Quran 20:10 — Taa-Haa, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He saw a fire and said to his people, ‘Stay here––I can see a fire. Maybe I can bring you a flaming brand from it or find some guidance there.’
إِذْ رَأَىٰ نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ امْكُثُوا إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا لَعَلِّي آتِيكُمْ مِنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى النَّارِ هُدًى
idh raā nāran faqāla li-ahlihi um'kuthū innī ānastu nāran laʿallī ātīkum min'hā biqabasin aw ajidu ʿalā l-nāri hudan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When he saw a fire, and said to his family, 'Tarry you here; I observe a fire. Perhaps I shall bring you a brand from it, or I shall find at the fire guidance.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Lo! he saw a fire [in the desert]; and so he said to his family: "Wait here! Behold, I perceive a fire [far away]: perhaps I can bring you a brand there from, or find at the fire some guidance."
- Sahih International
- When he saw a fire and said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | رَءَاraā | he saw | رأي |
| 3 | نَارًۭاnāran | a fire | نور |
| 4 | فَقَالَfaqāla | then he said | قول |
| 5 | لِأَهْلِهِli-ahlihi | to his family | أهل |
| 6 | ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟um'kuthū | Stay here | مكث |
| 7 | إِنِّىٓinnī | indeed, I | — |
| 8 | ءَانَسْتُānastu | [I] perceived | أنس |
| 9 | نَارًۭاnāran | a fire | نور |
| 10 | لَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallī | perhaps I (can) | — |
| 11 | ءَاتِيكُمātīkum | bring you | أتي |
| 12 | مِّنْهَاmin'hā | therefrom | — |
| 13 | بِقَبَسٍbiqabasin | a burning brand | قبس |
| 14 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 15 | أَجِدُajidu | I find | وجد |
| 16 | عَلَىʿalā | at | — |
| 17 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the fire | نور |
| 18 | هُدًۭىhudan | guidance | هدي |