Quran 20:85 — Taa-Haa, verse 85
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but God said, ‘We have tested your people in your absence: the Samiri has led them astray.’
قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ السَّامِرِيُّ
qāla fa-innā qad fatannā qawmaka min baʿdika wa-aḍallahumu l-sāmiriyu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said He, 'We have tempted thy people since thou didst leave them. The Samaritan has misled them into error.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said He: "Then [know that], verily, in thy absence We have put thy people to a test, and the Samaritan has led them astray."
- Sahih International
- [Allāh] said, "But indeed, We have tried your people after you [departed], and the Sāmirī has led them astray."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | فَإِنَّاfa-innā | But indeed, We | — |
| 3 | قَدْqad | [verily] | — |
| 4 | فَتَنَّاfatannā | We (have) tried | فتن |
| 5 | قَوْمَكَqawmaka | your people | قوم |
| 6 | مِنۢmin | after you | — |
| 7 | بَعْدِكَbaʿdika | after you | بعد |
| 8 | وَأَضَلَّهُمُwa-aḍallahumu | and has led them astray | ضلل |
| 9 | ٱلسَّامِرِىُّl-sāmiriyu | the Samiri | سمر |