Quran 20:96 — Taa-Haa, verse 96
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He replied, ‘I saw something they did not; I took in some of the teachings of the Messenger but tossed them aside: my soul prompted me to do what I did.’
قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا بِهِ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِنْ أَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِي نَفْسِي
qāla baṣur'tu bimā lam yabṣurū bihi faqabaḍtu qabḍatan min athari l-rasūli fanabadhtuhā wakadhālika sawwalat lī nafsī
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'I beheld what they beheld not,' he said, 'and I seized a handful of dust from the messenger's track, and cast it into the thing. So my soul prompted me.'
- Muhammad Asad
- He answered: "I have gained insight into something which they were unable to see: and so I took hold of a handful of the Apostle's teachings and cast it away: for thus has my mind prompted me [to act]."
- Sahih International
- He said, "I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the track of the messenger and threw it, and thus did my soul entice me."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | بَصُرْتُbaṣur'tu | I perceived | بصر |
| 3 | بِمَاbimā | what | — |
| 4 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 5 | يَبْصُرُوا۟yabṣurū | they perceive | بصر |
| 6 | بِهِۦbihi | in it | — |
| 7 | فَقَبَضْتُfaqabaḍtu | so I took | قبض |
| 8 | قَبْضَةًۭqabḍatan | a handful | قبض |
| 9 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 10 | أَثَرِathari | (the) track | أثر |
| 11 | ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūli | (of) the Messenger | رسل |
| 12 | فَنَبَذْتُهَاfanabadhtuhā | then threw it | نبذ |
| 13 | وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālika | and thus | — |
| 14 | سَوَّلَتْsawwalat | suggested | سول |
| 15 | لِىlī | to me | — |
| 16 | نَفْسِىnafsī | my soul | نفس |