Surah Ta-Ha 20:97 — translation and meaning

طه · Verse 97 / 135 · Page 318

ۖ ۖ ۖ قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِي الْحَيَاةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّن تُخْلَفَهُ وَانظُرْ إِلَى إِلَهِكَ الَّذِي ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُ فِي الْيَمِّ نَسْفًا

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ۖ
ۖ
ۖ
قَالَ
qala
He said
فَاذْهَبْ
fa-idh'hab
Then go
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
And indeed
لَكَ
laka
for you
فِي
fi
in
الْحَيَاةِ
al-hayati
the life
أَن
an
that
تَقُولَ
taqula
you will say
لَا
la
(Do) not
مِسَاسَ
misasa
touch."
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
لَكَ
laka
for you
مَوْعِدًا
maw'idan
(is) an appointment
لَّن
lan
never
تُخْلَفَهُ
tukh'lafahu
you will fail to (keep) it
وَانظُرْ
wa-unzur
And look
إِلَى
ila
at
إِلَهِكَ
ilahika
your god
الَّذِي
alladhi
that which
ظَلْتَ
zalta
you have remained
عَلَيْهِ
alayhi
to it
عَاكِفًا
akifan
devoted
لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُ
lanuharriqannahu
Surely we will burn it
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
لَنَنسِفَنَّهُ
lanansifannahu
certainly we will scatter it
فِي
fi
in
الْيَمِّ
al-yami
the sea
نَسْفًا
nasfan
(in) particles

Transliteration

Qaala fazhab fa inna laka fil hayaati an taqoola laa misaasa wa inna laka maw'idal lan tukhlafahoo wanzur ilaaa ilaahikal lazee zalta 'alaihi 'aakifaa; lanuharriqannnahoo summa lanansifanahoo fil yammi nasfaa

Translation

[Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.' And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it into the sea with a blast.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Moses (peace be upon him) said to Samiri: “Go, for it is written for you that you will say as long as you live: ‘I am not to touch or be touched’. You will live as an outcast, and you have a promised time on the Day of Judgment in which you will be reckoned and punished. Allah will never break this promise with you. And look towards your calf which you had made your god and which you continued to worship besides Allah. We shall burn it in a fire until it melts, then we shall scatter it into the sea until no trace of it remains.

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

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