Surah Taha, Ayah 21-40 — 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.
qāla khudh'hā walā takhaf sanuʿīduhā sīratahā l-ūlā
[Allāh] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.
wa-uḍ'mum yadaka ilā janāḥika takhruj bayḍāa min ghayri sūin āyatan ukh'rā
And draw in your hand to your side; it will come out white without disease - another sign,
linuriyaka min āyātinā l-kub'rā
That We may show you [some] of Our greater signs.
idh'hab ilā fir'ʿawna innahu ṭaghā
Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed [i.e., tyrannized]."
qāla rabbi ish'raḥ lī ṣadrī
[Moses] said, "My Lord, expand [i.e., relax] for me my breast [with assurance]
wayassir lī amrī
And ease for me my task
wa-uḥ'lul ʿuq'datan min lisānī
And untie the knot from my tongue
yafqahū qawlī
That they may understand my speech.
wa-ij'ʿal lī wazīran min ahlī
And appoint for me a minister [i.e., assistant] from my family -
hārūna akhī
Aaron, my brother.
ush'dud bihi azrī
Increase through him my strength
wa-ashrik'hu fī amrī
And let him share my task
kay nusabbiḥaka kathīran
That we may exalt You much
wanadhkuraka kathīran
And remember You much.
innaka kunta binā baṣīran
Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."
qāla qad ūtīta su'laka yāmūsā
[Allāh] said, "You have been granted your request, O Moses.
walaqad manannā ʿalayka marratan ukh'rā
And We had already conferred favor upon you another time,
idh awḥaynā ilā ummika mā yūḥā
When We inspired to your mother what We inspired,
ani iq'dhifīhi fī l-tābūti fa-iq'dhifīhi fī l-yami falyul'qihi l-yamu bil-sāḥili yakhudh'hu ʿaduwwun lī waʿaduwwun lahu wa-alqaytu ʿalayka maḥabbatan minnī walituṣ'naʿa ʿalā ʿaynī
[Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed upon you love from Me that you would be brought up under My eye [i.e., observation and care].
idh tamshī ukh'tuka fataqūlu hal adullukum ʿalā man yakfuluhu farajaʿnāka ilā ummika kay taqarra ʿaynuhā walā taḥzana waqatalta nafsan fanajjaynāka mina l-ghami wafatannāka futūnan falabith'ta sinīna fī ahli madyana thumma ji'ta ʿalā qadarin yāmūsā
[And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.