Surah Ta-Ha 20:81 — translation and meaning

طه · Verse 81 / 135 · Page 317

ۖ كُلُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِي وَمَن يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِي فَقَدْ هَوَى

Word by Word

ۖ
كُلُوا
kulu
Eat
مِن
min
of
طَيِّبَاتِ
tayyibati
(the) good things
مَا
ma
which
رَزَقْنَاكُمْ
razaqnakum
We have provided you
وَلَا
wala
and (do) not
تَطْغَوْا
tatghaw
transgress
فِيهِ
fihi
therein
فَيَحِلَّ
fayahilla
lest should descend
عَلَيْكُمْ
alaykum
upon you
غَضَبِي
ghadabi
My Anger
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَحْلِلْ
yahlil
on whom descends
عَلَيْهِ
alayhi
on whom descends
غَضَبِي
ghadabi
My Anger
فَقَدْ
faqad
indeed
هَوَى
hawa
he (has) perished

Transliteration

Kuloo min taiyibaati maa razaqnaakum wa laa tatghaw feehi fa yahilla 'alaikum ghadabee wa mai yahlil 'alaihi ghadabee faqad hawaa

Translation

[Saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you and do not transgress [or oppress others] therein, lest My anger should descend upon you. And he upon whom My anger descends has certainly fallen."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Eat the wholesome lawful foods I have provided you and do not go beyond what I have made lawful to you, so you consume what I have made forbidden for you, otherwise My anger will fall on you. Whoever My anger falls upon will be destroyed and fall into Hell.

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

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"[Saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided…" — Ta-Ha 20:81