Surah Ta-Ha 20:92 — translation and meaning

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قَالَ يَاهَارُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوا

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
He said
يَاهَارُونُ
yaharunu
O Harun!
مَا
ma
What
مَنَعَكَ
mana'aka
prevented you
إِذْ
idh
when
رَأَيْتَهُمْ
ra-aytahum
you saw them
ضَلُّوا
dallu
going astray

Transliteration

Qaala Yaa Haaroonu maa mana 'aka iz ra aitahum dallooo

Translation

[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Moses said to his brother Aaron: “What was it that stopped you, when you saw them go astray by worshipping the calf besides Allah,

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

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"[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them go…" — Ta-Ha 20:92