Surah Taha, Ayah 85 (20:85)

طه

قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ

Quran 20:85 is ayah 85 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 317 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:85
قَالَفَإِنَّاقَدْفَتَنَّاقَوْمَكَمِنۢبَعْدِكَوَأَضَلَّهُمُٱلسَّامِرِىُّ٨٥
qāla fa-innā qad fatannā qawmaka min baʿdika wa-aḍallahumu l-sāmiriyu

[Allāh] said, "But indeed, We have tried your people after you [departed], and the Sāmirī has led them astray."(85)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. فَإِنَّاfa-innāBut indeed, We
  3. قَدْqad[verily]
  4. فَتَنَّاfatannāWe (have) tried
  5. قَوْمَكَqawmakayour people
  6. مِنۢminafter you
  7. بَعْدِكَbaʿdikaafter you
  8. وَأَضَلَّهُمُwa-aḍallahumuand has led them astray
  9. ٱلسَّامِرِىُّl-sāmiriyuthe Samiri

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