Sura 20: TãHã (T-H) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi

طهtta-ha ﴿١﴾

*20:1 The role of these Quranic initials as components of the Quran's awesome mathematical miracle is given in detail in Appendix 1.

[20:2] We did not reveal the Quran to you, to cause you any hardship.

مَآmāأَنزَلْنَاanzalnāعَلَيْكَʿalaykaٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānaلِتَشْقَىٰٓlitashqā ﴿٢﴾

[20:3] Only to remind the reverent.

إِلَّاillāتَذْكِرَةًtadhkiratanلِّمَنlimanيَخْشَىٰyakhshā ﴿٣﴾

[20:4] A revelation from the Creator of the earth and the high heavens.

تَنزِيلًاtanzīlanمِّمَّنْmimmanخَلَقَkhalaqaٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍaوَٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِwal-samāwātiٱلْعُلَىl-ʿulā ﴿٤﴾

[20:5] The Most Gracious; He has assumed all authority.

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُal-raḥmānuعَلَىʿalāٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshiٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawā ﴿٥﴾

[20:6] To Him belongs everything in the heavens, and the earth, and everything between them, and everything beneath the ground.

لَهُۥlahuمَاmāفِىfīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَمَاwamāفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَمَاwamāبَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumāوَمَاwamāتَحْتَtaḥtaٱلثَّرَىٰl-tharā ﴿٦﴾

[20:7] Whether you declare your convictions (or not) He knows the secret, and what is even more hidden.

وَإِنwa-inتَجْهَرْtajharبِٱلْقَوْلِbil-qawliفَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuٱلسِّرَّl-siraوَأَخْفَىwa-akhfā ﴿٧﴾

[20:8] GOD: there is no other god besides Him. To Him belong the most beautiful names.

ٱللَّهُal-lahuلَآlāإِلَـٰهَilāhaإِلَّاillāهُوَhuwaلَهُlahuٱلْأَسْمَآءُl-asmāuٱلْحُسْنَىٰl-ḥus'nā ﴿٨﴾

[20:9] Have you noted the history of Moses?

وَهَلْwahalأَتَىٰكَatākaحَدِيثُḥadīthuمُوسَىٰٓmūsā ﴿٩﴾

[20:10] When he saw a fire, he said to his family, "Stay here. I have seen a fire. Maybe I can bring you some of it, or find some guidance at the fire."

إِذْidhرَءَاraāنَارًاnāranفَقَالَfaqālaلِأَهْلِهِli-ahlihiٱمْكُثُوٓا۟um'kuthūإِنِّىٓinnīءَانَسْتُānastuنَارًاnāranلَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallīءَاتِيكُمātīkumمِّنْهَاmin'hāبِقَبَسٍbiqabasinأَوْawأَجِدُajiduعَلَىʿalāٱلنَّارِl-nāriهُدًىhudan ﴿١٠﴾

[20:11] When he came to it, he was called, "O, Moses.

فَلَمَّآfalammāأَتَىٰهَاatāhāنُودِىَnūdiyaيَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsā ﴿١١﴾

[20:12] "I am your Lord; remove your sandals. You are in the sacred valley, Tuwã.

إِنِّىٓinnīأَنَا۠anāرَبُّكَrabbukaفَٱخْلَعْfa-ikh'laʿنَعْلَيْكَnaʿlaykaإِنَّكَinnakaبِٱلْوَادِbil-wādiٱلْمُقَدَّسِl-muqadasiطُوًىṭuwan ﴿١٢﴾

[20:13] "I have chosen you, so listen to what is being revealed.

وَأَنَاwa-anāٱخْتَرْتُكَikh'tartukaفَٱسْتَمِعْfa-is'tamiʿلِمَاlimāيُوحَىٰٓyūḥā ﴿١٣﴾

[20:14] "I am GOD; there is no other god beside Me. You shall worship Me alone, and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) to remember Me.

إِنَّنِىٓinnanīأَنَاanāٱللَّهُl-lahuلَآlāإِلَـٰهَilāhaإِلَّآillāأَنَا۠anāفَٱعْبُدْنِىfa-uʿ'bud'nīوَأَقِمِwa-aqimiٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalataلِذِكْرِىٓlidhik'rī ﴿١٤﴾

[20:15] "The Hour (end of the world) is surely coming; I will keep it almost hidden. For each soul must be paid for its works.

إِنَّinnaٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿataءَاتِيَةٌātiyatunأَكَادُakāduأُخْفِيهَاukh'fīhāلِتُجْزَىٰlituj'zāكُلُّkulluنَفْسٍۭnafsinبِمَاbimāتَسْعَىٰtasʿā ﴿١٥﴾

*20:15 The end of the world is given in the Quran, God's final message (15:87).

[20:16] "Do not be diverted therefrom by those who do not believe in it - those who pursue their own opinions - lest you fall.

فَلَاfalāيَصُدَّنَّكَyaṣuddannakaعَنْهَاʿanhāمَنmanلَّاlāيُؤْمِنُyu'minuبِهَاbihāوَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaهَوَىٰهُhawāhuفَتَرْدَىٰfatardā ﴿١٦﴾

[20:17] "What is this in your right hand, Moses?"

وَمَاwamāتِلْكَtil'kaبِيَمِينِكَbiyamīnikaيَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā ﴿١٧﴾

[20:18] He said, "This is my staff. I lean on it, herd my sheep with it, and I use it for other purposes."

قَالَqālaهِىَhiyaعَصَاىَʿaṣāyaأَتَوَكَّؤُا۟atawakka-uعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāوَأَهُشُّwa-ahushuبِهَاbihāعَلَىٰʿalāغَنَمِىghanamīوَلِىَwaliyaفِيهَاfīhāمَـَٔارِبُmaāribuأُخْرَىٰukh'rā ﴿١٨﴾

[20:19] He said, "Throw it down, Moses."

قَالَqālaأَلْقِهَاalqihāيَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā ﴿١٩﴾

[20:20] He threw it down, whereupon it turned into a moving serpent.

فَأَلْقَىٰهَاfa-alqāhāفَإِذَاfa-idhāهِىَhiyaحَيَّةٌḥayyatunتَسْعَىٰtasʿā ﴿٢٠﴾

[20:21] He said, "Pick it up; do not be afraid. We will return it to its original state.

قَالَqālaخُذْهَاkhudh'hāوَلَاwalāتَخَفْtakhafسَنُعِيدُهَاsanuʿīduhāسِيرَتَهَاsīratahāٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlā ﴿٢١﴾

[20:22] "And hold your hand under your wing; it will come out white without a blemish; another proof.

وَٱضْمُمْwa-uḍ'mumيَدَكَyadakaإِلَىٰilāجَنَاحِكَjanāḥikaتَخْرُجْtakhrujبَيْضَآءَbayḍāaمِنْmin غَيْرِghayriسُوٓءٍsūinءَايَةًukh'rāأُخْرَىٰāyatan ﴿٢٢﴾

[20:23] "We thus show you some of our great portents.

لِنُرِيَكَlinuriyakaمِنْminءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināٱلْكُبْرَىl-kub'rā ﴿٢٣﴾

[20:24] "Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed."

ٱذْهَبْidh'habإِلَىٰilāفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaإِنَّهُۥinnahuطَغَىٰṭaghā ﴿٢٤﴾

[20:25] He said, "My Lord, cool my temper.

قَالَqālaرَبِّrabbiٱشْرَحْish'raḥلِىlīصَدْرِىṣadrī ﴿٢٥﴾

[20:26] "And make this matter easy for me.

وَيَسِّرْwayassirلِىٓlīأَمْرِىamrī ﴿٢٦﴾

[20:27] "And untie a knot from my tongue.

وَٱحْلُلْwa-uḥ'lulعُقْدَةًʿuq'datanمِّنminلِّسَانِىlisānī ﴿٢٧﴾

[20:28] "So they can understand my speech.

يَفْقَهُوا۟yafqahūقَوْلِىqawlī ﴿٢٨﴾

[20:29] "And appoint an assistant for me from my family.

وَٱجْعَلwa-ij'ʿalلِّىlīوَزِيرًاwazīranمِّنْminأَهْلِىahlī ﴿٢٩﴾

[20:30] "My brother Aaron.

هَـٰرُونَhārūnaأَخِىakhī ﴿٣٠﴾

[20:31] "Strengthen me with him.

ٱشْدُدْush'dudبِهِۦٓbihiأَزْرِىazrī ﴿٣١﴾

[20:32] "Let him be my partner in this matter.

وَأَشْرِكْهُwa-ashrik'huفِىٓfīأَمْرِىamrī ﴿٣٢﴾

[20:33] "That we may glorify You frequently.

كَىْkayنُسَبِّحَكَnusabbiḥakaكَثِيرًاkathīran ﴿٣٣﴾

[20:34] "And commemorate You frequently.

وَنَذْكُرَكَwanadhkurakaكَثِيرًاkathīran ﴿٣٤﴾

[20:35] "You are Seer of us."

إِنَّكَinnakaكُنتَkuntaبِنَاbināبَصِيرًاbaṣīran ﴿٣٥﴾

[20:36] He said, "Your request is granted, O Moses.

قَالَqālaقَدْqadأُوتِيتَūtītaسُؤْلَكَsu'lakaيَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā ﴿٣٦﴾

[20:37] "We have blessed you another time.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadمَنَنَّاmanannāعَلَيْكَʿalaykaمَرَّةًmarratanأُخْرَىٰٓukh'rā ﴿٣٧﴾

[20:38] "When we revealed to your mother what we revealed.

إِذْidhأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāإِلَىٰٓilāأُمِّكَummikaمَاmāيُوحَىٰٓyūḥā ﴿٣٨﴾

[20:39] "Saying: 'Throw him into the box, then throw him into the river. The river will throw him onto the shore, to be picked up by an enemy of Mine and an enemy of his.' I showered you with love from Me, and I had you made before My watchful eye.

أَنِaniٱقْذِفِيهِiq'dhifīhiفِىfīٱلتَّابُوتِl-tābūtiفَٱقْذِفِيهِfa-iq'dhifīhiفِىfīٱلْيَمِّl-yamiفَلْيُلْقِهِfalyul'qihiٱلْيَمُّl-yamuبِٱلسَّاحِلِbil-sāḥiliيَأْخُذْهُyakhudh'huعَدُوٌّʿaduwwunلِّىlīوَعَدُوٌّwaʿaduwwunلَّهُۥlahuوَأَلْقَيْتُwa-alqaytuعَلَيْكَʿalaykaمَحَبَّةًmaḥabbatanمِّنِّىminnīوَلِتُصْنَعَwalituṣ'naʿaعَلَىٰʿalāعَيْنِىٓʿaynī ﴿٣٩﴾

[20:40] "Your sister walked to them and said, 'I can tell you about a nursing mother who can take good care of him.' We thus returned you to your mother, that she may be happy and stop worrying. And when you killed a soul, we saved you from the grievous consequences; indeed we tested you thoroughly. You stayed years with the people of Midyan, and now you have come back in accordance with a precise plan.

إِذْidhتَمْشِىٓtamshīأُخْتُكَukh'tukaفَتَقُولُfataqūluهَلْhalأَدُلُّكُمْadullukumعَلَىٰʿalāمَنmanيَكْفُلُهُۥyakfuluhuفَرَجَعْنَـٰكَfarajaʿnākaإِلَىٰٓilāأُمِّكَummikaكَىْkayتَقَرَّtaqarraعَيْنُهَاʿaynuhāوَلَاwalāتَحْزَنَtaḥzanaوَقَتَلْتَwaqataltaنَفْسًاnafsanفَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَfanajjaynākaمِنَminaٱلْغَمِّl-ghamiوَفَتَنَّـٰكَwafatannākaفُتُونًاfutūnanفَلَبِثْتَfalabith'taسِنِينَsinīnaفِىٓfīأَهْلِahliمَدْيَنَmadyanaثُمَّthummaجِئْتَji'taعَلَىٰʿalāقَدَرٍqadarinيَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā ﴿٤٠﴾

[20:41] "I have made you just for Me.

وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَwa-iṣ'ṭanaʿtukaلِنَفْسِىlinafsī ﴿٤١﴾

[20:42] "Go with your brother, supported by My signs, and do not waver in remembering Me.

ٱذْهَبْidh'habأَنتَantaوَأَخُوكَwa-akhūkaبِـَٔايَـٰتِىbiāyātīوَلَاwalāتَنِيَاtaniyāفِىfīذِكْرِىdhik'rī ﴿٤٢﴾

[20:43] "Go to Pharaoh, for he transgressed.

ٱذْهَبَآidh'habāإِلَىٰilāفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaإِنَّهُۥinnahuطَغَىٰṭaghā ﴿٤٣﴾

[20:44] "Speak to him nicely; he may take heed, or become reverent."

فَقُولَاfaqūlāلَهُۥlahuقَوْلًاqawlanلَّيِّنًاlayyinanلَّعَلَّهُۥlaʿallahuيَتَذَكَّرُyatadhakkaruأَوْawيَخْشَىٰyakhshā ﴿٤٤﴾

[20:45] They said, "Our Lord, we fear lest he may attack us, or transgress."

قَالَاqālāرَبَّنَآrabbanāإِنَّنَاinnanāنَخَافُnakhāfuأَنanيَفْرُطَyafruṭaعَلَيْنَآʿalaynāأَوْawأَنanيَطْغَىٰyaṭghā ﴿٤٥﴾

[20:46] He said, "Do not be afraid, for I will be with you, listening and watching.

قَالَqālaلَاlāتَخَافَآtakhāfāإِنَّنِىinnanīمَعَكُمَآmaʿakumāأَسْمَعُasmaʿuوَأَرَىٰwa-arā ﴿٤٦﴾

[20:47] "Go to him and say, 'We are two messengers from your Lord. Let the Children of Israel go. You must refrain from persecuting them. We bring a sign from your Lord, and peace is the lot of those who heed the guidance.

فَأْتِيَاهُfatiyāhuفَقُولَآfaqūlāإِنَّاinnāرَسُولَاrasūlāرَبِّكَrabbikaفَأَرْسِلْfa-arsilمَعَنَاmaʿanāبَنِىٓbanīإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaوَلَاwalāتُعَذِّبْهُمْtuʿadhib'humقَدْqadجِئْنَـٰكَji'nākaبِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatinمِّنminرَّبِّكَrabbikaوَٱلسَّلَـٰمُwal-salāmuعَلَىٰʿalāمَنِmaniٱتَّبَعَittabaʿaٱلْهُدَىٰٓl-hudā ﴿٤٧﴾

[20:48] " 'We have been inspired that the retribution will inevitably afflict those who disbelieve and turn away.' "

إِنَّاinnāقَدْqadأُوحِىَūḥiyaإِلَيْنَآilaynāأَنَّannaٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābaعَلَىٰʿalāمَنmanكَذَّبَkadhabaوَتَوَلَّىٰwatawallā ﴿٤٨﴾

[20:49] He said, "Who is your Lord, O Moses."

قَالَqālaفَمَنfamanرَّبُّكُمَاrabbukumāيَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā ﴿٤٩﴾

[20:50] He said, "Our Lord is the One who granted everything its existence, and its guidance."

قَالَqālaرَبُّنَاrabbunāٱلَّذِىٓalladhīأَعْطَىٰaʿṭāكُلَّkullaشَىْءٍshayinخَلْقَهُۥkhalqahuثُمَّthummaهَدَىٰhadā ﴿٥٠﴾

[20:51] He said, "What about the past generations?"

قَالَqālaفَمَاfamāبَالُbāluٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūniٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlā ﴿٥١﴾

[20:52] He said, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord never errs, nor does He forget."

قَالَqālaعِلْمُهَاʿil'muhāعِندَʿindaرَبِّىrabbīفِىfīكِتَـٰبٍkitābinلَّاlāيَضِلُّyaḍilluرَبِّىrabbīوَلَاwalāيَنسَىyansā ﴿٥٢﴾

[20:53] He is the One who made the earth habitable for you, and paved in it roads for you. And He sends down from the sky water with which we produce many different kinds of plants.

ٱلَّذِىalladhīجَعَلَjaʿalaلَكُمُlakumuٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍaمَهْدًاmahdanوَسَلَكَwasalakaلَكُمْlakumفِيهَاfīhāسُبُلًاsubulanوَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaمِنَminaٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiمَآءًmāanفَأَخْرَجْنَاfa-akhrajnāبِهِۦٓbihiأَزْوَٰجًاazwājanمِّنminنَّبَاتٍnabātinشَتَّىٰshattā ﴿٥٣﴾

[20:54] Eat and raise your livestock. These are sufficient proofs for those who possess intelligence.*

كُلُوا۟kulūوَٱرْعَوْا۟wa-ir'ʿawأَنْعَـٰمَكُمْanʿāmakumإِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinلِّأُو۟لِىli-ulīٱلنُّهَىٰl-nuhā ﴿٥٤﴾

*20:54 Those who possess intelligence appreciate the fact that we are astronauts who were launched into space on this 'Spaceship Earth.' God provided us with renewable food, water, pets, wildlife, and livestock, as we embark on this temporary space odyssey. Compare God's provisions to 'Spaceship Earth' with the provisions we give to our astronauts (Appendix 7).

[20:55] From it we created you, into it we return you, and from it we bring you out once more.

مِنْهَاmin'hāخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْkhalaqnākumوَفِيهَاwafīhāنُعِيدُكُمْnuʿīdukumوَمِنْهَاwamin'hāنُخْرِجُكُمْnukh'rijukumتَارَةًtāratanأُخْرَىٰukh'rā ﴿٥٥﴾

[20:56] We showed him all our proofs, but he disbelieved and refused.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadأَرَيْنَـٰهُaraynāhuءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināكُلَّهَاkullahāفَكَذَّبَfakadhabaوَأَبَىٰwa-abā ﴿٥٦﴾

[20:57] He said, "Did you come here to take us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?

قَالَqālaأَجِئْتَنَاaji'tanāلِتُخْرِجَنَاlitukh'rijanāمِنْminأَرْضِنَاarḍināبِسِحْرِكَbisiḥ'rikaيَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā ﴿٥٧﴾

[20:58] "We will surely show you similar magic. Therefore, set an appointment that neither we, nor you will violate; in a neutral place."

فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَfalanatiyannakaبِسِحْرٍbisiḥ'rinمِّثْلِهِۦmith'lihiفَٱجْعَلْfa-ij'ʿalبَيْنَنَاbaynanāوَبَيْنَكَwabaynakaمَوْعِدًاmawʿidanلَّاlāنُخْلِفُهُۥnukh'lifuhuنَحْنُnaḥnuوَلَآwalāأَنتَantaمَكَانًاmakānanسُوًىsuwan ﴿٥٨﴾

[20:59] He said, "Your appointed time shall be the day of festivities. Let us all meet in the forenoon."

قَالَqālaمَوْعِدُكُمْmawʿidukumيَوْمُyawmuٱلزِّينَةِl-zīnatiوَأَنwa-anيُحْشَرَyuḥ'sharaٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuضُحًىḍuḥan ﴿٥٩﴾

[20:60] Pharaoh summoned his forces, then came.

فَتَوَلَّىٰfatawallāفِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuفَجَمَعَfajamaʿaكَيْدَهُۥkaydahuثُمَّthummaأَتَىٰatā ﴿٦٠﴾

[20:61] Moses said to them, "Woe to you. Do you fabricate lies to fight GOD and thus incur His retribution? Such fabricators will surely fail."

قَالَqālaلَهُمlahumمُّوسَىٰmūsāوَيْلَكُمْwaylakumلَاlāتَفْتَرُوا۟taftarūعَلَىʿalāٱللَّهِl-lahiكَذِبًاkadhibanفَيُسْحِتَكُمfayus'ḥitakumبِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinوَقَدْwaqadخَابَkhābaمَنِmaniٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarā ﴿٦١﴾

[20:62] They disputed among themselves, as they conferred privately.

فَتَنَـٰزَعُوٓا۟fatanāzaʿūأَمْرَهُمamrahumبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumوَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrūٱلنَّجْوَىٰl-najwā ﴿٦٢﴾

[20:63] They said, "These two are no more than magicians who wish to take you out of your land with their magic, and to destroy your ideal way of life.

قَالُوٓا۟qālūإِنْinهَـٰذَٰنِhādhāniلَسَـٰحِرَٰنِlasāḥirāniيُرِيدَانِyurīdāniأَنanيُخْرِجَاكُمyukh'rijākumمِّنْminأَرْضِكُمarḍikumبِسِحْرِهِمَاbisiḥ'rihimāوَيَذْهَبَاwayadhhabāبِطَرِيقَتِكُمُbiṭarīqatikumuٱلْمُثْلَىٰl-muth'lā ﴿٦٣﴾

[20:64] "Let us agree upon one scheme and face them as a united front. The winner today will have the upper hand."

فَأَجْمِعُوا۟fa-ajmiʿūكَيْدَكُمْkaydakumثُمَّthummaٱئْتُوا۟i'tūصَفًّاṣaffanوَقَدْwaqadأَفْلَحَaflaḥaٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaمَنِmaniٱسْتَعْلَىٰis'taʿlā ﴿٦٤﴾

[20:65] They said, "O Moses, either you throw, or we will be the first to throw."

قَالُوا۟qālūيَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāإِمَّآimmāأَنanتُلْقِىَtul'qiyaوَإِمَّآwa-immāأَنanنَّكُونَnakūnaأَوَّلَawwalaمَنْmanأَلْقَىٰalqā ﴿٦٥﴾

[20:66] He said, "You throw." Whereupon, their ropes and sticks appeared to him, because of their magic, as if they were moving.

قَالَqālaبَلْbalأَلْقُوا۟alqūفَإِذَاfa-idhāحِبَالُهُمْḥibāluhumوَعِصِيُّهُمْwaʿiṣiyyuhumيُخَيَّلُyukhayyaluإِلَيْهِilayhiمِنminسِحْرِهِمْsiḥ'rihimأَنَّهَاannahāتَسْعَىٰtasʿā ﴿٦٦﴾

[20:67] Moses harbored some fear.

فَأَوْجَسَfa-awjasaفِىfīنَفْسِهِۦnafsihiخِيفَةًkhīfatanمُّوسَىٰmūsā ﴿٦٧﴾

[20:68] We said, "Have no fear. You will prevail.

قُلْنَاqul'nāلَاlāتَخَفْtakhafإِنَّكَinnakaأَنتَantaٱلْأَعْلَىٰl-aʿlā ﴿٦٨﴾

[20:69] "Throw what you hold in your right hand, and it will swallow what they fabricated. What they fabricated is no more than the scheming of a magician. The magician's work will not succeed."

وَأَلْقِwa-alqiمَاmāفِىfīيَمِينِكَyamīnikaتَلْقَفْtalqafمَاmāصَنَعُوٓا۟ṣanaʿūإِنَّمَاinnamāصَنَعُوا۟ṣanaʿūكَيْدُkayduسَـٰحِرٍsāḥirinوَلَاwalāيُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuٱلسَّاحِرُl-sāḥiruحَيْثُḥaythuأَتَىٰatā ﴿٦٩﴾

[20:70] The magicians fell prostrate, saying, "We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."

فَأُلْقِىَfa-ul'qiyaٱلسَّحَرَةُl-saḥaratuسُجَّدًاsujjadanقَالُوٓا۟qālūءَامَنَّاāmannāبِرَبِّbirabbiهَـٰرُونَhārūnaوَمُوسَىٰwamūsā ﴿٧٠﴾

[20:71] He said, "Did you believe in him without my permission? He must be your chief; the one who taught you magic. I will surely sever your hands and feet on alternate sides. I will crucify you on the palm trunks. You will find out which of us can inflict the worst retribution, and who outlasts whom."

قَالَqālaءَامَنتُمْāmantumلَهُۥlahuقَبْلَqablaأَنْanءَاذَنَādhanaلَكُمْlakumإِنَّهُۥinnahuلَكَبِيرُكُمُlakabīrukumuٱلَّذِىalladhīعَلَّمَكُمُʿallamakumuٱلسِّحْرَl-siḥ'raفَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّfala-uqaṭṭiʿannaأَيْدِيَكُمْaydiyakumوَأَرْجُلَكُمwa-arjulakumمِّنْminخِلَـٰفٍkhilāfinوَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْwala-uṣallibannakumفِىfīجُذُوعِjudhūʿiٱلنَّخْلِl-nakhliوَلَتَعْلَمُنَّwalataʿlamunnaأَيُّنَآayyunāأَشَدُّashadduعَذَابًاʿadhābanوَأَبْقَىٰwa-abqā ﴿٧١﴾

[20:72] They said, "We will not prefer you over the clear proofs that came to us, and over the One who created us. Therefore, issue whatever judgment you wish to issue. You can only rule in this lowly life.

قَالُوا۟qālūلَنlanنُّؤْثِرَكَnu'thirakaعَلَىٰʿalāمَاmāجَآءَنَاjāanāمِنَminaٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِl-bayinātiوَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīفَطَرَنَاfaṭaranāفَٱقْضِfa-iq'ḍiمَآmāأَنتَantaقَاضٍqāḍinإِنَّمَاinnamāتَقْضِىtaqḍīهَـٰذِهِhādhihiٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayataٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā ﴿٧٢﴾

[20:73] "We have believed in our Lord, that He may forgive us our sins, and the magic that you forced us to perform. GOD is far better and Everlasting."

إِنَّآinnāءَامَنَّاāmannāبِرَبِّنَاbirabbināلِيَغْفِرَliyaghfiraلَنَاlanāخَطَـٰيَـٰنَاkhaṭāyānāوَمَآwamāأَكْرَهْتَنَاakrahtanāعَلَيْهِʿalayhiمِنَminaٱلسِّحْرِl-siḥ'riوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuخَيْرٌkhayrunوَأَبْقَىٰٓwa-abqā ﴿٧٣﴾

[20:74] Anyone who comes to his Lord guilty will incur Hell, wherein he never dies, nor stays alive.

إِنَّهُۥinnahuمَنmanيَأْتِyatiرَبَّهُۥrabbahuمُجْرِمًاmuj'rimanفَإِنَّfa-innaلَهُۥlahuجَهَنَّمَjahannamaلَاlāيَمُوتُyamūtuفِيهَاfīhāوَلَاwalāيَحْيَىٰyaḥyā ﴿٧٤﴾

[20:75] As for those who come to Him as believers who had led a righteous life, they attain the high ranks.

وَمَنwamanيَأْتِهِۦyatihiمُؤْمِنًاmu'minanقَدْqadعَمِلَʿamilaٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātiفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaلَهُمُlahumuٱلدَّرَجَـٰتُl-darajātuٱلْعُلَىٰl-ʿulā ﴿٧٥﴾

[20:76] The gardens of Eden, beneath which rivers flow, will be their abode forever. Such is the reward for those who purify themselves.

جَنَّـٰتُjannātuعَدْنٍʿadninتَجْرِىtajrīمِنminتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruخَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaفِيهَاfīhāوَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaجَزَآءُjazāuمَنmanتَزَكَّىٰtazakkā ﴿٧٦﴾

[20:77] We inspired Moses: "Lead My servants out, and strike for them a dry road across the sea. You shall not fear that you may get caught, nor shall you worry."

وَلَقَدْwalaqadأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāإِلَىٰilāمُوسَىٰٓmūsāأَنْanأَسْرِasriبِعِبَادِىbiʿibādīفَٱضْرِبْfa-iḍ'ribلَهُمْlahumطَرِيقًاṭarīqanفِىfīٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥriيَبَسًاyabasanلَّاlāتَخَـٰفُtakhāfuدَرَكًاdarakanوَلَاwalāتَخْشَىٰtakhshā ﴿٧٧﴾

[20:78] Pharaoh pursued them with his troops, but the sea overwhelmed them, as it was destined to overwhelm them.

فَأَتْبَعَهُمْfa-atbaʿahumفِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuبِجُنُودِهِۦbijunūdihiفَغَشِيَهُمfaghashiyahumمِّنَminaٱلْيَمِّl-yamiمَاmāغَشِيَهُمْghashiyahum ﴿٧٨﴾

[20:79] Thus, Pharaoh misled his people; he did not guide them.

وَأَضَلَّwa-aḍallaفِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuقَوْمَهُۥqawmahuوَمَاwamāهَدَىٰhadā ﴿٧٩﴾

[20:80] O Children of Israel, we delivered you from your enemy, summoned you to the right side of Mount Sinai, and we sent down to you manna and quails.

يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaقَدْqadأَنجَيْنَـٰكُمanjaynākumمِّنْminعَدُوِّكُمْʿaduwwikumوَوَٰعَدْنَـٰكُمْwawāʿadnākumجَانِبَjānibaٱلطُّورِl-ṭūriٱلْأَيْمَنَl-aymanaوَنَزَّلْنَاwanazzalnāعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuٱلْمَنَّl-manaوَٱلسَّلْوَىٰwal-salwā ﴿٨٠﴾

[20:81] Eat from the good things we provided for you, and do not transgress, lest you incur My wrath. Whoever incurs My wrath has fallen.

كُلُوا۟kulūمِنminطَيِّبَـٰتِṭayyibātiمَاmāرَزَقْنَـٰكُمْrazaqnākumوَلَاwalāتَطْغَوْا۟taṭghawفِيهِfīhiفَيَحِلَّfayaḥillaعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumغَضَبِىghaḍabīوَمَنwamanيَحْلِلْyaḥlilعَلَيْهِʿalayhiغَضَبِىghaḍabīفَقَدْfaqadهَوَىٰhawā ﴿٨١﴾

[20:82] I am surely Forgiving for those who repent, believe, lead a righteous life, and steadfastly remain guided.

وَإِنِّىwa-innīلَغَفَّارٌlaghaffārunلِّمَنlimanتَابَtābaوَءَامَنَwaāmanaوَعَمِلَwaʿamilaصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanثُمَّthummaٱهْتَدَىٰih'tadā ﴿٨٢﴾

[20:83] "Why did you rush away from your people, O Moses?"

وَمَآwamāأَعْجَلَكَaʿjalakaعَنʿanقَوْمِكَqawmikaيَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā ﴿٨٣﴾

[20:84] He said, "They are close behind me. I have rushed to You my Lord, that You may be pleased."

قَالَqālaهُمْhumأُو۟لَآءِulāiعَلَىٰٓʿalāأَثَرِىatharīوَعَجِلْتُwaʿajil'tuإِلَيْكَilaykaرَبِّrabbiلِتَرْضَىٰlitarḍā ﴿٨٤﴾

[20:85] He said, "We have put your people to the test after you left, but the Samarian misled them."

قَالَqālaفَإِنَّاfa-innāقَدْqadفَتَنَّاfatannāقَوْمَكَqawmakaمِنۢminبَعْدِكَbaʿdikaوَأَضَلَّهُمُwa-aḍallahumuٱلسَّامِرِىُّl-sāmiriyu ﴿٨٥﴾

[20:86] Moses returned to his people, angry and disappointed, saying, "O my people, did your Lord not promise you a good promise? Could you not wait? Did you want to incur wrath from your Lord? Is this why you broke your agreement with me?"

فَرَجَعَfarajaʿaمُوسَىٰٓmūsāإِلَىٰilāقَوْمِهِۦqawmihiغَضْبَـٰنَghaḍbānaأَسِفًاasifanقَالَqālaيَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiأَلَمْalamيَعِدْكُمْyaʿid'kumرَبُّكُمْrabbukumوَعْدًاwaʿdanحَسَنًاḥasananأَفَطَالَafaṭālaعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuٱلْعَهْدُl-ʿahduأَمْamأَرَدتُّمْaradttumأَنanيَحِلَّyaḥillaعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumغَضَبٌghaḍabunمِّنminرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumفَأَخْلَفْتُمfa-akhlaftumمَّوْعِدِىmawʿidī ﴿٨٦﴾

[20:87] They said, "We did not break our agreement with you on purpose. But we were loaded down with jewelry, and decided to throw our loads in. This is what the Samarian suggested."

قَالُوا۟qālūمَآmāأَخْلَفْنَاakhlafnāمَوْعِدَكَmawʿidakaبِمَلْكِنَاbimalkināوَلَـٰكِنَّاwalākinnāحُمِّلْنَآḥummil'nāأَوْزَارًاawzāranمِّنminزِينَةِzīnatiٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmiفَقَذَفْنَـٰهَاfaqadhafnāhāفَكَذَٰلِكَfakadhālikaأَلْقَىalqāٱلسَّامِرِىُّl-sāmiriyu ﴿٨٧﴾

[20:88] He produced for them a sculpted calf, complete with a calf's sound.* They said, "This is your god, and the god of Moses." Thus, he forgot.

فَأَخْرَجَfa-akhrajaلَهُمْlahumعِجْلًاʿij'lanجَسَدًاjasadanلَّهُۥlahuخُوَارٌkhuwārunفَقَالُوا۟faqālūهَـٰذَآhādhāإِلَـٰهُكُمْilāhukumوَإِلَـٰهُwa-ilāhuمُوسَىٰmūsāفَنَسِىَfanasiya ﴿٨٨﴾

*20:88 & 96 The Samarian went to the spot where God spoke to Moses, and grabbed a fistful of dust upon which God's voice had echoed. This dust, when mixed with the molten gold caused the golden statue to acquire the sound of a calf.

[20:89] Could they not see that it neither responded to them, nor possessed any power to harm them, or benefit them?

أَفَلَاafalāيَرَوْنَyarawnaأَلَّاallāيَرْجِعُyarjiʿuإِلَيْهِمْilayhimقَوْلًاqawlanوَلَاwalāيَمْلِكُyamlikuلَهُمْlahumضَرًّاḍarranوَلَاwalāنَفْعًاnafʿan ﴿٨٩﴾

[20:90] And Aaron had told them, "O my people, this is a test for you. Your only Lord is the Most Gracious, so follow me, and obey my commands."

وَلَقَدْwalaqadقَالَqālaلَهُمْlahumهَـٰرُونُhārūnuمِنminقَبْلُqabluيَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiإِنَّمَاinnamāفُتِنتُمfutintumبِهِۦbihiوَإِنَّwa-innaرَبَّكُمُrabbakumuٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuفَٱتَّبِعُونِىfa-ittabiʿūnīوَأَطِيعُوٓا۟wa-aṭīʿūأَمْرِىamrī ﴿٩٠﴾

[20:91] They said, "We will continue to worship it, until Moses comes back."

قَالُوا۟qālūلَنlanنَّبْرَحَnabraḥaعَلَيْهِʿalayhiعَـٰكِفِينَʿākifīnaحَتَّىٰḥattāيَرْجِعَyarjiʿaإِلَيْنَاilaynāمُوسَىٰmūsā ﴿٩١﴾

[20:92] (Moses) said, "O Aaron, what is it that prevented you, when you saw them go astray,

قَالَqālaيَـٰهَـٰرُونُyāhārūnuمَاmāمَنَعَكَmanaʿakaإِذْidhرَأَيْتَهُمْra-aytahumضَلُّوٓا۟ḍallū ﴿٩٢﴾

[20:93] "from following my orders? Have you rebelled against me?"

أَلَّاallāتَتَّبِعَنِtattabiʿaniأَفَعَصَيْتَafaʿaṣaytaأَمْرِىamrī ﴿٩٣﴾

[20:94] He said, "O son of my mother, do not pull me by my beard and my head. I was afraid that you might say, 'You have divided the Children of Israel, and disobeyed my orders.' "

قَالَqālaيَبْنَؤُمَّyabna-ummaلَاlāتَأْخُذْtakhudhبِلِحْيَتِىbiliḥ'yatīوَلَاwalāبِرَأْسِىٓbirasīإِنِّىinnīخَشِيتُkhashītuأَنanتَقُولَtaqūlaفَرَّقْتَfarraqtaبَيْنَbaynaبَنِىٓbanīإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaوَلَمْwalamتَرْقُبْtarqubقَوْلِىqawlī ﴿٩٤﴾

[20:95] He said, "What is the matter with you, O Samarian?"

قَالَqālaفَمَاfamāخَطْبُكَkhaṭbukaيَـٰسَـٰمِرِىُّyāsāmiriyyu ﴿٩٥﴾

[20:96] He said, "I saw what they could not see. I grabbed a fistful (of dust) from the place where the messenger stood, and used it (to mix into the golden calf). This is what my mind inspired me to do."*

قَالَqālaبَصُرْتُbaṣur'tuبِمَاbimāلَمْlamيَبْصُرُوا۟yabṣurūبِهِۦbihiفَقَبَضْتُfaqabaḍtuقَبْضَةًqabḍatanمِّنْminأَثَرِathariٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūliفَنَبَذْتُهَاfanabadhtuhāوَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaسَوَّلَتْsawwalatلِىlīنَفْسِىnafsī ﴿٩٦﴾

[20:97] He said, "Then go, and, throughout your life, do not even come close. You have an appointed time (for your final judgment) that you can never evade. Look at your god that you used to worship; we will burn it and throw it into the sea, to stay down there forever."

قَالَqālaفَٱذْهَبْfa-idh'habفَإِنَّfa-innaلَكَlakaفِىfīٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatiأَنanتَقُولَtaqūlaلَاlāمِسَاسَmisāsaوَإِنَّwa-innaلَكَlakaمَوْعِدًاmawʿidanلَّنlanتُخْلَفَهُۥtukh'lafahuوَٱنظُرْwa-unẓurإِلَىٰٓilāإِلَـٰهِكَilāhikaٱلَّذِىalladhīظَلْتَẓaltaعَلَيْهِʿalayhiعَاكِفًاʿākifanلَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥlanuḥarriqannahuثُمَّthummaلَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥlanansifannahuفِىfīٱلْيَمِّl-yamiنَسْفًاnasfan ﴿٩٧﴾

[20:98] Your only god is GOD; the One beside whom there is no other god. His knowledge encompasses all things.

إِنَّمَآinnamāإِلَـٰهُكُمُilāhukumuٱللَّهُl-lahuٱلَّذِىalladhīلَآlāإِلَـٰهَilāhaإِلَّاillāهُوَhuwaوَسِعَwasiʿaكُلَّkullaشَىْءٍshayinعِلْمًاʿil'man ﴿٩٨﴾

[20:99] We thus narrate to you some news from the past generations. We have revealed to you a message from us.

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaنَقُصُّnaquṣṣuعَلَيْكَʿalaykaمِنْminأَنۢبَآءِanbāiمَاmāقَدْqadسَبَقَsabaqaوَقَدْwaqadءَاتَيْنَـٰكَātaynākaمِنminلَّدُنَّاladunnāذِكْرًاdhik'ran ﴿٩٩﴾

[20:100] Those who disregard it will bear a load (of sins) on the Day of Resurrection.

مَّنْmanأَعْرَضَaʿraḍaعَنْهُʿanhuفَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuيَحْمِلُyaḥmiluيَوْمَyawmaٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatiوِزْرًاwiz'ran ﴿١٠٠﴾

[20:101] Eternally they abide therein; what a miserable load on the Day of Resurrection!

خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaفِيهِfīhiوَسَآءَwasāaلَهُمْlahumيَوْمَyawmaٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatiحِمْلًاḥim'lan ﴿١٠١﴾

[20:102] That is the day when the horn is blown, and we summon the guilty on that day blue.

يَوْمَyawmaيُنفَخُyunfakhuفِىfīٱلصُّورِl-ṣūriوَنَحْشُرُwanaḥshuruٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnaيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinزُرْقًاzur'qan ﴿١٠٢﴾

[20:103] Whispering among themselves, they will say, "You have stayed (in the first life) no more than ten days!"

يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَyatakhāfatūnaبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumإِنinلَّبِثْتُمْlabith'tumإِلَّاillāعَشْرًاʿashran ﴿١٠٣﴾

[20:104] We are fully aware of their utterances. The most accurate among them will say, "You stayed no more than a day."

نَّحْنُnaḥnuأَعْلَمُaʿlamuبِمَاbimāيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaإِذْidhيَقُولُyaqūluأَمْثَلُهُمْamthaluhumطَرِيقَةًṭarīqatanإِنinلَّبِثْتُمْlabith'tumإِلَّاillāيَوْمًاyawman ﴿١٠٤﴾

[20:105] They ask you about the mountains. Say, "My Lord will wipe them out.

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaعَنِʿaniٱلْجِبَالِl-jibāliفَقُلْfaqulيَنسِفُهَاyansifuhāرَبِّىrabbīنَسْفًاnasfan ﴿١٠٥﴾

[20:106] "He will leave them like a barren, flat land.

فَيَذَرُهَاfayadharuhāقَاعًاqāʿanصَفْصَفًاṣafṣafan ﴿١٠٦﴾

[20:107] "Not even the slightest hill will you see therein, nor a dip."

لَّاlāتَرَىٰtarāفِيهَاfīhāعِوَجًاʿiwajanوَلَآwalāأَمْتًاamtan ﴿١٠٧﴾

[20:108] On that day, everyone will follow the caller, without the slightest deviation. All sounds will be hushed before the Most Gracious; you will hear nothing but whispers.

يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinيَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnaٱلدَّاعِىَl-dāʿiyaلَاlāعِوَجَʿiwajaلَهُۥlahuوَخَشَعَتِwakhashaʿatiٱلْأَصْوَاتُl-aṣwātuلِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmāniفَلَاfalāتَسْمَعُtasmaʿuإِلَّاillāهَمْسًاhamsan ﴿١٠٨﴾

[20:109] On that day, intercession will be useless, except for those permitted by the Most Gracious, and whose utterances conform to His will.

يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinلَّاlāتَنفَعُtanfaʿuٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُl-shafāʿatuإِلَّاillāمَنْmanأَذِنَadhinaلَهُlahuٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuوَرَضِىَwaraḍiyaلَهُۥlahuقَوْلًاqawlan ﴿١٠٩﴾

[20:110] He knows their past and their future, while none encompasses His knowledge.

يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuمَاmāبَيْنَbayna أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimوَمَاwamāخَلْفَهُمْkhalfahumوَلَاwalāيُحِيطُونَyuḥīṭūnaبِهِۦbihiعِلْمًاʿil'man ﴿١١٠﴾

[20:111] All faces will submit to the Living, the Eternal, and those who are burdened by their transgressions will fail.

وَعَنَتِwaʿanatiٱلْوُجُوهُl-wujūhuلِلْحَىِّlil'ḥayyiٱلْقَيُّومِl-qayūmiوَقَدْwaqadخَابَkhābaمَنْmanحَمَلَḥamalaظُلْمًاẓul'man ﴿١١١﴾

[20:112] As for those who worked righteousness, while believing, they will have no fear of injustice or adversity.

وَمَنwamanيَعْمَلْyaʿmalمِنَminaٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātiوَهُوَwahuwaمُؤْمِنٌmu'minunفَلَاfalāيَخَافُyakhāfuظُلْمًاẓul'manوَلَاwalāهَضْمًاhaḍman ﴿١١٢﴾

[20:113] We thus revealed it, an Arabic Quran, and we cited in it all kinds of prophecies, that they may be saved, or it may cause them to take heed.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaأَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuقُرْءَانًاqur'ānanعَرَبِيًّاʿarabiyyanوَصَرَّفْنَاwaṣarrafnāفِيهِfīhiمِنَminaٱلْوَعِيدِl-waʿīdiلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumيَتَّقُونَyattaqūnaأَوْawيُحْدِثُyuḥ'dithuلَهُمْlahumذِكْرًاdhik'ran ﴿١١٣﴾

[20:114] Most Exalted is GOD, the only true King. Do not rush into uttering the Quran before it is revealed to you, and say, "My Lord, increase my knowledge."

فَتَعَـٰلَىfataʿālāٱللَّهُl-lahuٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquوَلَاwalāتَعْجَلْtaʿjalبِٱلْقُرْءَانِbil-qur'āniمِنminقَبْلِqabliأَنanيُقْضَىٰٓyuq'ḍāإِلَيْكَilaykaوَحْيُهُۥwaḥyuhuوَقُلwaqulرَّبِّrabbiزِدْنِىzid'nīعِلْمًاʿil'man ﴿١١٤﴾

[20:115] We tested Adam in the past, but he forgot, and we found him indecisive.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadعَهِدْنَآʿahid'nāإِلَىٰٓilāءَادَمَādamaمِنminقَبْلُqabluفَنَسِىَfanasiyaوَلَمْwalamنَجِدْnajidلَهُۥlahuعَزْمًاʿazman ﴿١١٥﴾

*20:115 When Satan challenged God's absolute authority (38:69), you and I did not make a firm stand against Satan. God is giving us a chance, on this earth, to redeem ourselves by denouncing Satan and upholding God's absolute authority (Appendix 7).

[20:116] Recall that we said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam." They fell prostrate, except Satan; he refused.

وَإِذْwa-idhقُلْنَاqul'nāلِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatiٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judūلِـَٔادَمَliādamaفَسَجَدُوٓا۟fasajadūإِلَّآillāإِبْلِيسَib'līsaأَبَىٰabā ﴿١١٦﴾

[20:117] We then said, "O Adam, this is an enemy of you and your wife. Do not let him evict you from Paradise, lest you become miserable.

فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nāيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُyāādamuإِنَّinnaهَـٰذَاhādhāعَدُوٌّʿaduwwunلَّكَlakaوَلِزَوْجِكَwalizawjikaفَلَاfalāيُخْرِجَنَّكُمَاyukh'rijannakumāمِنَminaٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatiفَتَشْقَىٰٓfatashqā ﴿١١٧﴾

[20:118] "You are guaranteed never to hunger therein, nor go unsheltered.

إِنَّinnaلَكَlakaأَلَّاallāتَجُوعَtajūʿaفِيهَاfīhāوَلَاwalāتَعْرَىٰtaʿrā ﴿١١٨﴾

[20:119] "Nor will you thirst therein, nor suffer from any heat."

وَأَنَّكَwa-annakaلَاlāتَظْمَؤُا۟taẓma-uفِيهَاfīhāوَلَاwalāتَضْحَىٰtaḍḥā ﴿١١٩﴾

[20:120] But the devil whispered to him, saying, "O Adam, let me show you the tree of eternity and unending kingship."

فَوَسْوَسَfawaswasaإِلَيْهِilayhiٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuقَالَqālaيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُyāādamuهَلْhalأَدُلُّكَadullukaعَلَىٰʿalāشَجَرَةِshajaratiٱلْخُلْدِl-khul'diوَمُلْكٍwamul'kinلَّاlāيَبْلَىٰyablā ﴿١٢٠﴾

[20:121] They ate from it, whereupon their bodies became visible to them, and they tried to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise. Adam thus disobeyed his Lord, and fell.

فَأَكَلَاfa-akalāمِنْهَاmin'hāفَبَدَتْfabadatلَهُمَاlahumāسَوْءَٰتُهُمَاsawātuhumāوَطَفِقَاwaṭafiqāيَخْصِفَانِyakhṣifāniعَلَيْهِمَاʿalayhimāمِنminوَرَقِwaraqiٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatiوَعَصَىٰٓwaʿaṣāءَادَمُādamuرَبَّهُۥrabbahuفَغَوَىٰfaghawā ﴿١٢١﴾

[20:122] Subsequently, his Lord chose him, redeemed him, and guided him.

ثُمَّthummaٱجْتَبَـٰهُij'tabāhuرَبُّهُۥrabbuhuفَتَابَfatābaعَلَيْهِʿalayhiوَهَدَىٰwahadā ﴿١٢٢﴾

[20:123] He said, "Go down therefrom, all of you. You are enemies of one another. When guidance comes to you from Me, anyone who follows My guidance will not go astray, nor suffer any misery.

قَالَqālaٱهْبِطَاih'biṭāمِنْهَاmin'hāجَمِيعًۢاjamīʿanبَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumلِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinعَدُوٌّʿaduwwunفَإِمَّاfa-immāيَأْتِيَنَّكُمyatiyannakumمِّنِّىminnīهُدًىhudanفَمَنِfamaniٱتَّبَعَittabaʿaهُدَاىَhudāyaفَلَاfalāيَضِلُّyaḍilluوَلَاwalāيَشْقَىٰyashqā ﴿١٢٣﴾

[20:124] "As for the one who disregards My message, he will have a miserable life, and we resurrect him, on the Day of Resurrection, blind."

وَمَنْwamanأَعْرَضَaʿraḍaعَنʿanذِكْرِىdhik'rīفَإِنَّfa-innaلَهُۥlahuمَعِيشَةًmaʿīshatanضَنكًاḍankanوَنَحْشُرُهُۥwanaḥshuruhuيَوْمَyawmaٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatiأَعْمَىٰaʿmā ﴿١٢٤﴾

[20:125] He will say, "My Lord, why did you summon me blind, when I used to be a seer?"

قَالَqālaرَبِّrabbiلِمَlimaحَشَرْتَنِىٓḥashartanīأَعْمَىٰaʿmāوَقَدْwaqadكُنتُkuntuبَصِيرًاbaṣīran ﴿١٢٥﴾

[20:126] He will say, "Because you forgot our revelations when they came to you, you are now forgotten."

قَالَqālaكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaأَتَتْكَatatkaءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāفَنَسِيتَهَاfanasītahāوَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaتُنسَىٰtunsā ﴿١٢٦﴾

[20:127] We thus requite those who transgress and refuse to believe in the revelations of their Lord. The retribution in the Hereafter is far worse and everlasting.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaنَجْزِىnajzīمَنْmanأَسْرَفَasrafaوَلَمْwalamيُؤْمِنۢyu'minبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiرَبِّهِۦrabbihiوَلَعَذَابُwalaʿadhābuٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiأَشَدُّashadduوَأَبْقَىٰٓwa-abqā ﴿١٢٧﴾

[20:128] Does it ever occur to them how many previous generations we have annihilated? They are now walking in the homes of those before them. These are signs for those who possess intelligence.

أَفَلَمْafalamيَهْدِyahdiلَهُمْlahumكَمْkamأَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāقَبْلَهُمqablahumمِّنَminaٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūniيَمْشُونَyamshūnaفِىfīمَسَـٰكِنِهِمْmasākinihimإِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinلِّأُو۟لِىli-ulīٱلنُّهَىٰl-nuhā ﴿١٢٨﴾

[20:129] If it were not for your Lord's predetermined plan, they would have been judged immediately.

وَلَوْلَاwalawlāكَلِمَةٌkalimatunسَبَقَتْsabaqatمِنminرَّبِّكَrabbikaلَكَانَlakānaلِزَامًاlizāmanوَأَجَلٌwa-ajalunمُّسَمًّىmusamman ﴿١٢٩﴾

[20:130] Therefore, be patient in the face of their utterances, and praise and glorify your Lord before sunrise and before sunset. And during the night glorify Him, as well as at both ends of the day, that you may be happy.

فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birعَلَىٰʿalāمَاmāيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaوَسَبِّحْwasabbiḥبِحَمْدِbiḥamdiرَبِّكَrabbikaقَبْلَqablaطُلُوعِṭulūʿiٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsiوَقَبْلَwaqablaغُرُوبِهَاghurūbihāوَمِنْwaminءَانَآئِānāiٱلَّيْلِal-layliفَسَبِّحْfasabbiḥوَأَطْرَافَwa-aṭrāfaٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāriلَعَلَّكَlaʿallakaتَرْضَىٰtarḍā ﴿١٣٠﴾

[20:131] And do not covet what we bestowed upon any other people. Such are temporary ornaments of this life, whereby we put them to the test. What your Lord provides for you is far better, and everlasting.

وَلَاwalāتَمُدَّنَّtamuddannaعَيْنَيْكَʿaynaykaإِلَىٰilāمَاmāمَتَّعْنَاmattaʿnāبِهِۦٓbihiأَزْوَٰجًاazwājanمِّنْهُمْmin'humزَهْرَةَzahrataٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatiٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāلِنَفْتِنَهُمْlinaftinahumفِيهِfīhiوَرِزْقُwariz'quرَبِّكَrabbikaخَيْرٌkhayrunوَأَبْقَىٰwa-abqā ﴿١٣١﴾

[20:132] You shall enjoin your family to observe the contact prayers (Salat), and steadfastly persevere in doing so. We do not ask you for any provisions; we are the ones who provide for you. The ultimate triumph belongs to the righteous.

وَأْمُرْwamurوَٱصْطَبِرْwa-iṣ'ṭabirأَهْلَكَahlakaعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāبِٱلصَّلَوٰةِbil-ṣalatiلَاlāنَسْـَٔلُكَnasalukaرِزْقًاriz'qanنَّحْنُnaḥnuنَرْزُقُكَnarzuqukaوَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُwal-ʿāqibatuلِلتَّقْوَىٰlilttaqwā ﴿١٣٢﴾

[20:133] They said, "If he could only show us a miracle from his Lord!" Did they not receive sufficient miracles with the previous messages?

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūلَوْلَاlawlāيَأْتِينَاyatīnāبِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatinمِّنminرَّبِّهِۦٓrabbihiأَوَلَمْawalamتَأْتِهِمtatihimبَيِّنَةُbayyinatuمَاmāفِىfīٱلصُّحُفِl-ṣuḥufiٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlā ﴿١٣٣﴾

[20:134] Had we annihilated them before this, they would have said, "Our Lord, had You sent a messenger to us, we would have followed Your revelations, and would have avoided this shame and humiliation."

وَلَوْwalawأَنَّآannāأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمahlaknāhumبِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinمِّنminقَبْلِهِۦqablihiلَقَالُوا۟laqālūرَبَّنَاrabbanāلَوْلَآlawlāأَرْسَلْتَarsaltaإِلَيْنَاilaynāرَسُولًاrasūlanفَنَتَّبِعَfanattabiʿaءَايَـٰتِكَāyātikaمِنminقَبْلِqabliأَنanنَّذِلَّnadhillaوَنَخْزَىٰwanakhzā ﴿١٣٤﴾

[20:135] Say, "All of us are waiting, so wait; you will surely find out who are on the correct path, and who are truly guided."

قُلْqulكُلٌّkullunمُّتَرَبِّصٌmutarabbiṣunفَتَرَبَّصُوا۟fatarabbaṣūفَسَتَعْلَمُونَfasataʿlamūnaمَنْmanأَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābuٱلصِّرَٰطِl-ṣirāṭiٱلسَّوِىِّl-sawiyiوَمَنِwamaniٱهْتَدَىٰih'tadā ﴿١٣٥﴾

Sura 20: TãHã (T-H) طه

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