Quran 20:83 — Taa-Haa, verse 83
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[God said], ‘Moses, what has made you come ahead of your people in such haste?’
وَمَا أَعْجَلَكَ عَنْ قَوْمِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ
wamā aʿjalaka ʿan qawmika yāmūsā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'What has sped thee far from thy people, Moses?'
- Muhammad Asad
- [AND GOD SAID:] "Now what has caused thee, O Moses, to leave thy people behind in so great a haste?"
- Sahih International
- [Allāh said], "And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَمَآwamā | And what | — |
| 2 | أَعْجَلَكَaʿjalaka | made you hasten | عجل |
| 3 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 4 | قَوْمِكَqawmika | your people | قوم |
| 5 | يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā | O Musa | — |