Surah Ta-Ha 20:91 — translation and meaning
طه · Verse 91 / 135 · Page 318
قَالُوا لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفِينَ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَى
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قَالُوا
qalu
They said
لَن
lan
Never
نَّبْرَحَ
nabraha
we will cease
عَلَيْهِ
alayhi
being devoted to it
عَاكِفِينَ
akifina
being devoted to it
حَتَّى
hatta
until
يَرْجِعَ
yarji'a
returns
إِلَيْنَا
ilayna
to us
مُوسَى
musa
Musa
Transliteration
Qaaloo lan nabraha 'alaihi 'aakifeena hattaa yarji'a ilainaa Moosaa
Translation
They said, "We will never cease being devoted to the calf until Moses returns to us."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Those who had been tempted through worship of the calf said: “We will continue worshipping it until Moses returns to us”.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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