Surah Ta-Ha 20:104 — translation and meaning

طه · Verse 104 / 135 · Page 319

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًا

Word by Word

نَّحْنُ
nahnu
We
أَعْلَمُ
a'lamu
know best
بِمَا
bima
what
يَقُولُونَ
yaquluna
they will say
إِذْ
idh
when
يَقُولُ
yaqulu
will say
أَمْثَلُهُمْ
amthaluhum
(the) best of them
طَرِيقَةً
tariqatan
(in) conduct
إِن
in
Not
لَّبِثْتُمْ
labith'tum
you remained
إِلَّا
illa
except (for)
يَوْمًا
yawman
a day

Transliteration

nahnu a'lamu bimaa yaqooloona iz yaqoolu amsaluhum tareeqatan illabistum illaa yawmaa

Translation

We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner will say, "You remained not but one day."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I know best what they secretly say amongst themselves, with none of it escaping Me, when the most intelligent of them says: “You did not stay in the Transitory Stage except for one day, no more”.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in ma…" — Ta-Ha 20:104