Surah Ta-Ha 20:125 — translation and meaning

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قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِي أَعْمَى وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيرًا

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
He will say
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord!
لِمَ
lima
Why
حَشَرْتَنِي
hashartani
You raised me
أَعْمَى
a'ma
blind
وَقَدْ
waqad
while [verily]
كُنتُ
kuntu
I had
بَصِيرًا
basiran
sight

Transliteration

Qaala Rabbi lima hashar tanee a'maa wa qad kuntu baseeraa

Translation

He will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once] seeing?"

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

This person will say: “O Lord, why did you raise me blind today when I could see in the world?”

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

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