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

20:81

كُلُوْا مِنْ طَیِّبٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنٰكُمْ وَ لَا تَطْغَوْا فِیْهِ فَیَحِلَّ عَلَیْكُمْ غَضَبِیْۚ-وَ مَنْ یَّحْلِلْ عَلَیْهِ غَضَبِیْ فَقَدْ هَوٰى(۸۱)

(And said): "Eat of the good things We have given you for food, and do not exceed the bounds (of law) in this, or My wrath will surely fall upon you; and he who incurs My wrath will fall into the abyss.

(Saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for your sustenance, but commit no excess therein, lest My Wrath should justly descend on you: and those on whom descends My Wrath do perish indeed!

20:82

وَ اِنِّیْ لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَنْ تَابَ وَ اٰمَنَ وَ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَّ اهْتَدٰى(۸۲)

Yet I am gracious to him who repents and believes, and does the right, and follows the straight path.

"But, without doubt, I am (also) He that forgives again and again, to those who repent, believe, and do right, who,- in fine, are ready to receive true guidance."

20:83

وَ مَاۤ اَعْجَلَكَ عَنْ قَوْمِكَ یٰمُوْسٰى(۸۳)

What made you hurry away, O Moses, from your people?"

(When Moses was up on the Mount, Allah said:) "What made thee hasten in advance of thy people, O Moses?"

20:84

قَالَ هُمْ اُولَآءِ عَلٰۤى اَثَرِیْ وَ عَجِلْتُ اِلَیْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضٰى(۸۴)

He said: "They are right behind me. I have hastened to You, O Lord, so that You may be pleased."

He replied: "Behold, they are close on my footsteps: I hastened to thee, O my Lord, to please thee."

20:85

قَالَ فَاِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِكَ وَ اَضَلَّهُمُ السَّامِرِیُّ(۸۵)

He said: "We have put your people on trial in your absence; and Sameri has led them astray."

(Allah) said: "We have tested thy people in thy absence: the Samiri has led them astray."

20:86

فَرَجَعَ مُوْسٰۤى اِلٰى قَوْمِهٖ غَضْبَانَ اَسِفًا ﳛ قَالَ یٰقَوْمِ اَلَمْ یَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا۬ؕ-اَفَطَالَ عَلَیْكُمُ الْعَهْدُ اَمْ اَرَدْتُّمْ اَنْ یَّحِلَّ عَلَیْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ فَاَخْلَفْتُمْ مَّوْعِدِیْ(۸۶)

So Moses returned to his people full of anger and regret. "O my people," he said, "did not your Lord make you a better promise? Did the time of covenant seem too long to you? Or did you wish the wrath of your Lord to fall upon you that you broke the promise you had made to me?"

So Moses returned to his people in a state of indignation and sorrow. He said: "O my people! did not your Lord make a handsome promise to you? Did then the promise seem to you long (in coming)? Or did ye desire that Wrath should descend from your Lord on you, and so ye broke your promise to me?"

20:87

قَالُوْا مَاۤ اَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَ لٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَاۤ اَوْزَارًا مِّنْ زِیْنَةِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنٰهَا فَكَذٰلِكَ اَلْقَى السَّامِرِیُّۙ(۸۷)

They said: "We did not break our promise to you of our own will, but we were made to carry the loads of ornaments belonging to the people, which we threw (into the fire), and so did Sameri.

They said: "We broke not the promise to thee, as far as lay in our power: but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the (whole) people, and we threw them (into the fire), and that was what the Samiri suggested.

20:88

فَاَخْرَ جَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهٗ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوْا هٰذَاۤ اِلٰهُكُمْ وَ اِلٰهُ مُوْسٰى۬-فَنَسِیَؕ(۸۸)

Then he produced the image of a calf which mooed like a cow. And they said: ´This is your god and the god of Moses (whom) he has neglected."

"Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image of a calf: It seemed to low: so they said: This is your god, and the god of Moses, but (Moses) has forgotten!"

20:89

اَفَلَا یَرَوْنَ اَلَّا یَرْجِعُ اِلَیْهِمْ قَوْلًا ﳔ وَّ لَا یَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَّ لَا نَفْعًا۠(۸۹)

Did they not see that it did not give them any answer, nor had it power to do them harm or bring them gain?

Could they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer), and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them good?

20:90

وَ لَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هٰرُوْنُ مِنْ قَبْلُ یٰقَوْمِ اِنَّمَا فُتِنْتُمْ بِهٖۚ-وَ اِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ الرَّحْمٰنُ فَاتَّبِعُوْنِیْ وَ اَطِیْعُوْۤا اَمْرِیْ(۹۰)

Aaron had indeed told them earlier: "O my people, you are being only misled with this. Surely your Lord is Ar-Rahman. So follow me and obey my command."

Aaron had already, before this said to them: "O my people! ye are being tested in this: for verily your Lord is (Allah) Most Gracious; so follow me and obey my command."

20:91

قَالُوْا لَنْ نَّبْرَحَ عَلَیْهِ عٰكِفِیْنَ حَتّٰى یَرْجِعَ اِلَیْنَا مُوْسٰى(۹۱)

They said "So long as Moses does not come back we are not going to give it up, and we will remain devoted to it."

They had said: "We will not abandon this cult, but we will devote ourselves to it until Moses returns to us."

20:92

قَالَ یٰهٰرُوْنُ مَا مَنَعَكَ اِذْ رَاَیْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوْۤاۙ(۹۲)

But (Moses) said: "O Aaron, when you saw that they had gone astray, what hindered you

(Moses) said: "O Aaron! what kept thee back, when thou sawest them going wrong,

20:93

اَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِؕ-اَفَعَصَیْتَ اَمْرِیْ(۹۳)

From coming after me? Did you not disobey my command?" (And Moses pulled him by the hair).

"From following me? Didst thou then disobey my order?"

20:94

قَالَ یَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَاْخُذْ بِلِحْیَتِیْ وَ لَا بِرَاْسِیْۚ-اِنِّیْ خَشِیْتُ اَنْ تَقُوْلَ فَرَّقْتَ بَیْنَ بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ وَ لَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِیْ(۹۴)

"O son of my mother," (Aaron cried), do not pull me by my beard or my hair! I was really afraid you may say that I had created a rift among the children of Israel, and did not pay heed to your command."

(Aaron) replied: "O son of my mother! Seize (me) not by my beard nor by (the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say, 'Thou has caused a division among the children of Israel, and thou didst not respect my word!'"

20:95

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ یٰسَامِرِیُّ(۹۵)

Moses asked: "O Sameri, what was the matter?"

(Moses) said: "What then is thy case, O Samiri?"

20:96

قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ یَبْصُرُوْا بِهٖ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ اَثَرِ الرَّسُوْلِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَ كَذٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِیْ نَفْسِیْ(۹۶)

He said: "I saw what they did not see. I picked up a handful of dust from the messenger´s tracks and threw it in, for the idea seemed attractive to me."

He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dust) from the footprint of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf): thus did my soul suggest to me."

20:97

قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَاِنَّ لَكَ فِی الْحَیٰوةِ اَنْ تَقُوْلَ لَا مِسَاسَ۪-وَ اِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّنْ تُخْلَفَهٗۚ-وَ انْظُرْ اِلٰۤى اِلٰهِكَ الَّذِیْ ظَلْتَ عَلَیْهِ عَاكِفًاؕ-لَنُحَرِّقَنَّهٗ ثُمَّ لَنَنْسِفَنَّهٗ فِی الْیَمِّ نَسْفًا(۹۷)

(Moses) said: "Go hence! All your life you are (cursed) to say: ´Do not touch me; and a threat hangs over you which you will not be able to escape. Look at your god to whom you are so attached: We shall verily burn it, and disperse its ashes into the sea.

(Moses) said: "Get thee gone! but thy (punishment) in this life will be that thou wilt say, 'touch me not'; and moreover (for a future penalty) thou hast a promise that will not fail: Now look at thy god, of whom thou hast become a devoted worshipper: We will certainly (melt) it in a blazing fire and scatter it broadcast in the sea!"

20:98

اِنَّمَاۤ اِلٰهُكُمُ اللّٰهُ الَّذِیْ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَؕ-وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَیْءٍ عِلْمًا(۹۸)

Your god is only God. There is no other god but He. His knowledge extends over everything."

But the god of you all is the One Allah: there is no god but He: all things He comprehends in His knowledge.

20:99

كَذٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَیْكَ مِنْ اَنْۢبَآءِ مَا قَدْ سَبَقَۚ-وَ قَدْ اٰتَیْنٰكَ مِنْ لَّدُنَّا ذِكْرًاۖۚ(۹۹)

Thus do We narrate some account to you of what has gone before, and We have truly given you a Reminder of Our own.

Thus do We relate to thee some stories of what happened before: for We have sent thee a Message from Our own Presence.

20:100

مَنْ اَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَاِنَّهٗ یَحْمِلُ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ وِزْرًاۙ(۱۰۰)

Whoever turns away from it will surely carry a burden on the Day of Judgement,

If any do turn away therefrom, verily they will bear a burden on the Day of judgment;

20:101

خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهِؕ-وَ سَآءَ لَهُمْ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ حِمْلًاۙ(۱۰۱)

And will live for ever under it. How evil the burden they will carry on the Day of Doom!

They will abide in this (state): and grievous will the burden be to them on that Day,-

20:102

یَّوْمَ یُنْفَخُ فِی الصُّوْرِ وَ نَحْشُرُ الْمُجْرِمِیْنَ یَوْمَىٕذٍ زُرْقًاۚۖ(۱۰۲)

The day the trumpet blast is sounded We shall raise the sinners blind,

The Day when the Trumpet will be sounded: that Day, We shall gather the sinful, blear-eyed (with terror).

20:103

یَّتَخَافَتُوْنَ بَیْنَهُمْ اِنْ لَّبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا عَشْرًا(۱۰۳)

Whispering to one another: "You have tarried but ten days."

In whispers will they consult each other: "Yet tarried not longer than ten (Days);

20:104

نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا یَقُوْلُوْنَ اِذْ یَقُوْلُ اَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِیْقَةً اِنْ لَّبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا یَوْمًا۠(۱۰۴)

We know well what they will say when the most upright among them will say: "You did not tarry more than a day."

We know best what they will say, when their leader most eminent in conduct will say: "Ye tarried not longer than a day!"

20:105

وَ یَسْــٴَـلُوْنَكَ عَنِ الْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ یَنْسِفُهَا رَبِّیْ نَسْفًاۙ(۱۰۵)

They will ask you about the mountains. Tell them: "My Lord will uproot them from the base,

They ask thee concerning the Mountains: say, "My Lord will uproot them and scatter them as dust;

20:106

فَیَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًاۙ(۱۰۶)

And turn them into a level plain,

"He will leave them as plains smooth and level;

20:107

لَّا تَرٰى فِیْهَا عِوَجًا وَّ لَاۤ اَمْتًاؕ(۱۰۷)

Over which you will see no curves or elevations.

"Nothing crooked or curved wilt thou see in their place."

20:108

یَوْمَىٕذٍ یَّتَّبِعُوْنَ الدَّاعِیَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهٗۚ-وَ خَشَعَتِ الْاَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ اِلَّا هَمْسًا(۱۰۸)

That day they will follow the summoner from whom there will be no receding; and their voices will be hushed before Ar-Rahman, and you will not hear a sound but faint shuffling.

On that Day will they follow the Caller (straight): no crookedness (can they show) him: all sounds shall humble themselves in the Presence of (Allah) Most Gracious: nothing shalt thou hear but the tramp of their feet (as they march).

20:109

یَوْمَىٕذٍ لَّا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ اِلَّا مَنْ اَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمٰنُ وَ رَضِیَ لَهٗ قَوْلًا(۱۰۹)

On that day no intercession will matter other than his whom Ar-Rahman grants permission and accepts.

On that Day shall no intercession avail except for those for whom permission has been granted by (Allah) Most Gracious and whose word is acceptable to Him.

20:110

یَعْلَمُ مَا بَیْنَ اَیْدِیْهِمْ وَ مَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَ لَا یُحِیْطُوْنَ بِهٖ عِلْمًا(۱۱۰)

He knows what is before them and hidden from them, but they cannot grasp it with their knowledge.

He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after or behind them: but they shall not compass it with their knowledge.

20:111

وَ عَنَتِ الْوُجُوْهُ لِلْحَیِّ الْقَیُّوْمِؕ-وَ قَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا(۱۱۱)

All heads will be bowed before the Living, the Eternal; and whosoever bears a load of iniquity will be full of despair.

(All) faces shall be humbled before (Him) - the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal: hopeless indeed will be the man that carries iniquity (on his back).

20:112

وَ مَنْ یَّعْمَلْ مِنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَ هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا یَخٰفُ ظُلْمًا وَّ لَا هَضْمًا(۱۱۲)

But he who has done good things and believes, will have no fear of either being wronged or deprived.

But he who works deeds of righteousness, and has faith, will have no fear of harm nor of any curtailment (of what is his due).

20:113

وَ كَذٰلِكَ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ قُرْاٰنًا عَرَبِیًّا وَّ صَرَّفْنَا فِیْهِ مِنَ الْوَعِیْدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَتَّقُوْنَ اَوْ یُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرًا(۱۱۳)

That is why We have sent it down as an eloquent Qur´an, and explained in different ways the intimidations through it that they may haply take heed, or perhaps it may lead them to contemplate.

Thus have We sent this down - an arabic Qur'an - and explained therein in detail some of the warnings, in order that they may fear Allah, or that it may cause their remembrance (of Him).

20:114

فَتَعٰلَى اللّٰهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّۚ-وَ لَا تَعْجَلْ بِالْقُرْاٰنِ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ یُّقْضٰۤى اِلَیْكَ وَحْیُهٗ٘-وَ قُلْ رَّبِّ زِدْنِیْ عِلْمًا(۱۱۴)

Exalted then be God, the real King; and do not try to anticipate the Qur´an before the completion of its revelation, but pray: "O Lord, give me greater knowledge."

High above all is Allah, the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with the Qur'an before its revelation to thee is completed, but say, "O my Lord! advance me in knowledge."

20:115

وَ لَقَدْ عَهِدْنَاۤ اِلٰۤى اٰدَمَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَنَسِیَ وَ لَمْ نَجِدْ لَهٗ عَزْمًا۠(۱۱۵)

We had commanded Adam before, but he disregarded it: We found him lacking in resolution.

We had already, beforehand, taken the covenant of Adam, but he forgot: and We found on his part no firm resolve.

20:116

وَ اِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰٓىٕكَةِ اسْجُدُوْا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُوْۤا اِلَّاۤ اِبْلِیْسَؕ-اَبٰى(۱۱۶)

When We said to the angels: ´´Bow before Adam,´´ they all bowed but Iblis, who refused.

When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam", they prostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he refused.

20:117

فَقُلْنَا یٰۤاٰدَمُ اِنَّ هٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَ لِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا یُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقٰى(۱۱۷)

So We said; "O Adam, he is truly your enemy and your wife´s. Do not let him have you turned out of Paradise and come to grief.

Then We said: "O Adam! verily, this is an enemy to thee and thy wife: so let him not get you both out of the Garden, so that thou art landed in misery.

20:118

اِنَّ لَكَ اَلَّا تَجُوْ عَ فِیْهَا وَ لَا تَعْرٰىۙ(۱۱۸)

Verily you will have no hunger or nakedness there,

"There is therein (enough provision) for thee not to go hungry nor to go naked,

20:119

وَ اَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَؤُا فِیْهَا وَ لَا تَضْحٰى(۱۱۹)

Nor thirst nor exposure to the sun."

"Nor to suffer from thirst, nor from the sun's heat."

20:120

فَوَسْوَسَ اِلَیْهِ الشَّیْطٰنُ قَالَ یٰۤاٰدَمُ هَلْ اَدُلُّكَ عَلٰى شَجَرَةِ الْخُلْدِ وَ مُلْكٍ لَّا یَبْلٰى(۱۲۰)

But then Satan tempted him by saying: "O Adam, should I show you the tree of immortality, and a kingdom that will never know any wane?"

But Satan whispered evil to him: he said, "O Adam! shall I lead thee to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?"