Quran 20:91 — Taa-Haa, verse 91
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but they replied, ‘We shall not give up our devotion to it until Moses returns to us.’
قَالُوا لَنْ نَبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ
qālū lan nabraḥa ʿalayhi ʿākifīna ḥattā yarjiʿa ilaynā mūsā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'We will not cease,' they said, 'to cleave to it, until Moses returns to us.')
- Muhammad Asad
- [But] they answered: "By no means shall we cease to worship it until Moses comes back to us!"
- Sahih International
- They said, "We will never cease being devoted to it [i.e., the calf] until Moses returns to us."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | لَنlan | Never | — |
| 3 | نَّبْرَحَnabraḥa | we will cease | برح |
| 4 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | being devoted to it | — |
| 5 | عَـٰكِفِينَʿākifīna | being devoted to it | عكف |
| 6 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 7 | يَرْجِعَyarjiʿa | returns | رجع |
| 8 | إِلَيْنَاilaynā | to us | — |
| 9 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |