Surah Ţāhā (Ta-Ha) in English

1. ولقد أوحينا إلى موسى أن أسر بعبادي فاضرب لهم طريقا في البحر يبسا لا تخاف دركا ولا تخشى

   77

   We revealed to Moses, [saying], ‘Set out with My servants at night, and strike out for them a dry path through the sea. Do not be afraid of being overtaken, and have no fear [of getting drowned].

   wa-la-qad ʾawḥaynā ʾilā mūsā ʾan ʾasri bi-ʿibādī fa-ḍrib lahum ṭarīqan fī l-baḥri yabasan lā takhāfu darakan wa-lā takhshā

2. فأتبعهم فرعون بجنوده فغشيهم من اليم ما غشيهم

   78

   Then Pharaoh pursued them with his troops, whereat they were engulfed by what engulfed them of the sea.

   fa-ʾatbaʿahum firʿawnu bi-junūdihī fa-ghashiyahum mina l-yammi mā ghashiyahum

3. وأضل فرعون قومه وما هدى

   79

   Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide them.

   wa-ʾaḍalla firʿawnu qawmahū wa-mā hadā

4. يا بني إسرائيل قد أنجيناكم من عدوكم وواعدناكم جانب الطور الأيمن ونزلنا عليكم المن والسلوى

   80

   O Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and We appointed with you a tryst on the right side of the Mount and We sent down to you manna and quails:

   yā-banī ʾisrāʾīla qad ʾanjaynākum min ʿaduwwikum wa-wāʿadnākum jāniba ṭ-ṭūri l-ʾaymana wa-nazzalnā ʿalaykumu l-manna wa-s-salwā

5. كلوا من طيبات ما رزقناكم ولا تطغوا فيه فيحل عليكم غضبي ومن يحلل عليه غضبي فقد هوى

   81

   ‘Eat of the good things We have provided you, but do not overstep the bounds therein, lest My wrath should descend on you, and he on whom My wrath descends certainly perishes.

   kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum wa-lā taṭghaw fīhi fa-yaḥilla ʿalaykum ghaḍabī wa-man yaḥlil ʿalayhi ghaḍabī fa-qad hawā

6. وإني لغفار لمن تاب وآمن وعمل صالحا ثم اهتدى

   82

   Indeed I forgive those who repent, become faithful, act righteously, and follow guidance.’

   wa-ʾinnī la-ghaffārun li-man tāba wa-ʾāmana wa-ʿamila ṣāliḥan thumma htadā

7. وما أعجلك عن قومك يا موسى

   83

   [God said,] ‘O Moses, what has prompted you to hasten ahead of your people?’

   wa-mā ʾaʿjalaka ʿan qawmika yā-mūsā

8. قال هم أولاء على أثري وعجلت إليك رب لترضى

   84

   He said, ‘They are close upon my heels, and I hurried on to You, my Lord, that You may be pleased.’

   qāla hum ʾulāʾi ʿalā ʾatharī wa-ʿajiltu ʾilāyka rabbi li-tarḍā

9. قال فإنا قد فتنا قومك من بعدك وأضلهم السامري

   85

   He said, ‘Indeed We tried your people in your absence, and the Samiri has led them astray.’

   qāla fa-ʾinnā qad fatannā qawmaka min baʿdika wa-ʾaḍallahumu s-sāmiriyyu

10. فرجع موسى إلى قومه غضبان أسفا قال يا قوم ألم يعدكم ربكم وعدا حسنا أفطال عليكم العهد أم أردتم أن يحل عليكم غضب من ربكم فأخلفتم موعدي

    86

    Thereupon Moses returned to his people, indignant and grieved. He said, ‘O my people! Did your Lord not give you a true promise? Did the period [of my absence] seem too long to you? Or did you desire that your Lord’s wrath should descend on you and so you failed your tryst with me?’

    fa-rajaʿa mūsā ʾilā qawmihī ghaḍbāna ʾasifan qāla yā-qawmi ʾa-lam yaʿidkum rabbukum waʿdan ḥasanan ʾa-fa-ṭāla ʿalaykumu l-ʿahdu ʾam ʾaradtum ʾan yaḥilla ʿalaykum ghaḍabun min rabbikum fa-ʾakhlaftum mawʿidī

11. قالوا ما أخلفنا موعدك بملكنا ولكنا حملنا أوزارا من زينة القوم فقذفناها فكذلك ألقى السامري

    87

    They said, ‘We did not fail our tryst with you of our own accord, but we were laden with the weight of those people’s ornaments, and we cast them [into the fire] and so did the Samiri.’

    qālū mā ʾakhlafnā mawʿidaka bi-malkinā wa-lākinnā ḥummilnā ʾawzāran min zīnati l-qawmi fa-qadhafnāhā fa-ka-dhālika ʾalqā s-sāmiriyyu