Surah Taha, Ayah 101-120 — Word by Word
طه
Ta-Ha
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
khālidīna fīhi wasāa lahum yawma l-qiyāmati ḥim'lan
[Abiding] eternally therein, and evil it is for them on the Day of Resurrection as a load -
yawma yunfakhu fī l-ṣūri wanaḥshuru l-muj'rimīna yawma-idhin zur'qan
The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.
yatakhāfatūna baynahum in labith'tum illā ʿashran
They will murmur among themselves, "You remained not but ten [days in the world]."
naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūna idh yaqūlu amthaluhum ṭarīqatan in labith'tum illā yawman
We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner [i.e., wisdom or speech] will say, "You remained not but one day."
wayasalūnaka ʿani l-jibāli faqul yansifuhā rabbī nasfan
And they ask you about the mountains, so say, "My Lord will blow them away with a blast.
fayadharuhā qāʿan ṣafṣafan
And He will leave it [i.e., the earth] a level plain;
lā tarā fīhā ʿiwajan walā amtan
You will not see therein a depression or an elevation."
yawma-idhin yattabiʿūna l-dāʿiya lā ʿiwaja lahu wakhashaʿati l-aṣwātu lilrraḥmāni falā tasmaʿu illā hamsan
That Day, they [i.e., everyone] will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps].
yawma-idhin lā tanfaʿu l-shafāʿatu illā man adhina lahu l-raḥmānu waraḍiya lahu qawlan
That Day, no intercession will benefit except [that of] one to whom the Most Merciful has given permission and has accepted his word.
yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bihi ʿil'man
He [i.e., Allāh] knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, but they do not encompass it [i.e., what He knows] in knowledge.
waʿanati l-wujūhu lil'ḥayyi l-qayūmi waqad khāba man ḥamala ẓul'man
And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. And he will have failed who carries injustice.
waman yaʿmal mina l-ṣāliḥāti wahuwa mu'minun falā yakhāfu ẓul'man walā haḍman
But he who does of righteous deeds while he is a believer - he will neither fear injustice nor deprivation.
wakadhālika anzalnāhu qur'ānan ʿarabiyyan waṣarrafnā fīhi mina l-waʿīdi laʿallahum yattaqūna aw yuḥ'dithu lahum dhik'ran
And thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān and have diversified therein the warnings that perhaps they will avoid [sin] or it would cause them remembrance.
fataʿālā l-lahu l-maliku l-ḥaqu walā taʿjal bil-qur'āni min qabli an yuq'ḍā ilayka waḥyuhu waqul rabbi zid'nī ʿil'man
So high [above all] is Allāh, the Sovereign, the Truth. And, [O Muḥammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur’ān before its revelation is completed to you, and say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge."
walaqad ʿahid'nā ilā ādama min qablu fanasiya walam najid lahu ʿazman
And We had already taken a promise from Adam before, but he forgot; and We found not in him determination.
wa-idh qul'nā lil'malāikati us'judū liādama fasajadū illā ib'līsa abā
And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except Iblees; he refused.
faqul'nā yāādamu inna hādhā ʿaduwwun laka walizawjika falā yukh'rijannakumā mina l-janati fatashqā
So We said, "O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer.
inna laka allā tajūʿa fīhā walā taʿrā
Indeed, it is [promised] for you not to be hungry therein or be unclothed.
wa-annaka lā taẓma-u fīhā walā taḍḥā
And indeed, you will not be thirsty therein or be hot from the sun."
fawaswasa ilayhi l-shayṭānu qāla yāādamu hal adulluka ʿalā shajarati l-khul'di wamul'kin lā yablā
Then Satan whispered to him; he said, "O Adam, shall I direct you to the tree of eternity and possession that will not deteriorate?"