Surah Ta-Ha 20:79 — translation and meaning

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وَأَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهُ وَمَا هَدَى

Word by Word

وَأَضَلَّ
wa-adalla
And led astray
فِرْعَوْنُ
fir'awnu
Firaun
قَوْمَهُ
qawmahu
his people
وَمَا
wama
and (did) not
هَدَى
hada
guide them

Transliteration

wa adalla fir'awnu qawmahoo wa maa hadaa

Translation

And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them].

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And Pharaoh misguided his people by making disbelief appear good to them and by deceiving them through falsehood, and he did not direct them towards the path of guidance.

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

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"And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them]." — Ta-Ha 20:79