Quran 20:40 — Taa-Haa, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Your sister went out, saying, “I will tell you someone who will nurse him,” then We returned you to your mother so that she could rejoice and not grieve. Later you killed a man, but We saved you from distress and tried you with other tests. You stayed among the people of Midian for years, then you came here as I ordained.
إِذْ تَمْشِي أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَنْ يَكْفُلُهُ ۖ فَرَجَعْنَاكَ إِلَىٰ أُمِّكَ كَيْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ ۚ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَاكَ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّاكَ فُتُونًا ۚ فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِي أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍ يَا مُوسَىٰ
idh tamshī ukh'tuka fataqūlu hal adullukum ʿalā man yakfuluhu farajaʿnāka ilā ummika kay taqarra ʿaynuhā walā taḥzana waqatalta nafsan fanajjaynāka mina l-ghami wafatannāka futūnan falabith'ta sinīna fī ahli madyana thumma ji'ta ʿalā qadarin yāmūsā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- when thy sister went out, saying, "Shall I point you to one to have charge of him?" So We returned thee to thy mother that she might rejoice, and not sorrow. Then thou slewest; a living soul, and We delivered thee out of grief, and We tried thee with many trials. Many years among the people of Midian thou didst sojourn, then camest hither, Moses, according to a decree.
- Muhammad Asad
- "[And thou wert under Mine eye] when thy sister went forth and said [to Pharaoh's people], 'Shall I guide you unto [a woman] who might take charge of him?'' And so We returned thee unto thy mother, so that her eye be gladdened, and that she might not sorrow [any longer]. "And [when thou camest of age, thou didst slay a man: but We did save thee from all grief, although We tried thee with various trials. "And then thou didst sojourn for years among the people of Madyan; and now thou hast come [here] as ordained [by Me], O Moses:
- Sahih International
- [And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | تَمْشِىٓtamshī | was going | مشي |
| 3 | أُخْتُكَukh'tuka | your sister | أخو |
| 4 | فَتَقُولُfataqūlu | and she said | قول |
| 5 | هَلْhal | Shall | — |
| 6 | أَدُلُّكُمْadullukum | I show you | دلل |
| 7 | عَلَىٰʿalā | [to] | — |
| 8 | مَنman | (one) who | — |
| 9 | يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖyakfuluhu | will nurse and rear him | كفل |
| 10 | فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَfarajaʿnāka | So We returned you | رجع |
| 11 | إِلَىٰٓilā | to | — |
| 12 | أُمِّكَummika | your mother | أمم |
| 13 | كَىْkay | that | — |
| 14 | تَقَرَّtaqarra | may be cooled | قرر |
| 15 | عَيْنُهَاʿaynuhā | her eyes | عين |
| 16 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 17 | تَحْزَنَ ۚtaḥzana | she grieves | حزن |
| 18 | وَقَتَلْتَwaqatalta | And you killed | قتل |
| 19 | نَفْسًۭاnafsan | a man | نفس |
| 20 | فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَfanajjaynāka | but We saved you | نجو |
| 21 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 22 | ٱلْغَمِّl-ghami | the distress | غمم |
| 23 | وَفَتَنَّـٰكَwafatannāka | and We tried you | فتن |
| 24 | فُتُونًۭا ۚfutūnan | (with) a trial | فتن |
| 25 | فَلَبِثْتَfalabith'ta | Then you remained | لبث |
| 26 | سِنِينَsinīna | (some) years | سنو |
| 27 | فِىٓfī | with | — |
| 28 | أَهْلِahli | (the) people | أهل |
| 29 | مَدْيَنَmadyana | (of) Madyan | — |
| 30 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 31 | جِئْتَji'ta | you came | جيأ |
| 32 | عَلَىٰʿalā | at | — |
| 33 | قَدَرٍۢqadarin | the decreed (time) | قدر |
| 34 | يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā | O Musa | — |