Surah Taha, Ayah 79 (20:79)

طه

وَأَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهُۥ وَمَا هَدَىٰ

Quran 20:79 is ayah 79 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 317 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:79
وَأَضَلَّفِرْعَوْنُقَوْمَهُۥوَمَاهَدَىٰ٧٩
wa-aḍalla fir'ʿawnu qawmahu wamā hadā

And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them].(79)

Word by word

  1. وَأَضَلَّwa-aḍallaAnd led astray
  2. فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
  3. قَوْمَهُۥqawmahuhis people
  4. وَمَاwamāand (did) not
  5. هَدَىٰhadāguide them

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