidence of what was in the former scriptures?

     Is not the Qur’ān an adequate proof of Muḥammad's prophethood and sufficient as a lasting miracle?

134. 20:134 ▶

     وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ ﴿١٣٤﴾

     walaw 'annā 'ahlaknāhum biʿadhābim min qablihī laqālū rabbanā lawlā 'arsalta 'ilaynā rasūlan fanattabiʿa 'āyātika min qabli 'an nadhilla wanakhzā

     And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses [i.e., teachings] before we were humiliated and disgraced?"

     Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ). Also interpreted as "before it," i.e., the Qur’ān.

135. 20:135 ▶

     قُلْ كُلٌّ مُّتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ ٱلسَّوِىِّ وَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ ﴿١٣٥﴾

     qul kullum mutarabbiṣun fatarabbaṣū | fasataʿlamūna man 'aṣḥābu ṣ-ṣirāṭi s-sawiyyi wamani htadā

     Say, "Each [of us] is waiting; so wait. For you will know who are the companions of the sound path and who is guided."

     For the outcome of this matter.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.