Quran 20:87 — Taa-Haa, verse 87
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘We did not break our word to you deliberately. We were burdened with the weight of people’s jewellery, so we threw it [into the fire], and the Samiri did the same,’
قَالُوا مَا أَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَا أَوْزَارًا مِنْ زِينَةِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنَاهَا فَكَذَٰلِكَ أَلْقَى السَّامِرِيُّ
qālū mā akhlafnā mawʿidaka bimalkinā walākinnā ḥummil'nā awzāran min zīnati l-qawmi faqadhafnāhā fakadhālika alqā l-sāmiriyu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'We have not failed in our tryst with thee,' they said, 'of our volition; but we were loaded with fardels, even the ornaments of the people, and we cast them, as the Samaritan also threw them, into the fire.'
- Muhammad Asad
- They answered: "We did not break our promise to thee of our own free will, but [this is what happened:] we were loaded with the [sinful] burdens of the [Egyptian] people's ornaments, and so we threw them [into the fire], and likewise did this Samaritan cast [his into it]."
- Sahih International
- They said, "We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people [of Pharaoh], so we threw them [into the fire], and thus did the Sāmirī throw."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | مَآmā | Not | — |
| 3 | أَخْلَفْنَاakhlafnā | we broke | خلف |
| 4 | مَوْعِدَكَmawʿidaka | promise to you | وعد |
| 5 | بِمَلْكِنَاbimalkinā | by our will | ملك |
| 6 | وَلَـٰكِنَّاwalākinnā | but we | — |
| 7 | حُمِّلْنَآḥummil'nā | [we] were made to carry | حمل |
| 8 | أَوْزَارًۭاawzāran | burdens | وزر |
| 9 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 10 | زِينَةِzīnati | ornaments | زين |
| 11 | ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi | (of) the people | قوم |
| 12 | فَقَذَفْنَـٰهَاfaqadhafnāhā | so we threw them | قذف |
| 13 | فَكَذَٰلِكَfakadhālika | and thus | — |
| 14 | أَلْقَىalqā | threw | لقي |
| 15 | ٱلسَّامِرِىُّl-sāmiriyu | the Samiri | سمر |