Quran 20:86 — Taa-Haa, verse 86
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Moses returned to his people, angry and aggrieved. He said, ‘My people, did your Lord not make you a gracious promise? Was my absence too long for you? Did you want anger to fall on you from your Lord and so broke your word to me?’
فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ غَضْبَانَ أَسِفًا ۚ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدْتُمْ أَنْ يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُمْ مَوْعِدِي
farajaʿa mūsā ilā qawmihi ghaḍbāna asifan qāla yāqawmi alam yaʿid'kum rabbukum waʿdan ḥasanan afaṭāla ʿalaykumu l-ʿahdu am aradttum an yaḥilla ʿalaykum ghaḍabun min rabbikum fa-akhlaftum mawʿidī
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then Moses returned very angry and sorrowful to his people, saying, 'My people, did your Lord not promise a fair promise to you? Did the time of the covenant seem so long to you, or did you desire that anger should alight on you from your Lord, so that you failed in your tryst with me?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Thereupon Moses returned to his people full of wrath and sorrow, [and] exclaimed: "O my people! Did not your Sustainer hold out [many] a goodly promise to you? bid, then, [the fulfilment of] this promise seem to you too long in coming? Or are you, perchance, determined to see your Sustainer's condemnation fall upon you, and so you broke your promise to me?"
- Sahih International
- So Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved. He said, "O my people, did your Lord not make you a good promise? Then, was the time [of its fulfillment] too long for you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord descend upon you, so you broke your promise [of obedience] to me?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَرَجَعَfarajaʿa | Then Musa returned | رجع |
| 2 | مُوسَىٰٓmūsā | Then Musa returned | — |
| 3 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 4 | قَوْمِهِۦqawmihi | his people | قوم |
| 5 | غَضْبَـٰنَghaḍbāna | angry | غضب |
| 6 | أَسِفًۭا ۚasifan | (and) sorrowful | أسف |
| 7 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 8 | يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi | O my people | قوم |
| 9 | أَلَمْalam | Did not | — |
| 10 | يَعِدْكُمْyaʿid'kum | promise you | وعد |
| 11 | رَبُّكُمْrabbukum | your Lord | ربب |
| 12 | وَعْدًاwaʿdan | a promise | وعد |
| 13 | حَسَنًا ۚḥasanan | good | حسن |
| 14 | أَفَطَالَafaṭāla | Then, did seem long | طول |
| 15 | عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumu | to you | — |
| 16 | ٱلْعَهْدُl-ʿahdu | the promise | عهد |
| 17 | أَمْam | or | — |
| 18 | أَرَدتُّمْaradttum | did you desire | رود |
| 19 | أَنan | that | — |
| 20 | يَحِلَّyaḥilla | descend | حلل |
| 21 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 22 | غَضَبٌۭghaḍabun | (the) Anger | غضب |
| 23 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 24 | رَّبِّكُمْrabbikum | your Lord | ربب |
| 25 | فَأَخْلَفْتُمfa-akhlaftum | so you broke | خلف |
| 26 | مَّوْعِدِىmawʿidī | (the) promise to me | وعد |