Surah Taha, Ayah 88 (20:88)

طه

فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذَآ إِلَٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِىَ

Quran 20:88 is ayah 88 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 318 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:88
فَأَخْرَجَلَهُمْعِجْلًاجَسَدًالَّهُۥخُوَارٌفَقَالُوا۟هَٰذَآإِلَٰهُكُمْوَإِلَٰهُمُوسَىٰفَنَسِىَ٨٨
fa-akhraja lahum ʿij'lan jasadan lahu khuwārun faqālū hādhā ilāhukum wa-ilāhu mūsā fanasiya

And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot."(88)

Word by word

  1. فَأَخْرَجَfa-akhrajaThen he brought forth
  2. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  3. عِجْلًاʿij'lana calf's
  4. جَسَدًاjasadanbody
  5. لَّهُۥlahuit had
  6. خُوَارٌkhuwāruna lowing sound
  7. فَقَالُوا۟faqālūand they said
  8. هَٰذَآhādhāThis
  9. إِلَٰهُكُمْilāhukum(is) your god
  10. وَإِلَٰهُwa-ilāhuand the god
  11. مُوسَىٰmūsā(of) Musa
  12. فَنَسِىَfanasiyabut he forgot

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