Surah Ta-Ha 20:99 — translation and meaning

طه · Verse 99 / 135 · Page 319

ۚ كَذَلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنبَاءِ مَا قَدْ سَبَقَ وَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ مِن لَّدُنَّا ذِكْرًا

Word by Word

ۚ
كَذَلِكَ
kadhalika
Thus
نَقُصُّ
naqussu
We relate
عَلَيْكَ
alayka
to you
مِنْ
min
from
أَنبَاءِ
anbai
(the) news
مَا
ma
(of) what
قَدْ
qad
has preceded
سَبَقَ
sabaqa
has preceded
وَقَدْ
waqad
And certainly
آتَيْنَاكَ
ataynaka
We have given you
مِن
min
from
لَّدُنَّا
ladunna
Us
ذِكْرًا
dhik'ran
a Reminder

Transliteration

Kazaalika naqussu 'alaika min ambaaa'i maa qad sabaq; wa qad aatainaaka mil ladunnaa Zikraa

Translation

Thus, [O Muhammad], We relate to you from the news of what has preceded. And We have certainly given you from Us the Qur'an.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Just as I related to you, O Messenger, the story of Moses, Pharaoh and their people, I relate to you the incidents of the prophets and nations before you, so that they are a solace for you. And I have given you from Myself a Qur’ān through which those who seek reminders are reminded.

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

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