٢٠ - طه

20 - Ta-Ha

وَمَاۗ اَعْجَلَكَ عَنْ قَوْمِكَ يٰمُــوْسٰى۝۸۳
Wama aAAjalaka AAan qawmika ya moosa

English

Ahmed Ali

What made you hurry away, O Moses, from your people?"

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قَالَ ہُمْ اُولَاۗءِ عَلٰۗي اَثَرِيْ وَعَجِلْتُ اِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضٰى۝۸۴
Qala hum olai AAala atharee waAAajiltu ilayka rabbi litarda

English

Ahmed Ali

He said: "They are right behind me. I have hastened to You, O Lord, so that You may be pleased."

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قَالَ فَاِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِكَ وَاَضَلَّـہُمُ السَّامِرِيُّ۝۸۵
Qala fainna qad fatanna qawmaka min baAAdika waadallahumu alssamiriyyu

English

Ahmed Ali

He said: "We have put your people on trial in your absence; and Sameri has led them astray."

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فَرَجَعَ مُوْسٰۗى اِلٰى قَوْمِہٖ غَضْبَانَ اَسِفًا۝۰ۥۚ قَالَ يٰقَوْمِ اَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَـنًا۝۰ۥۭ اَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْعَہْدُ اَمْ اَرَدْتُّمْ اَنْ يَّحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ فَاَخْلَفْتُمْ مَّوْعِدِيْ۝۸۶
FarajaAAa moosa ila qawmihi ghadbana asifan qala ya qawmi alam yaAAidkum rabbukum waAAdan hasanan afatala AAalaykumu alAAahdu am aradtum an yahilla AAalaykum ghadabun min rabbikum faakhlaftum mawAAidee

English

Ahmed Ali

So Moses returned to his people full of anger and regret. "O my people," he said, "did not your Lord make you a better promise? Did the time of covenant seem too long to you? Or did you wish the wrath of your Lord to fall upon you that you broke the promise you had made to me?"

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قَالُوْا مَاۗ اَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَاۗ اَوْزَارًا مِّنْ زِيْنَۃِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنٰہَا فَكَذٰلِكَ اَلْقَي السَّامِرِيُّ۝۸۷ۙ
Qaloo ma akhlafna mawAAidaka bimalkina walakinna hummilna awzaran min zeenati alqawmi faqathafnaha fakathalika alqa alssamiriyyu

English

Ahmed Ali

They said: "We did not break our promise to you of our own will, but we were made to carry the loads of ornaments belonging to the people, which we threw (into the fire), and so did Sameri.

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فَاَخْرَجَ لَہُمْ عِجْــلًا جَسَدًا لَّہٗ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوْا ھٰذَاۗ اِلٰـــہُكُمْ وَاِلٰہُ مُوْسٰى ۥ فَنَسِيَ۝۸۸ۭ
Faakhraja lahum AAijlan jasadan lahu khuwarun faqaloo hatha ilahukum wailahu moosa fanasiya

English

Ahmed Ali

Then he produced the image of a calf which mooed like a cow. And they said: 'This is your god and the god of Moses (whom) he has neglected."

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اَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ اَلَّا يَرْجِـــعُ اِلَيْہِمْ قَوْلًا۝۰ۥۙ وَّلَا يَمْلِكُ لَہُمْ ضَرًّا وَّلَا نَفْعًا۝۸۹ۧ
Afala yarawna alla yarjiAAu ilayhim qawlan wala yamliku lahum darran wala nafAAan

English

Ahmed Ali

Did they not see that it did not give them any answer, nor had it power to do them harm or bring them gain?

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وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَہُمْ ہٰرُوْنُ مِنْ قَبْلُ يٰقَوْمِ اِنَّمَا فُتِنْتُمْ بِہٖ۝۰ۚ وَاِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ الرَّحْمٰنُ فَاتَّبِعُوْنِيْ وَاَطِيْعُوْۗا اَمْرِيْ۝۹۰
Walaqad qala lahum haroonu min qablu ya qawmi innama futintum bihi wainna rabbakumu alrrahmanu faittabiAAoonee waateeAAoo amree

English

Ahmed Ali

Aaron had indeed told them earlier: "O my people, you are being only misled with this. Surely your Lord is Ar-Rahman. So follow me and obey my command."

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قَالُوْا لَنْ نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْہِ عٰكِفِيْنَ حَتّٰى يَرْجِعَ اِلَيْنَا مُوْسٰى۝۹۱
Qaloo lan nabraha AAalayhi AAakifeena hatta yarjiAAa ilayna moosa

English

Ahmed Ali

They said "So long as Moses does not come back we are not going to give it up, and we will remain devoted to it."

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قَالَ يٰہٰرُوْنُ مَا مَنَعَكَ اِذْ رَاَيْتَہُمْ ضَلُّوْۗا۝۹۲ۙ
Qala ya haroonu ma manaAAaka ith raaytahum dalloo

English

Ahmed Ali

But (Moses) said: "O Aaron, when you saw that they had gone astray, what hindered you

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