Surah Ţāhā (Ta-Ha) in English

1. فتعالى الله الملك الحق ولا تعجل بالقرآن من قبل أن يقضى إليك وحيه وقل رب زدني علما

   114

   So exalted is Allah, the True Sovereign. Do not hasten with the Quran before its revelation is completed for you, and say, ‘My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.’

   fa-taʿālā llāhu l-maliku l-ḥaqqu wa-lā taʿjal bi-l-qurʾāni min qabli ʾan yuqḍā ʾilayka waḥyuhū wa-qul rabbi zidnī ʿilman

2. ولقد عهدنا إلى آدم من قبل فنسي ولم نجد له عزما

   115

   Certainly We had enjoined Adam earlier; but he forgot, and We did not find any resoluteness in him.

   wa-la-qad ʿahidnā ʾilā ʾādama min qablu fa-nasiya wa-lam najid lahū ʿazman

3. وإذ قلنا للملائكة اسجدوا لآدم فسجدوا إلا إبليس أبى

   116

   When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate before Adam,’ they prostrated, but not Iblis: he refused.

   wa-ʾidh qulnā li-l-malāʾikati sjudū li-ʾādama fa-sajadū ʾillā ʾiblīsa ʾabā

4. فقلنا يا آدم إن هذا عدو لك ولزوجك فلا يخرجنكما من الجنة فتشقى

   117

   We said, ‘O Adam! This is indeed an enemy of yours and your mate’s. So do not let him expel you from paradise, or you will be miserable.

   fa-qulnā yā-ʾādamu ʾinna hādhā ʿaduwwun laka wa-li-zawjika fa-lā yukhrijannakumā mina l-jannati fa-tashqā

5. إن لك ألا تجوع فيها ولا تعرى

   118

   You will neither be hungry in it nor naked.

   ʾinna laka ʾallā tajūʿa fīhā wa-lā taʿrā

6. وأنك لا تظمأ فيها ولا تضحى

   119

   You will neither be thirsty in it, nor suffer from [the heat of] the sun.’

   wa-ʾannaka lā taẓmaʿu fīhā wa-lā taḍḥā

7. فوسوس إليه الشيطان قال يا آدم هل أدلك على شجرة الخلد وملك لا يبلى

   120

   Then Satan tempted him. He said, ‘O Adam! Shall I show you the tree of immortality, and an imperishable kingdom?’

   fa-waswasa ʾilayhi sh-shayṭānu qāla yā-ʾādamu hal ʾadulluka ʿalā shajarati l-khuldi wa-mulkin lā yablā

8. فأكلا منها فبدت لهما سوآتهما وطفقا يخصفان عليهما من ورق الجنة وعصى آدم ربه فغوى

   121

   So they both ate of it, and their nakedness became evident to them, and they began to stitch over themselves with the leaves of paradise. Adam disobeyed his Lord, and went amiss.

   fa-ʾakalā minhā fa-badat lahumā sawʾātuhumā wa-ṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā min waraqi l-jannati wa-ʿaṣā ʾādamu rabbahū fa-ghawā

9. ثم اجتباه ربه فتاب عليه وهدى

   122

   Then his Lord chose him, and turned to him clemently, and guided him.

   thumma jtabāhu rabbuhū fa-tāba ʿalayhi wa-hadā

10. قال اهبطا منها جميعا بعضكم لبعض عدو فإما يأتينكم مني هدى فمن اتبع هداي فلا يضل ولا يشقى

    123

    He said, ‘Get down both of you from it, all together, being enemies of one another! Yet, should any guidance come to you from Me, those who follow My guidance will not go astray, nor will they be miserable.

    qāla hbiṭā minhā jamīʿan baʿḍukum li-baʿḍin ʿaduwwun fa-ʾimmā yaʾtiyannakum minnī hudan fa-mani ttabaʿa hudāya fa-lā yaḍillu wa-lā yashqā

11. ومن أعرض عن ذكري فإن له معيشة ضنكا ونحشره يوم القيامة أعمى

    124

    But whoever disregards My remembrance, his shall be a wretched life, and We shall raise him blind on the Day of Resurrection.’

    wa-man ʾaʿraḍa ʿan dhikrī fa-ʾinna lahū maʿīshatan ḍankan wa-naḥshuruhū yawma l-qiyāmati ʾaʿmā

12. قال رب لم حشرتني أعمى وقد كنت بصيرا

    125

    He will say, ‘My Lord! Why have You raised me blind, though I used to see?’

    qāla rabbi li-ma ḥashartanī ʾaʿmā wa-qad kuntu baṣīran