Surah Taha, Ayah 97 (20:97)

طه

قَالَ فَٱذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّن …

Quran 20:97 is ayah 97 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 318 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:97
قَالَفَٱذْهَبْفَإِنَّلَكَفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِأَنتَقُولَلَامِسَاسَ ۖوَإِنَّلَكَمَوْعِدًالَّنتُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖوَٱنظُرْإِلَىٰٓإِلَٰهِكَٱلَّذِىظَلْتَعَلَيْهِعَاكِفًا ۖلَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥثُمَّلَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥفِىٱلْيَمِّنَسْفًا٩٧
qāla fa-idh'hab fa-inna laka fī l-ḥayati an taqūla lā misāsa wa-inna laka mawʿidan lan tukh'lafahu wa-unẓur ilā ilāhika alladhī ẓalta ʿalayhi ʿākifan lanuḥarriqannahu thumma lanansifannahu fī l-yami nasfan

[Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.' And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it [i.e., its ashes] into the sea with a blast.(97)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. فَٱذْهَبْfa-idh'habThen go
  3. فَإِنَّfa-innaAnd indeed
  4. لَكَlakafor you
  5. فِىfīin
  6. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
  7. أَنanthat
  8. تَقُولَtaqūlayou will say
  9. لَاlā(Do) not
  10. مِسَاسَ ۖmisāsatouch
  11. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
  12. لَكَlakafor you
  13. مَوْعِدًاmawʿidan(is) an appointment
  14. لَّنlannever
  15. تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖtukh'lafahuyou will fail to (keep) it
  16. وَٱنظُرْwa-unẓurAnd look
  17. إِلَىٰٓilāat
  18. إِلَٰهِكَilāhikayour god
  19. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which
  20. ظَلْتَẓaltayou have remained
  21. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito it
  22. عَاكِفًا ۖʿākifandevoted
  23. لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥlanuḥarriqannahuSurely we will burn it
  24. ثُمَّthummathen
  25. لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥlanansifannahucertainly we will scatter it
  26. فِىfīin
  27. ٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe sea
  28. نَسْفًاnasfan(in) particles

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