Surah Ţāhā (Ta-Ha) in English

1. فأخرج لهم عجلا جسدا له خوار فقالوا هذا إلهكم وإله موسى فنسي

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   Then he produced for them a calf—a [lifeless] body with a low—and they said, This is your god and the god of Moses, so he forgot!

   fa-ʾakhraja lahum ʿijlan jasadan lahū khuwārun fa-qālū hādhā ʾilāhukum wa-ʾilāhu mūsā fa-nasiya

2. أفلا يرون ألا يرجع إليهم قولا ولا يملك لهم ضرا ولا نفعا

   89

   Did they not see that it did not answer them, nor could it bring them any benefit or harm?

   ʾa-fa-lā yarawna ʾallā yarjiʿu ʾilayhim qawlan wa-lā yamliku lahum ḍarran wa-lā nafʿan

3. ولقد قال لهم هارون من قبل يا قوم إنما فتنتم به وإن ربكم الرحمن فاتبعوني وأطيعوا أمري

   90

   Aaron had certainly told them earlier, ‘O my people! You are only being tested by it. Indeed your Lord is the All-beneficent. So follow me and obey my command!’

   wa-la-qad qāla lahum hārūnu min qablu yā-qawmi ʾinnamā futintum bihī wa-ʾinna rabbakumu r-raḥmānu fa-ttabiʿūnī wa-ʾaṭīʿū ʾamrī

4. قالوا لن نبرح عليه عاكفين حتى يرجع إلينا موسى

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   They had said, ‘We will keep on clinging to it until Moses returns to us.’

   qālū lan nabraḥa ʿalayhi ʿākifīna ḥattā yarjiʿa ʾilaynā mūsā

5. قال يا هارون ما منعك إذ رأيتهم ضلوا

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   He said, ‘O Aaron! What kept you, when you saw them going astray,

   qāla yā-hārūnu mā manaʿaka ʾidh raʾaytahum ḍallū

6. ألا تتبعن أفعصيت أمري

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   from following me? Did you disobey my command?’

   ʾallā tattabiʿani ʾa-fa-ʿaṣayta ʾamrī

7. قال يا ابن أم لا تأخذ بلحيتي ولا برأسي إني خشيت أن تقول فرقت بين بني إسرائيل ولم ترقب قولي

   94

   He said, ‘O son of my mother! Do not grab my beard or my head! I feared lest you should say, ‘‘You have caused a rift among the Children of Israel and did not heed my word [of advice].’’’

   qāla ya-bna-ʾumma lā taʾkhudh bi-liḥyatī wa-lā bi-raʾsī ʾinnī khashītu ʾan taqūla farraqta bayna banī ʾisrāʾīla wa-lam tarqub qawlī

8. قال فما خطبك يا سامري

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   He said, ‘What is your business, O Samiri?’

   qāla fa-mā khaṭbuka yā-sāmiriyyu

9. قال بصرت بما لم يبصروا به فقبضت قبضة من أثر الرسول فنبذتها وكذلك سولت لي نفسي

   96

   He said, ‘I saw what they did not see. I took a handful [of dust] from the messenger’s trail and threw it. That is how my soul prompted me.’

   qāla baṣurtu bi-mā lam yabṣurū bihī fa-qabaḍtu qabḍatan min ʾathari r-rasūli fa-nabadhtuhā wa-ka-dhālika sawwalat lī nafsī

10. قال فاذهب فإن لك في الحياة أن تقول لا مساس وإن لك موعدا لن تخلفه وانظر إلى إلهك الذي ظلت عليه عاكفا لنحرقنه ثم لننسفنه في اليم نسفا

    97

    He said, ‘Begone! It shall be your [lot] throughout life to say, ‘‘Do not touch me!’’ Indeed, there is a tryst for you which you will not fail to keep! Now look at your god to whom you went on clinging. We will burn it down and then scatter it[s ashes] into the sea.

    qāla fa-dhhab fa-ʾinna laka fī l-ḥayāti ʾan taqūla lā misāsa wa-ʾinna laka mawʿidan lan tukhlafahū wa-nẓur ʾilā ʾilāhika lladhī ẓalta ʿalayhi ʿākifan la-nuḥarriqannahū thumma la-nansifannahū fī l-yammi nasfan

11. إنما إلهكم الله الذي لا إله إلا هو وسع كل شيء علما

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    Indeed your God is Allah. There is no god except Him. He embraces all things in [His] knowledge.’

    ʾinnamā ʾilāhukumu llāhu lladhī lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa wasiʿa kulla shayʾin ʿilman