Translation of Surah TaHa in الإنجليزية from Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation
Verse 1
ﭵ
ﭶ
TaHa
Ṭâ-Hâ.
Verse 2
ﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻ
ﭼ
We have not revealed the Quran to you ˹O Prophet˺ to cause you distress,
Verse 3
ﭽﭾﭿﮀ
ﮁ
but as a reminder to those in awe ˹of Allah˺.
Verse 4
ﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇ
ﮈ
˹It is˺ a revelation from the One Who created the earth and the high heavens—
Verse 5
ﮉﮊﮋﮌ
ﮍ
the Most Compassionate, ˹Who is˺ established on the Throne.
Verse 6
To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth and whatever is in between and whatever is underground.
Verse 7
Whether you speak openly ˹or not˺, He certainly knows what is secret and what is even more hidden.
Verse 8
Allah—there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. He has the Most Beautiful Names.
Verse 9
ﮭﮮﮯﮰ
ﮱ
Has the story of Moses reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
Verse 10
When he saw a fire, he said to his family, “Wait here, ˹for˺ I have spotted a fire. Perhaps I can bring you a torch from it, or find some guidance at the fire.”1
Verse 11
ﯦﯧﯨﯩ
ﯪ
But when he approached it, he was called, “O Moses!
Verse 12
It is truly I. I am your Lord! So take off your sandals, for you are in the sacred valley of Ṭuwa.
Verse 13
ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕ
ﭖ
I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed:
Verse 14
‘It is truly I. I am Allah! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Me. So worship Me ˹alone˺, and establish prayer for My remembrance.
Verse 15
The Hour is sure to come. My Will is to keep it hidden, so that every soul may be rewarded according to their efforts.
Verse 16
So do not let those who disbelieve in it and follow their desires distract you from it, or you will be doomed.’”
Verse 17
ﭹﭺﭻﭼ
ﭽ
˹Allah added,˺ “And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?”
Verse 18
He replied, “It is my staff! I lean on it, and with it I beat down ˹branches˺ for my sheep, and have other uses for it.”1
Verse 19
ﮌﮍﮎ
ﮏ
Allah said, “Throw it down, O Moses!”
Verse 20
ﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔ
ﮕ
So he did, then—behold!—it became a serpent, slithering.
Verse 21
Allah said, “Take it, and have no fear. We will return it to its former state.
Verse 22
And put your hand under your armpit, it will come out ˹shining˺ white, unblemished,1 as another sign,
Verse 23
ﮫﮬﮭﮮ
ﮯ
so that We may show you some of Our greatest signs.
Verse 24
ﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕ
ﯖ
Go to Pharaoh, for he has truly transgressed ˹all bounds˺.”
Verse 25
ﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛ
ﯜ
Moses prayed, “My Lord! Uplift my heart for me,
Verse 26
ﯝﯞﯟ
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and make my task easy,
Verse 27
ﯡﯢﯣﯤ
ﯥ
and remove the impediment from my tongue
Verse 28
ﯦﯧ
ﯨ
so people may understand my speech,1
Verse 29
ﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭ
ﯮ
and grant me a helper from my family,
Verse 30
ﯯﯰ
ﯱ
Aaron, my brother.
Verse 31
ﯲﯳﯴ
ﯵ
Strengthen me through him,
Verse 32
ﯶﯷﯸ
ﯹ
and let him share my task,
Verse 33
ﯺﯻﯼ
ﯽ
so that we may glorify You much
Verse 34
ﯾﯿ
ﰀ
and remember You much,
Verse 35
ﰁﰂﰃﰄ
ﰅ
for truly You have ˹always˺ been overseeing us.”
Verse 36
ﰆﰇﰈﰉﰊ
ﰋ
Allah responded, “All that you requested has been granted, O Moses!
Verse 37
ﰌﰍﰎﰏﰐ
ﰑ
And surely We had shown You favour before,
Verse 38
ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖ
ﭗ
when We inspired your mother with this:
Verse 39
‘Put him into a chest, then put it into the river. The river will wash it ashore, and he will be taken by ˹Pharaoh,˺ an enemy of Mine and his.’ And I blessed you with lovability from Me1 ˹O Moses˺ so that you would be brought up under My ˹watchful˺ Eye.
Verse 40
˹Remember˺ when your sister came along and proposed, ‘Shall I direct you to someone who will nurse him?’1 So We reunited you with your mother so that her heart would be put at ease, and she would not grieve. ˹Later˺ you killed a man ˹by mistake˺, but We saved you from sorrow, as well as other tests We put you through. Then you stayed for a number of years among the people of Midian. Then you came here as pre-destined, O Moses!
Verse 41
ﮖﮗ
ﮘ
And I have selected you for My service.
Verse 42
Go forth, you and your brother, with My signs and never falter in remembering Me.
Verse 43
ﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦ
ﮧ
Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has truly transgressed ˹all bounds˺.
Verse 44
Speak to him gently, so perhaps he may be mindful ˹of Me˺ or fearful ˹of My punishment˺.”
Verse 45
They both pleaded, “Our Lord! We fear that he may be quick to harm us or act tyrannically.”
Verse 46
Allah reassured ˹them˺, “Have no fear! I am with you, hearing and seeing.
Verse 47
So go to him and say, ‘Indeed we are both messengers from your Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with us, and do not oppress them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. And salvation will be for whoever follows the ˹right˺ guidance.
Verse 48
It has indeed been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies ˹the truth˺ and turns away.’”
Verse 49
ﰉﰊﰋﰌ
ﰍ
Pharaoh asked, “Who then is the Lord of you two, O Moses?”
Verse 50
He answered, “Our Lord is the One Who has given everything its ˹distinctive˺ form, then guided ˹it˺.”
Verse 51
ﰘﰙﰚﰛﰜ
ﰝ
Pharaoh asked, “And what about previous peoples?”
Verse 52
He replied, “That knowledge is with my Lord in a Record. My Lord neither falters nor forgets ˹anything˺.”
Verse 53
˹He is the One˺ Who has laid out the earth for ˹all of˺ you, and set in it pathways for you, and sends down rain from the sky, causing various types of plants to grow,
Verse 54
˹so˺ eat and graze your cattle. Surely in this are signs for people of sound judgment.
Verse 55
From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will bring you back again.
Verse 56
ﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌ
ﮍ
And We certainly showed Pharaoh all of Our signs,1 but he denied them and refused ˹to believe˺.
Verse 57
He said, “Have you come to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?
Verse 58
We can surely meet you with similar magic. So set for us an appointment that neither of us will fail to keep, in a central place.”
Verse 59
Moses said, “Your appointment is on the Day of the Festival, and let the people be gathered mid-morning.”
Verse 60
ﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔ
ﯕ
Pharaoh then withdrew, orchestrated his scheme, then returned.
Verse 61
Moses warned the magicians, “Woe to you! Do not fabricate a lie against Allah,1 or He will wipe you out with a torment. Whoever fabricates ˹lies˺ is bound to fail.”
Verse 62
ﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫ
ﯬ
So the magicians disputed the matter among themselves, conversing privately.
Verse 63
They concluded, “These two are only magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic, and do away with your most cherished traditions.
Verse 64
So orchestrate your plan, then come forward in ˹perfect˺ ranks. And whoever prevails today will certainly be successful.”
Verse 65
They said, “O Moses! Either you cast, or let us be the first to cast.”
Verse 66
Moses responded, “No, you go first.” And suddenly their ropes and staffs appeared to him—by their magic—to be slithering.
Verse 67
ﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯ
ﭰ
So Moses concealed fear within himself.
Verse 68
ﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶ
ﭷ
We reassured ˹him˺, “Do not fear! It is certainly you who will prevail.
Verse 69
Cast what is in your right hand, and it will swallow up what they have made, for what they have made is no more than a magic trick. And magicians can never succeed wherever they go.”
Verse 70
So the magicians fell down in prostration, declaring, “We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.”
Verse 71
Pharaoh threatened, “How dare you believe in him before I give you permission? He must be your master who taught you magic. I will certainly cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and crucify you on the trunks of palm trees. You will really see whose punishment is more severe and more lasting.”
Verse 72
They responded, “By the One Who created us! We will never prefer you over the clear proofs that have come to us. So do whatever you want! Your authority only covers the ˹fleeting˺ life of this world.
Verse 73
Indeed, we have believed in our Lord so He may forgive our sins and that magic you have forced us to practice. And Allah is far superior ˹in reward˺ and more lasting ˹in punishment˺.”
Verse 74
Whoever comes to their Lord as an evildoer will certainly have Hell, where they can neither live nor die.
Verse 75
But whoever comes to Him as a believer, having done good, they will have the highest ranks:
Verse 76
the Gardens of Eternity, under which rivers flow, where they will stay forever. That is the reward of those who purify themselves.
Verse 77
And We surely inspired Moses, ˹saying,˺ “Leave with My servants ˹at night˺ and strike a dry passage for them across the sea. Have no fear of being overtaken, nor be concerned ˹of drowning˺.”
Verse 78
Then Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers—but how overwhelming were the waters that submerged them!
Verse 79
ﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱ
ﭲ
And ˹so˺ Pharaoh led his people astray, and did not guide ˹them rightly˺.
Verse 80
O Children of Israel! We saved you from your enemy, and made an appointment with you1 on the right side of Mount Ṭûr, and sent down to you manna and quails,2
Verse 81
˹saying,˺ “Eat from the good things We have provided for you, but do not transgress in them, or My wrath will befall you. And whoever My wrath befalls is certainly doomed.
Verse 82
But I am truly Most Forgiving to whoever repents, believes, and does good, then persists on ˹true˺ guidance.”
Verse 83
ﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤ
ﮥ
˹Allah asked,˺ “Why have you come with such haste ahead of your people, O Moses?”1
Verse 84
He replied, “They are close on my tracks. And I have hastened to You, my Lord, so You will be pleased.”
Verse 85
Allah responded, “We have indeed tested your people in your absence, and the Sâmiri1 has led them astray.”
Verse 86
So Moses returned to his people, furious and sorrowful. He said, “O my people! Had your Lord not made you a good promise?1 Has my absence been too long for you? Or have you wished for wrath from your Lord to befall you, so you broke your promise to me?”2
Verse 87
They argued, “We did not break our promise to you of our own free will, but we were made to carry the burden of the people’s ˹golden˺ jewellery,1 then we threw it ˹into the fire˺, and so did the Sâmiri.”
Verse 88
Then he moulded for them an idol of a calf that made a lowing sound. They said, “This is your god and the god of Moses, but Moses forgot ˹where it was˺!”
Verse 89
Did they not see that it did not respond to them, nor could it protect or benefit them?
Verse 90
Aaron had already warned them beforehand, “O my people! You are only being tested by this, for indeed your ˹one true˺ Lord is the Most Compassionate. So follow me and obey my orders.”
Verse 91
They replied, “We will not cease to worship it until Moses returns to us.”
Verse 92
Moses scolded ˹his brother˺, “O Aaron! What prevented you, when you saw them going astray,
Verse 93
ﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓ
ﮔ
from following after me? How could you disobey my orders?”1
Verse 94
Aaron pleaded, “O son of my mother! Do not seize me by my beard or ˹the hair of˺ my head. I really feared that you would say, ‘You have caused division among the Children of Israel, and did not observe my word.’”
Verse 95
ﮩﮪﮫﮬ
ﮭ
Moses then asked, “What did you think you were doing, O Sâmiri?”
Verse 96
He said, “I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful ˹of dust˺ from the hoof-prints of ˹the horse of˺ the messenger-angel ˹Gabriel˺ then cast it ˹on the moulded calf˺. This is what my lower-self tempted me into.”1
Verse 97
Moses said, “Go away then! And for ˹the rest of your˺ life you will surely be crying, ‘Do not touch ˹me˺!’1 Then you will certainly have a fate2 that you cannot escape. Now look at your god to which you have been devoted: we will burn it up, then scatter it in the sea completely.”
Verse 98
˹Then Moses addressed his people,˺ “Your only god is Allah, there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. He encompasses everything in ˹His˺ knowledge.”
Verse 99
This is how We relate to you ˹O Prophet˺ some of the stories of the past. And We have certainly granted you a Reminder1 from Us.
Verse 100
Whoever turns away from it will surely bear the burden ˹of sin˺ on the Day of Judgment,
Verse 101
suffering its consequences forever. What an evil burden they will carry on Judgment Day!
Verse 102
˹Beware of˺ the Day the Trumpet will be blown,1 and We will gather the wicked on that Day blue-faced ˹from horror and thirst˺.2
Verse 103
ﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁ
ﮂ
They will whisper among themselves, “You stayed no more than ten days ˹on the earth˺.”
Verse 104
We know best what they will say—the most reasonable of them will say, “You stayed no more than a day.”
Verse 105
And ˹if˺ they ask you ˹O Prophet˺ about the mountains, ˹then˺ say, “My Lord will wipe them out completely,
Verse 106
ﮘﮙﮚ
ﮛ
leaving the earth level and bare,
Verse 107
ﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡ
ﮢ
with neither depressions nor elevations to be seen.”
Verse 108
On that Day all will follow the caller ˹for assembly˺, ˹and˺ none will dare to deviate. All voices will be hushed before the Most Compassionate. Only whispers1 will be heard.
Verse 109
On that Day no intercession will be of any benefit, except by those granted permission by the Most Compassionate and whose words are agreeable to Him.
Verse 110
He ˹fully˺ knows what is ahead of them and what is behind them,1 but they cannot encompass Him in ˹their˺ knowledge.2
Verse 111
And all faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining. And those burdened with wrongdoing will be in loss.
Verse 112
But whoever does good and is a believer will have no fear of being wronged or denied ˹their reward˺.
Verse 113
And so We have sent it down as an Arabic Quran and varied the warnings in it, so perhaps they will shun evil or it may cause them to be mindful.
Verse 114
Exalted is Allah, the True King! Do not rush to recite ˹a revelation of˺ the Quran ˹O Prophet˺ before it is ˹properly˺ conveyed to you,1 and pray, “My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.”
Verse 115
And indeed, We once made a covenant with Adam, but he forgot, and ˹so˺ We did not find determination in him.
Verse 116
And ˹remember˺ when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” so they all did—but not Iblîs,1 who refused ˹arrogantly˺.
Verse 117
So We cautioned, “O Adam! This is surely an enemy to you and to your wife. So do not let him drive you both out of Paradise, for you ˹O Adam˺ would then suffer ˹hardship˺.
Verse 118
Here it is guaranteed that you will never go hungry or unclothed,
Verse 119
ﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕ
ﮖ
nor will you ˹ever˺ suffer from thirst or ˹the sun’s˺ heat.”1
Verse 120
But Satan whispered to him, saying, “O Adam! Shall I show you the Tree of Immortality and a kingdom that does not fade away?”
Verse 121
So they both ate from the tree and then their nakedness was exposed to them, prompting them to cover themselves with leaves from Paradise. So Adam disobeyed his Lord, and ˹so˺ lost his way.1
Verse 122
ﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜ
ﯝ
Then his Lord chose him ˹for His grace˺, accepted his repentance, and guided him ˹rightly˺.
Verse 123
Allah said, “Descend, both of you, from here together ˹with Satan˺ as enemies to each other. Then when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray ˹in this life˺ nor suffer ˹in the next˺.
Verse 124
But whoever turns away from My Reminder will certainly have a miserable life,1 then We will raise them up blind on the Day of Judgment.”
Verse 125
They will cry, “My Lord! Why have you raised me up blind, although I used to see?”
Verse 126
Allah will respond, “It is so, just as Our revelations came to you and you neglected them, so Today you are neglected.”
Verse 127
This is how We reward whoever transgresses and does not believe in the revelations of their Lord. And the punishment of the Hereafter is far more severe and more lasting.
Verse 128
Is it not yet clear to them how many peoples We destroyed before them, whose ruins they still pass by? Surely in this are signs for people of sound judgment.
Verse 129
Had it not been for a prior decree from your Lord1 ˹O Prophet˺ and a term already set, their ˹instant˺ doom would have been inevitable.
Verse 130
So be patient ˹O Prophet˺ with what they say. And glorify the praises of your Lord before sunrise and before sunset, and glorify Him in the hours of the night and at both ends of the day,1 so that you may be pleased ˹with the reward˺.
Verse 131
Do not let your eyes crave what We have allowed some of the disbelievers to enjoy; the ˹fleeting˺ splendour of this worldly life, which We test them with. But your Lord’s provision ˹in the Hereafter˺ is far better and more lasting.
Verse 132
Bid your people to pray, and be diligent in ˹observing˺ it. We do not ask you to provide. It is We Who provide for you. And the ultimate outcome is ˹only˺ for ˹the people of˺ righteousness.
Verse 133
They demand, “If only he could bring us a sign from his Lord!”1 Have they not ˹already˺ received a confirmation of what is in earlier Scriptures?2
Verse 134
Had We destroyed them with a torment before this ˹Prophet came˺, they would have surely argued, “Our Lord! If only You had sent us a messenger, we would have followed Your revelations before being humiliated and put to shame.”
Verse 135
Say ˹to them, O Prophet˺, “Each ˹of us˺ is waiting, so keep waiting! You will soon know who is on the Straight Path and is ˹rightly˺ guided.”
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