Revealed during the middle Makkan period when the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was enduring immense physical and psychological strain from his intense night vigils and the burden of his mission, Surah Ta-Ha was sent down as a profound source of spiritual relief, explicitly opening with the divine reassurance that the Quran was not revealed to cause him overwhelming distress. The heart of the chapter is dominated by a deeply detailed, sweeping narrative of Prophet Moses (Musa)—from his awe-inspiring, intimate encounter with the divine at the burning bush in the sacred valley of Tuwa, to his terrifying confrontation with the tyrannical Pharaoh. It vividly captures the monumental moment of truth when Pharaoh's elite sorcerers immediately fell into prostration, courageously choosing faith and execution over worldly reward after witnessing the absolute reality of God's power. Beyond the external struggle against tyranny, the Surah intricately explores internal human weakness by detailing the Israelites' tragic lapse into idolatry with the golden calf under the influence of Samiri, while also tracing the origins of human forgetfulness back to Prophet Adam's slip in Paradise. Ultimately, the chapter serves as a powerful psychological warning that turning away from the remembrance of God leads to a suffocating, depressed existence in this world and blindness in the next, cementing the explicit command to establish regular prayer and patience as the ultimate anchors for the soul amidst the fleeting turbulence of worldly life.
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Taha
Translation
Ta, Ha
These disjointed letters ('Ta-Ha') are Huruf Muqatta'at, whose definitive meaning rests with Allah alone. Surah Ta-Ha holds a famous place in early Islamic history: Umar ibn al-Khattab was en route to kill the Prophet ﷺ when he overheard his sister reciting these opening verses. The profound literary majesty of the words transformed his heart, prompting him to immediately embrace Islam.
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Ma anzalna AAalayka alqurana litashqa
Translation
We did not reveal the Quran to you to make you suffer
Revealed to comfort the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: he used to spend the majority of every night standing in prayer until his feet swelled, leading Meccan pagans to mock him by saying that his new religion was revealed only to cause him misery and distress.
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Illa tathkiratan liman yakhsha
Translation
But only as a reminder for him who fears
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Tanzeelan mimman khalaqa alarda waalssamawati alAAula
Translation
A revelation from He who created the earth and the high heavens
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Alrrahmanu AAala alAAarshi istawa
Translation
The Most Merciful; on the Throne He settled
Describes God's supreme authority: 'The Most Merciful rose over the Throne (Istawa 'ala al-'Arsh)'. This establishes His supreme majesty and governance over all creation in a manner befitting His transcendent perfection, free from any physical or human resemblance.
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Lahu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi wama baynahuma wama tahta alththara
Translation
To Him belongs everything in the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, and everything beneath the soil
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Wain tajhar bialqawli fainnahu yaAAlamu alssirra waakhfa
Translation
If you speak aloud—He knows the secret, and the most hidden
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Allahu la ilaha illa huwa lahu alasmao alhusna
Translation
God, there is no god but He, His are the Most Beautiful Names
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Wahal ataka hadeethu moosa
Translation
Has the story of Moses reached you
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Ith raa naran faqala liahlihi omkuthoo innee anastu naran laAAallee ateekum minha biqabasin aw ajidu AAala alnnari hudan
Translation
When he saw a fire, he said to his family, “Stay; I have noticed a fire; Perhaps I can bring you a torch therefrom, or find some guidance by the fire.”
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Falamma ataha noodiya ya moosa
Translation
Then, when he reached it, he was called, “O Moses
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Innee ana rabbuka faikhlaAA naAAlayka innaka bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
Translation
I—I am your Lord. Take off your shoes. You are in the sacred valley of Tuwa
Prophet Moses (Musa) approached the Burning Bush in the sacred valley of Tuwa in Sinai, where God commanded him to take off his leather sandals as a sign of humility and physical purification on holy ground.
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Waana ikhtartuka faistamiAA lima yooha
Translation
I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed
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Innanee ana Allahu la ilaha illa ana faoAAbudnee waaqimi alssalata lithikree
Translation
I—I am God. There is no God but I. So serve Me, and practice the prayer for My remembrance
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Inna alssaAAata atiyatun akadu okhfeeha litujza kullu nafsin bima tasAAa
Translation
The Hour is coming—but I keep it almost hidden—so that each soul will be paid for what it endeavors
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Fala yasuddannaka AAanha man la yuminu biha waittabaAAa hawahu fatarda
Translation
And do not let him who denies it and follows his desire turn you away from it, lest you fall
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Wama tilka biyameenika ya moosa
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And what is that in your right-hand, O Moses?”
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Qala hiya AAasaya atawakkao AAalayha waahushshu biha AAala ghanamee waliya feeha maaribu okhra
Translation
He said, “This is my staff. I lean on it, and herd my sheep with it, and I have other uses for it.”
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Qala alqiha ya moosa
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He said, “Throw it, O Moses.”
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Faalqaha faitha hiya hayyatun tasAAa
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So he threw it—thereupon it became a moving serpent
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Qala khuthha wala takhaf sanuAAeeduha seerataha aloola
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He said, “Take hold of it, and do not fear. We will restore it to its original condition
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Waodmum yadaka ila janahika takhruj baydaa min ghayri sooin ayatan okhra
Translation
And press your hand to your side; it will come out white, without a blemish—another sign
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Linuriyaka min ayatina alkubra
Translation
That We may show you some of Our greatest signs
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Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
Translation
Go to Pharaoh; He has transgressed.”
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Qala rabbi ishrah lee sadree
Translation
He said, “My Lord, put my heart at peace for me
Moses' famous prayer for communication: having experienced a speech impediment since childhood, he prayed to God to expand his chest with confidence and loosen the knot from his tongue so that Pharaoh's royal court would clearly understand his message.
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Wayassir lee amree
Translation
And ease my task for me
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Waohlul AAuqdatan min lisanee
Translation
And untie the knot from my tongue
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Yafqahoo qawlee
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So they can understand my speech
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WaijAAal lee wazeeran min ahlee
Translation
And appoint an assistant for me, from my family
Moses requested that his older brother Aaron (Harun) be appointed as his prophetic partner, citing Aaron's natural eloquence, emotional support, and shared devotion to God.
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Haroona akhee
Translation
Aaron, my brother
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Oshdud bihi azree
Translation
Strengthen me with him
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Waashrikhu fee amree
Translation
And have him share in my mission
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Kay nusabbihaka katheeran
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That we may glorify You much
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Wanathkuraka katheeran
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And remember You much
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Innaka kunta bina baseeran
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You are always watching over us.”
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Qala qad ooteeta sulaka ya moosa
Translation
He said, “You are granted your request, O Moses
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Walaqad mananna AAalayka marratan okhra
Translation
We had favored you another time
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Ith awhayna ila ommika ma yooha
Translation
When We inspired your mother with the inspiration
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Ani iqthifeehi fee alttabooti faiqthifeehi fee alyammi falyulqihi alyammu bialssahili yakhuthhu AAaduwwun lee waAAaduwwun lahu waalqaytu AAalayka mahabbatan minnee walitusnaAAa AAala AAaynee
Translation
Put him in the chest; then cast him into the river. The river will wash him to shore, where an enemy of Mine and an enemy of his will pick him up. And I have bestowed upon you love from Me, so that you may be reared before My eye
Recalls the divine protection over Moses as an infant: placed in a wooden chest upon the Nile, God inspired Pharaoh's own wife (Asiyah) to fall in love with the baby, ensuring he was raised safely inside the very palace that sought to destroy Israelite boys.
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Ith tamshee okhtuka fataqoolu hal adullukum AAala man yakfuluhu farajaAAnaka ila ommika kay taqarra AAaynuha wala tahzana waqatalta nafsan fanajjaynaka mina alghammi wafatannaka futoonan falabithta sineena fee ahli madyana thumma jita AAala qadarin ya moosa
Translation
When your sister walked along, and said, ‘Shall I tell you about someone who will take care of him?' So We returned you to your mother, that she may be comforted, and not sorrow. And you killed a person, but We saved you from stress; and We tested you thoroughly. And you stayed years among the people of Median. Then you came back, as ordained, O Moses
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WaistanaAAtuka linafsee
Translation
And I made you for Myself
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Ithhab anta waakhooka biayatee wala taniya fee thikree
Translation
Go, you and your brother, with My signs, and do not neglect My remembrance
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Ithhaba ila firAAawna innahu tagha
Translation
Go to Pharaoh. He has tyrannized
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Faqoola lahu qawlan layyinan laAAallahu yatathakkaru aw yakhsha
Translation
But speak to him nicely. Perhaps he will remember, or have some fear.”
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Qala rabbana innana nakhafu an yafruta AAalayna aw an yatgha
Translation
They said, “Lord, we fear he may persecute us, or become violent.”
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Qala la takhafa innanee maAAakuma asmaAAu waara
Translation
He said, “Do not fear, I am with you, I hear and I see
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Fatiyahu faqoola inna rasoola rabbika faarsil maAAana banee israeela wala tuAAaththibhum qad jinaka biayatin min rabbika waalssalamu AAala mani ittabaAAa alhuda
Translation
Approach him and say, `We are the messengers of your Lord; so let the Children of Israel go with us, and do not torment them. We bring you a sign from your Lord, and peace be upon him who follows guidance
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Inna qad oohiya ilayna anna alAAathaba AAala man kaththaba watawalla
Translation
It was revealed to us that the punishment falls upon him who disbelieves and turns away.'“
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Qala faman rabbukuma ya moosa
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He said, “Who is your Lord, O Moses.”
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Qala rabbuna allathee aAAta kulla shayin khalqahu thumma hada
Translation
He said, “Our Lord is He who gave everything its existence, then guided it.”
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Qala fama balu alqurooni aloola
Translation
He said, “What about the first generations?”
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Qala AAilmuha AAinda rabbee fee kitabin la yadillu rabbee wala yansa
Translation
He said, “Knowledge thereof is with my Lord, in a Book. My Lord never errs, nor does He forget.”
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Allathee jaAAala lakumu alarda mahdan wasalaka lakum feeha subulan waanzala mina alssamai maan faakhrajna bihi azwajan min nabatin shatta
Translation
He who made the earth a habitat for you; and traced in it routes for you; and sent down water from the sky, with which We produce pairs of diverse plants
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Kuloo wairAAaw anAAamakum inna fee thalika laayatin liolee alnnuha
Translation
Eat and pasture your livestock. In that are signs for those with understanding
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Minha khalaqnakum wafeeha nuAAeedukum waminha nukhrijukum taratan okhra
Translation
From it We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will bring you out another time
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Walaqad araynahu ayatina kullaha fakaththaba waaba
Translation
We showed him Our signs, all of them, but he denied and refused
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Qala ajitana litukhrijana min ardina bisihrika ya moosa
Translation
He said, “Did you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses
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Falanatiyannaka bisihrin mithlihi faijAAal baynana wabaynaka mawAAidan la nukhlifuhu nahnu wala anta makanan suwan
Translation
We will produce for you magic like it; so make an appointment between us and you, which we will not miss—neither us, nor you—in a central place.”
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Qala mawAAidukum yawmu alzzeenati waan yuhshara alnnasu duhan
Translation
He said, “Your appointment is the day of the festival, so let the people be gathered together at mid-morning.”
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Fatawalla firAAawnu fajamaAAa kaydahu thumma ata
Translation
Pharaoh turned away, put together his plan, and then came back
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Qala lahum moosa waylakum la taftaroo AAala Allahi kathiban fayushitakum biAAathabin waqad khaba mani iftara
Translation
Moses said to them, “Woe to you. Do not fabricate lies against God, or He will destroy you with a punishment. He who invents lies will fail.”
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FatanazaAAoo amrahum baynahum waasarroo alnnajwa
Translation
They disagreed among themselves over their affair, and conferred secretly
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Qaloo in hathani lasahirani yureedani an yukhrijakum min ardikum bisihrihima wayathhaba bitareeqatikumu almuthla
Translation
They said, “These two are magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic, and to abolish your exemplary way of life
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FaajmiAAoo kaydakum thumma itoo saffan waqad aflaha alyawma mani istaAAla
Translation
So settle your plan, and come as one front. Today, whoever gains the upper hand will succeed.”
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Qaloo ya moosa imma an tulqiya waimma an nakoona awwala man alqa
Translation
They said, “O Moses, either you throw, or we will be the first to throw.”
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Qala bal alqoo faitha hibaluhum waAAisiyyuhum yukhayyalu ilayhi min sihrihim annaha tasAAa
Translation
He said, “You throw.” And suddenly, their ropes and sticks appeared to him, because of their magic, to be crawling swiftly
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Faawjasa fee nafsihi kheefatan moosa
Translation
So Moses felt apprehensive within himself
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Qulna la takhaf innaka anta alaAAla
Translation
We said, “Do not be afraid, you are the uppermost
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Waalqi ma fee yameenika talqaf ma sanaAAoo innama sanaAAoo kaydu sahirin wala yuflihu alssahiru haythu ata
Translation
Now throw down what is in your right hand—it will swallow what they have crafted. What they have crafted is only a magician’s trickery. But the magician will not succeed, no matter what he does.”
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Faolqiya alssaharatu sujjadan qaloo amanna birabbi haroona wamoosa
Translation
And the magicians fell down prostrate. They said, “We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.”
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Qala amantum lahu qabla an athana lakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee AAallamakumu alssihra falaoqattiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakum min khilafin walaosallibannakum fee juthooAAi alnnakhli walataAAlamunna ayyuna ashaddu AAathaban waabqa
Translation
He said, “Did you believe in him before I have given you permission? He must be your chief, who has taught you magic. I will cut off your hands and your feet on alternate sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of the palm-trees. Then you will know which of us is more severe in punishment, and more lasting.”
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Qaloo lan nuthiraka AAala ma jaana mina albayyinati waallathee fatarana faiqdi ma anta qadin innama taqdee hathihi alhayata alddunya
Translation
They said, “We will not prefer you to the proofs that have come to us, and Him who created us. So issue whatever judgment you wish to issue. You can only rule in this lowly life
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Inna amanna birabbina liyaghfira lana khatayana wama akrahtana AAalayhi mina alssihri waAllahu khayrun waabqa
Translation
We have believed in our Lord, so that He may forgive us our sins, and the magic you have compelled us to practice. God is Better, and more Lasting.”
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Innahu man yati rabbahu mujriman fainna lahu jahannama la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Translation
Whoever comes to his Lord guilty, for him is Hell, where he neither dies nor lives
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Waman yatihi muminan qad AAamila alssalihati faolaika lahumu alddarajatu alAAula
Translation
But whoever comes to Him a believer, having worked righteousness—these will have the highest ranks
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Jannatu AAadnin tajree min tahtiha alanharu khalideena feeha wathalika jazao man tazakka
Translation
The Gardens of Perpetuity, beneath which rivers flow, dwelling therein forever. That is the reward for him who purifies himself
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Walaqad awhayna ila moosa an asri biAAibadee faidrib lahum tareeqan fee albahri yabasan la takhafu darakan wala takhsha
Translation
And We inspired Moses: “Travel by night with My servants, and strike for them a dry path across the sea, not fearing being overtaken, nor worrying.”
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FaatbaAAahum firAAawnu bijunoodihi faghashiyahum mina alyammi ma ghashiyahum
Translation
Pharaoh pursued them with his troops, but the sea overwhelmed them, and completely engulfed them
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Waadalla firAAawnu qawmahu wama hada
Translation
Pharaoh misled his people, and did not guide them
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Ya banee israeela qad anjaynakum min AAaduwwikum wawaAAadnakum janiba alttoori alaymana wanazzalna AAalaykumu almanna waalssalwa
Translation
O Children of Israel! We have delivered you from your enemy, and promised you by the right side of the Mount, and sent down to you manna and quails
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Kuloo min tayyibati ma razaqnakum wala tatghaw feehi fayahilla AAalaykum ghadabee waman yahlil AAalayhi ghadabee faqad hawa
Translation
Eat of the good things We have provided for you, but do not be excessive therein, lest My wrath descends upon you. He upon whom My wrath descends has fallen
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Wainnee laghaffarun liman taba waamana waAAamila salihan thumma ihtada
Translation
And I am Forgiving towards him who repents, believes, acts righteously, and then remains guided
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Wama aAAjalaka AAan qawmika ya moosa
Translation
“And what made you rush ahead of your people, O Moses?”
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Qala hum olai AAala atharee waAAajiltu ilayka rabbi litarda
Translation
He said, “They are following in my footsteps; and I hurried on to You, my Lord, that you may be pleased.”
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Qala fainna qad fatanna qawmaka min baAAdika waadallahumu alssamiriyyu
Translation
He said, “We have tested your people in your absence, and the Samarian misled them.”
Recalls the crisis of the Golden Calf at Mount Sinai: while Moses was secluded in communion with God for forty nights, a rogue dissenter named As-Samiri manipulated the Israelites into fashioning and worshiping an idol made of melted Egyptian gold.
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FarajaAAa moosa ila qawmihi ghadbana asifan qala ya qawmi alam yaAAidkum rabbukum waAAdan hasanan afatala AAalaykumu alAAahdu am aradtum an yahilla AAalaykum ghadabun min rabbikum faakhlaftum mawAAidee
Translation
So Moses returned to his people, angry and disappointed. He said, “O my people, did your Lord not promise you a good promise? Was the time too long for you? Or did you want wrath from your Lord to descend upon you, so you broke your promise to me?”
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Qaloo ma akhlafna mawAAidaka bimalkina walakinna hummilna awzaran min zeenati alqawmi faqathafnaha fakathalika alqa alssamiriyyu
Translation
They said, “We did not break our promise to you by our choice, but we were made to carry loads of the people’s ornaments, and we cast them in. That was what the Samarian suggested.”
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Faakhraja lahum AAijlan jasadan lahu khuwarun faqaloo hatha ilahukum wailahu moosa fanasiya
Translation
So he produced for them a calf—a mere body which lowed. And they said, “This is your god, and the god of Moses, but he has forgotten.”
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Afala yarawna alla yarjiAAu ilayhim qawlan wala yamliku lahum darran wala nafAAan
Translation
Did they not see that it cannot return a word to them, and has no power to harm them or benefit them
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Walaqad qala lahum haroonu min qablu ya qawmi innama futintum bihi wainna rabbakumu alrrahmanu faittabiAAoonee waateeAAoo amree
Translation
Aaron had said to them before, “O my people, you are being tested by this. And your Lord is the Merciful, so follow me, and obey my command.”
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Qaloo lan nabraha AAalayhi AAakifeena hatta yarjiAAa ilayna moosa
Translation
They said, “We will not give up our devotion to it, until Moses returns to us.”
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Qala ya haroonu ma manaAAaka ith raaytahum dalloo
Translation
He said, “O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray
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Alla tattabiAAani afaAAasayta amree
Translation
From following me? Did you disobey my command?”
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Qala ya bna omma la takhuth bilihyatee wala birasee innee khasheetu an taqoola farraqta bayna banee israeela walam tarqub qawlee
Translation
He said, “Son of my mother, do not seize me by my beard or my head. I feared you would say, `You have caused division among the Children of Israel, and did not regard my word.'“
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Qala fama khatbuka ya samiriyyu
Translation
He said, “What do you have to say, O Samarian?”
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Qala basurtu bima lam yabsuroo bihi faqabadtu qabdatan min athari alrrasooli fanabathtuha wakathalika sawwalat lee nafsee
Translation
He said, “I saw what they did not see, so I grasped a handful from the Messenger’s traces, and I flung it away. Thus my soul prompted me.”
Samiri claimed that he saw the Angel Gabriel riding a celestial mount at the Red Sea crossing. He grabbed a handful of dust from the angel's footprint and cast it into the molten gold, producing an acoustic lowing sound that deceived the people.
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Qala faithhab fainna laka fee alhayati an taqoola la misasa wainna laka mawAAidan lan tukhlafahu waonthur ila ilahika allathee thalta AAalayhi AAakifan lanuharriqannahu thumma lanansifannahu fee alyammi nasfan
Translation
He said, “Begone! Your lot in this life is to say, ‘No contact.’ And you have an appointment that you will not miss. Now look at your god that you remained devoted to—we will burn it up, and then blow it away into the sea, as powder.”
Moses cast Samiri out of society, imposing a divine sentence: for the remainder of his life, he was afflicted with a severe condition causing excruciating pain if anyone touched him, forcing him to wander in complete isolation crying 'Do not touch me!' (La Misas).
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Innama ilahukumu Allahu allathee la ilaha illa huwa wasiAAa kulla shayin AAilman
Translation
Surely your god is God, the One besides whom there is no other god. He comprehends everything in knowledge
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Kathalika naqussu AAalayka min anbai ma qad sabaqa waqad ataynaka min ladunna thikran
Translation
Thus We narrate to you reports of times gone by; and We have given you a message from Our Presence
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Man aAArada AAanhu fainnahu yahmilu yawma alqiyamati wizran
Translation
Whoever turns away from it will carry on the Day of Resurrection a burden
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Khalideena feehi wasaa lahum yawma alqiyamati himlan
Translation
Abiding therein forever. And wretched is their burden on the Day of Resurrection
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Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori wanahshuru almujrimeena yawmaithin zurqan
Translation
On the Day when the Trumpet is blown—We will gather the sinners on that Day, blue
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Yatakhafatoona baynahum in labithtum illa AAashran
Translation
Murmuring among themselves: “You have lingered only for ten.”
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Nahnu aAAlamu bima yaqooloona ith yaqoolu amthaluhum tareeqatan in labithtum illa yawman
Translation
We are fully aware of what they say, when the most exemplary of them in conduct will say, “You have lingered only a day.”
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Wayasaloonaka AAani aljibali faqul yansifuha rabbee nasfan
Translation
And they ask you about the mountains. Say, “My Lord will crumble them utterly.”
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Fayatharuha qaAAan safsafan
Translation
And leave them desolate waste
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La tara feeha AAiwajan wala amtan
Translation
You will see in them neither crookedness, nor deviation.”
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Yawmaithin yattabiAAoona alddaAAiya la AAiwaja lahu wakhashaAAati alaswatu lilrrahmani fala tasmaAAu illa hamsan
Translation
On that Day, they will follow the caller, without any deviation. Voices will be hushed before the Merciful, and you will hear nothing but murmur
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Yawmaithin la tanfaAAu alshshafaAAatu illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waradiya lahu qawlan
Translation
On that Day, intercession will not avail, except for him permitted by the Merciful, and whose words He has approved
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YaAAlamu ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahum wala yuheetoona bihi AAilman
Translation
He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot comprehend Him in their knowledge
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WaAAanati alwujoohu lilhayyi alqayyoomi waqad khaba man hamala thulman
Translation
Faces will be humbled before the Living, the Eternal. Whoever carries injustice will despair
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Waman yaAAmal mina alssalihati wahuwa muminun fala yakhafu thulman wala hadman
Translation
But whoever has done righteous deeds, while being a believer—will fear neither injustice, nor grievance
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Wakathalika anzalnahu quranan AAarabiyyan wasarrafna feehi mina alwaAAeedi laAAallahum yattaqoona aw yuhdithu lahum thikran
Translation
Thus We have revealed it an Arabic Quran, and We have diversified the warnings in it, that perhaps they would become righteous, or it may produce a lesson for them
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FataAAala Allahu almaliku alhaqqu wala taAAjal bialqurani min qabli an yuqda ilayka wahyuhu waqul rabbi zidnee AAilman
Translation
Exalted is God, the True King. Do not be hasty with the Quran before its inspiration to you is concluded, and say, “My Lord, increase me in knowledge.”
The Quran instructs the Prophet ﷺ: 'Say: My Lord, increase me in knowledge.' Knowledge is the single worldly blessing that God explicitly commanded His messenger to continually pray for more of.
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Walaqad AAahidna ila adama min qablu fanasiya walam najid lahu AAazman
Translation
And We covenanted with Adam before, but he forgot, and We found in him no resolve
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Waith qulna lilmalaikati osjudoo liadama fasajadoo illa ibleesa aba
Translation
And when We said to the angels, “Bow down to Adam.” They bowed down, except for Satan; he refused
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Faqulna ya adamu inna hatha AAaduwwun laka walizawjika fala yukhrijannakuma mina aljannati fatashqa
Translation
We said, “O Adam, this is an enemy to you and to your wife. So do not let him make you leave the Garden, for then you will suffer
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Inna laka alla tajooAAa feeha wala taAAra
Translation
In it you will never go hungry, nor be naked
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Waannaka la tathmao feeha wala tadha
Translation
Nor will you be thirsty in it, nor will you swelter.”
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Fawaswasa ilayhi alshshaytanu qala ya adamu hal adulluka AAala shajarati alkhuldi wamulkin la yabla
Translation
But Satan whispered to him. He said, “O Adam, shall I show you the Tree of Immortality, and a kingdom that never decays?”
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Faakala minha fabadat lahuma sawatuhuma watafiqa yakhsifani AAalayhima min waraqi aljannati waAAasa adamu rabbahu faghawa
Translation
And so they ate from it; whereupon their bodies became visible to them, and they started covering themselves with the leaves of the Garden. Thus Adam disobeyed his Lord, and fell
Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree after falling for Satan's deception. Immediately, their natural innocence was stripped, their private parts became exposed, and they hurried to stitch together leaves of Paradise to cover their nakedness in shame.
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Thumma ijtabahu rabbuhu fataba AAalayhi wahada
Translation
But then his Lord recalled him, and pardoned him, and guided him
Transliteration
Qala ihbita minha jameeAAan baAAdukum libaAAdin AAaduwwun faimma yatiyannakum minnee hudan famani ittabaAAa hudaya fala yadillu wala yashqa
Translation
He said, “Go down from it, altogether; some of you enemies of some others. But whenever guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance, will not go astray, nor suffer
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Waman aAArada AAan thikree fainna lahu maAAeeshatan dankan wanahshuruhu yawma alqiyamati aAAman
Translation
But whoever turns away from My Reminder, for him is a confined life. And We will raise him on the Day of Resurrection blind.”
Explains the psychological and spiritual root of inner turmoil: whoever turns away from God's guidance is sentenced to an anxious, hollow, and depressed life ('ma'ishatan danka'), regardless of how much material wealth they accumulate.
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Qala rabbi lima hashartanee aAAma waqad kuntu baseeran
Translation
He will say, “My Lord, why did You raise me blind, though I was seeing?”
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Qala kathalika atatka ayatuna fanaseetaha wakathalika alyawma tunsa
Translation
He will say, “Just as Our revelations came to you, and you forgot them, today you will be forgotten.”
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Wakathalika najzee man asrafa walam yumin biayati rabbihi walaAAathabu alakhirati ashaddu waabqa
Translation
Thus We recompense him who transgresses and does not believe in the revelations of his Lord. The punishment of the Hereafter is more severe, and more lasting
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Afalam yahdi lahum kam ahlakna qablahum mina alqurooni yamshoona fee masakinihim inna fee thalika laayatin liolee alnnuha
Translation
Is it not instructive to them, how many generations before them We destroyed, in whose settlements they walk? Surely in that are signs for people of understanding
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Walawla kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika lakana lizaman waajalun musamman
Translation
Were it not for a word that issued from your Lord, the inevitable would have happened, but there is an appointed term
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Faisbir AAala ma yaqooloona wasabbih bihamdi rabbika qabla tulooAAi alshshamsi waqabla ghuroobiha wamin anai allayli fasabbih waatrafa alnnahari laAAallaka tarda
Translation
So bear patiently what they say, and celebrate the praises of your Lord before the rising of the sun, and before its setting. And during the hours of the night glorify Him, and at the borders of the day, that you may be satisfied
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Wala tamuddanna AAaynayka ila ma mattaAAna bihi azwajan minhum zahrata alhayati alddunya linaftinahum feehi warizqu rabbika khayrun waabqa
Translation
And do not extend your glance towards what We have given some classes of them to enjoy—the splendor of the life of this world—that We may test them thereby. Your Lord’s provision is better, and more lasting
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Wamur ahlaka bialssalati waistabir AAalayha la nasaluka rizqan nahnu narzuquka waalAAaqibatu lilttaqwa
Translation
And exhort your people to pray, and patiently adhere to it. We ask of you no sustenance, but it is We who sustain you. The good ending is that for righteousness
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Waqaloo lawla yateena biayatin min rabbihi awalam tatihim bayyinatu ma fee alssuhufi aloola
Translation
And they say, “Why does he not bring us a miracle from his Lord?” Were they not given enough miracles in the former scriptures
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Walaw anna ahlaknahum biAAathabin min qablihi laqaloo rabbana lawla arsalta ilayna rasoolan fanattabiAAa ayatika min qabli an nathilla wanakhza
Translation
Had We destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, “Our Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger, we would have followed Your revelations before we were humiliated and disgraced.”
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Qul kullun mutarabbisun fatarabbasoo fasataAAlamoona man ashabu alssirati alssawiyyi wamani ihtada
Translation
Say, “Everybody is waiting, so wait. You will know who the people of the straight path are, and who is rightly-guided