Surah Taaha Recitation, Translation, and Tafseer - The Holy Quran

20:41

وَ اصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِیْۚ(۴۱)

And I chose you for Myself.

"And I have prepared thee for Myself (for service)"..

20:42

اِذْهَبْ اَنْتَ وَ اَخُوْكَ بِاٰیٰتِیْ وَ لَا تَنِیَا فِیْ ذِكْرِیْۚ(۴۲)

Go with My signs, you and your brother, and do not be lax in remembering Me.

"Go, thou and thy brother, with My Signs, and slacken not, either of you, in keeping Me in remembrance.

20:43

اِذْهَبَاۤ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰىۚۖ(۴۳)

Then go to the Pharaoh as he has become exceedingly rebellious.

"Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds;

20:44

فَقُوْلَا لَهٗ قَوْلًا لَّیِّنًا لَّعَلَّهٗ یَتَذَكَّرُ اَوْ یَخْشٰى(۴۴)

Speak to him gently. He may possibly take heed or may come to have fear."

"But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear (Allah)."

20:45

قَالَا رَبَّنَاۤ اِنَّنَا نَخَافُ اَنْ یَّفْرُطَ عَلَیْنَاۤ اَوْ اَنْ یَّطْغٰى(۴۵)

They said: "O our Lord, we are really frightened lest he behave insolently with us or become violent."

They (Moses and Aaron) said: "Our Lord! We fear lest he hasten with insolence against us, or lest he transgress all bounds."

20:46

قَالَ لَا تَخَافَاۤ اِنَّنِیْ مَعَكُمَاۤ اَسْمَعُ وَ اَرٰى(۴۶)

(The Lord) said: "Be not afraid. I am verily with you, and I hear and see.

He said: "Fear not: for I am with you: I hear and see (everything).

20:47

فَاْتِیٰهُ فَقُوْلَاۤ اِنَّا رَسُوْلَا رَبِّكَ فَاَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ ﳔ وَ لَا تُعَذِّبْهُمْؕ-قَدْ جِئْنٰكَ بِاٰیَةٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّكَؕ-وَ السَّلٰمُ عَلٰى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدٰى(۴۷)

So go to him and say: ´The two of us have indeed been sent by your Lord. So let the children of Israel come with us, and do not oppress them. We have come to you with a token from your Lord. Peace on him who follows the way of guidance.

"So go ye both to him, and say, 'Verily we are messengers sent by thy Lord: Send forth, therefore, the Children of Israel with us, and afflict them not: with a Sign, indeed, have we come from thy Lord! and peace to all who follow guidance!

20:48

اِنَّا قَدْ اُوْحِیَ اِلَیْنَاۤ اَنَّ الْعَذَابَ عَلٰى مَنْ كَذَّبَ وَ تَوَلّٰى(۴۸)

It has been revealed to us that punishment will befall him who denies and turns away.

"'Verily it has been revealed to us that the Penalty (awaits) those who reject and turn away.'"

20:49

قَالَ فَمَنْ رَّبُّكُمَا یٰمُوْسٰى(۴۹)

He asked: "Who then is that Lord of yours, O Moses?"

(When this message was delivered), (Pharaoh) said: "Who, then, O Moses, is the Lord of you two?"

20:50

قَالَ رَبُّنَا الَّذِیْۤ اَعْطٰى كُلَّ شَیْءٍ خَلْقَهٗ ثُمَّ هَدٰى(۵۰)

(Moses) said: "Our Lord is He who gave everything its natural form and directed it."

He said: "Our Lord is He Who gave to each (created) thing its form and nature, and further, gave (it) guidance."

20:51

قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ الْقُرُوْنِ الْاُوْلٰى(۵۱)

(The Pharaoh) said: "And what about the former generations?"

(Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?"

20:52

قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ رَبِّیْ فِیْ كِتٰبٍۚ-لَا یَضِلُّ رَبِّیْ وَ لَا یَنْسَى٘(۵۲)

(Moses) replied: "Knowledge of that is with my Lord (recorded) in the Book. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."

He replied: "The knowledge of that is with my Lord, duly recorded: my Lord never errs, nor forgets,-

20:53

الَّذِیْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَّ سَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِیْهَا سُبُلًا وَّ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءًؕ-فَاَخْرَجْنَا بِهٖۤ اَزْوَاجًا مِّنْ نَّبَاتٍ شَتّٰى(۵۳)

It is He who made the earth a bed for you, and traced for you paths upon it, and sends down water from the sky, and brings out through it every kind of vegetation

"He Who has, made for you the earth like a carpet spread out; has enabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels); and has sent down water from the sky." With it have We produced diverse pairs of plants each separate from the others.

20:54

كُلُوْا وَ ارْعَوْا اَنْعَامَكُمْؕ-اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیٰتٍ لِّاُولِی النُّهٰى۠(۵۴)

To eat and feed your cattle. Surely there are signs in these for those who are wise.

Eat (for yourselves) and pasture your cattle: verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.

20:55

مِنْهَا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ وَ فِیْهَا نُعِیْدُكُمْ وَ مِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً اُخْرٰى(۵۵)

We created you from the earth and will revert you back to it; and raise you up from it a second time.

From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return you, and from it shall We bring you out once again.

20:56

وَ لَقَدْ اَرَیْنٰهُ اٰیٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَ اَبٰى(۵۶)

So We showed him all Our signs, but he denied them and refused,

And We showed Pharaoh all Our Signs, but he did reject and refuse.

20:57

قَالَ اَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ اَرْضِنَا بِسِحْرِكَ یٰمُوْسٰى(۵۷)

And said: "Have you come to us, O Moses, to drive us out of our land with your witchery?

He said: "Hast thou come to drive us out of our land with thy magic, O Moses?

20:58

فَلَنَاْتِیَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهٖ فَاجْعَلْ بَیْنَنَا وَ بَیْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهٗ نَحْنُ وَ لَاۤ اَنْتَ مَكَانًا سُوًى(۵۸)

We shall certainly meet you with like magic. So make an appointment when we and you could meet on common ground, which neither we nor you should fail to keep."

"But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a tryst between us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor thou - in a place where both shall have even chances."

20:59

قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ یَوْمُ الزِّیْنَةِ وَ اَنْ یُّحْشَرَ النَّاسُ ضُحًى(۵۹)

Said (Moses): "Let your meeting be on the day of the Feast, and let people assemble in broad daylight."

Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled when the sun is well up."

20:60

فَتَوَلّٰى فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَیْدَهٗ ثُمَّ اَتٰى(۶۰)

After this the Pharaoh withdrew and settled his stratagem, then came back.

So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted his plan, and then came (back).

20:61

قَالَ لَهُمْ مُّوْسٰى وَیْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوْا عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِبًا فَیُسْحِتَكُمْ بِعَذَابٍۚ-وَ قَدْ خَابَ مَنِ افْتَرٰى(۶۱)

Moses said to them: "Woe betide you. Do not fabricate a lie against God, or He will destroy you with some affliction. For he who fabricates lies is doomed to failure."

Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration!"

20:62

فَتَنَازَعُوْۤا اَمْرَهُمْ بَیْنَهُمْ وَ اَسَرُّوا النَّجْوٰى(۶۲)

So they discussed their strategy among themselves and conferred privately,

So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept their talk secret.

20:63

قَالُوْۤا اِنْ هٰذٰىنِ لَسٰحِرٰنِ یُرِیْدٰنِ اَنْ یُّخْرِجٰكُمْ مِّنْ اَرْضِكُمْ بِسِحْرِهِمَا وَ یَذْهَبَا بِطَرِیْقَتِكُمُ الْمُثْلٰى(۶۳)

(And) said: "These two are surely magicians. They want to deprive you of your land with their magic, and eradicate your distinct way (of life).

They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to do away with your most cherished institutions.

20:64

فَاَجْمِعُوْا كَیْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ائْتُوْا صَفًّاۚ-وَ قَدْ اَفْلَحَ الْیَوْمَ مَنِ اسْتَعْلٰى(۶۴)

So prepare your strategy and come forward. He alone shall win today who is superior."

"Therefore concert your plan, and then assemble in (serried) ranks: He wins (all along) today who gains the upper hand."

20:65

قَالُوْا یٰمُوْسٰۤى اِمَّاۤ اَنْ تُلْقِیَ وَ اِمَّاۤ اَنْ نَّكُوْنَ اَوَّلَ مَنْ اَلْقٰى(۶۵)

They said: "Either you cast (your spell), O Moses, or we shall cast it first."

They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?"

20:66

قَالَ بَلْ اَلْقُوْاۚ-فَاِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَ عِصِیُّهُمْ یُخَیَّلُ اِلَیْهِ مِنْ سِحْرِهِمْ اَنَّهَا تَسْعٰى(۶۶)

Moses said: "No. You cast it first" Then it seemed to Moses that by their magic their cords and rods were flying;

He said, "Nay, throw ye first!" Then behold their ropes and their rods-so it seemed to him on account of their magic - began to be in lively motion!

20:67

فَاَوْجَسَ فِیْ نَفْسِهٖ خِیْفَةً مُّوْسٰى(۶۷)

And Moses felt afraid within himself.

So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.

20:68

قُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْاَعْلٰى(۶۸)

We said to him: "Fear not. You will certainly be victorious.

We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:

20:69

وَ اَلْقِ مَا فِیْ یَمِیْنِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوْاؕ-اِنَّمَا صَنَعُوْا كَیْدُ سٰحِرٍؕ-وَ لَا یُفْلِحُ السَّاحِرُ حَیْثُ اَتٰى(۶۹)

Throw down what is in your right hand: It will swallow up what they have conjured. For what they have fashioned is only a trick of the sorcerer; and a sorcerer does not succeed wherever he may come."

"Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up that which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician's trick: and the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes."

20:70

فَاُلْقِیَ السَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوْۤا اٰمَنَّا بِرَبِّ هٰرُوْنَ وَ مُوْسٰى(۷۰)

The magicians, (seeing the miracle), fell down in prostration, saying: "We believe in the Lord of Moses and Aaron."

So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said, "We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses".

20:71

قَالَ اٰمَنْتُمْ لَهٗ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْؕ-اِنَّهٗ لَكَبِیْرُكُمُ الَّذِیْ عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَۚ-فَلَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَیْدِیَكُمْ وَ اَرْجُلَكُمْ مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَّ لَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِیْ جُذُوْعِ النَّخْلِ٘-وَ لَتَعْلَمُنَّ اَیُّنَاۤ اَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَّ اَبْقٰى(۷۱)

(The Pharaoh) said: "You have come to believe without my dispensation. Surely he is your chief who taught you magic. I will have your hands and feet cut off on alternate sides and crucify you on the trunks of date-palm trees. You will come to know whose punishment is harder and protracted."

(Pharaoh) said: "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? Surely this must be your leader, who has taught you magic! be sure I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will have you crucified on trunks of palm-trees: so shall ye know for certain, which of us can give the more severe and the more lasting punishment!"

20:72

قَالُوْا لَنْ نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلٰى مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ الْبَیِّنٰتِ وَ الَّذِیْ فَطَرَنَا فَاقْضِ مَاۤ اَنْتَ قَاضٍؕ-اِنَّمَا تَقْضِیْ هٰذِهِ الْحَیٰوةَ الدُّنْیَاؕ(۷۲)

They replied: "We cannot choose you in the face of the clear testimony we have received, and over Him who created us. So do what you are determined to do. All that you would do will only be confined to our life on earth.

They said: "Never shall we regard thee as more than the Clear Signs that have come to us, or than Him Who created us! so decree whatever thou desirest to decree: for thou canst only decree (touching) the life of this world.

20:73

اِنَّاۤ اٰمَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِیَغْفِرَ لَنَا خَطٰیٰنَا وَ مَاۤ اَكْرَهْتَنَا عَلَیْهِ مِنَ السِّحْرِؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ خَیْرٌ وَّ اَبْقٰى(۷۳)

We have certainly come to believe in our Lord that He may forgive our trespasses and the magic you have forced us to perform, for God is nobler and abiding."

"For us, we have believed in our Lord: may He forgive us our faults, and the magic to which thou didst compel us: for Allah is Best and Most Abiding."

20:74

اِنَّهٗ مَنْ یَّاْتِ رَبَّهٗ مُجْرِمًا فَاِنَّ لَهٗ جَهَنَّمَؕ-لَا یَمُوْتُ فِیْهَا وَ لَا یَحْیٰى(۷۴)

Surely for him who comes before his Lord a sinner shall be Hell, where he will neither die nor live.

Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),- for him is Hell: therein shall he neither die nor live.

20:75

وَ مَنْ یَّاْتِهٖ مُؤْمِنًا قَدْ عَمِلَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ فَاُولٰٓىٕكَ لَهُمُ الدَّرَجٰتُ الْعُلٰىۙ(۷۵)

But whoever comes before Him a believer having done good deeds, will be raised to higher stations --

But such as come to Him as Believers who have worked righteous deeds,- for them are ranks exalted,-

20:76

جَنّٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَاؕ-وَ ذٰلِكَ جَزٰٓؤُا مَنْ تَزَكّٰى۠(۷۶)

Gardens of Eden with rippling streams, where he will live for ever. This is the recompense of those who achieve integrity.

Gardens of Eternity, beneath which flow rivers: they will dwell therein for aye: such is the reward of those who purify themselves (from evil).

20:77

وَ لَقَدْ اَوْحَیْنَاۤ اِلٰى مُوْسٰۤى ﳔ اَنْ اَسْرِ بِعِبَادِیْ فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِیْقًا فِی الْبَحْرِ یَبَسًاۙ-لَّا تَخٰفُ دَرَكًا وَّ لَا تَخْشٰى(۷۷)

We commanded Moses: "Journey by night with Our creatures, and strike a dry path for them through the sea. Do not fear being overtaken, nor have dread of any thing."

We sent an inspiration to Moses: "Travel by night with My servants, and strike a dry path for them through the sea, without fear of being overtaken (by Pharaoh) and without (any other) fear."

20:78

فَاَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُوْدِهٖ فَغَشِیَهُمْ مِّنَ الْیَمِّ مَا غَشِیَهُمْؕ(۷۸)

Then the Pharaoh followed them with his army, but the sea overpowered and engulfed them.

Then Pharaoh pursued them with his forces, but the waters completely overwhelmed them and covered them up.

20:79

وَ اَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهٗ وَ مَا هَدٰى(۷۹)

The Pharaoh had led his people astray, and did not rightly guide them.

Pharaoh led his people astray instead of leading them aright.

20:80

یٰبَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ قَدْ اَنْجَیْنٰكُمْ مِّنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَ وٰعَدْنٰكُمْ جَانِبَ الطُّوْرِ الْاَیْمَنَ وَ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَیْكُمُ الْمَنَّ وَ السَّلْوٰى(۸۰)

O children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and made a covenant with you on the right side of the Mount, and sent down for you manna and quails,

O ye Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and We made a Covenant with you on the right side of Mount (Sinai), and We sent down to you Manna and quails: