Quran 20:97 — Taa-Haa, verse 97
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Moses said, ‘Get away from here! Your lot in this life is to say, “Do not touch me,” but you have an appointment from which there is no escape. Look at your god which you have kept on worshipping- we shall grind it down and scatter it into the sea.
قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِي الْحَيَاةِ أَنْ تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَنْ تُخْلَفَهُ ۖ وَانْظُرْ إِلَىٰ إِلَـٰهِكَ الَّذِي ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا ۖ لَنُحَرِّقَنَّهُ ثُمَّ لَنَنْسِفَنَّهُ فِي الْيَمِّ نَسْفًا
qāla fa-idh'hab fa-inna laka fī l-ḥayati an taqūla lā misāsa wa-inna laka mawʿidan lan tukh'lafahu wa-unẓur ilā ilāhika alladhī ẓalta ʿalayhi ʿākifan lanuḥarriqannahu thumma lanansifannahu fī l-yami nasfan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'Depart!' said Moses. 'It shall be thine all this life to cry "Untouchable!" And thereafter a tryst awaits thee thou canst not fail to keep Behold thy god, to whom all the day thou wast cleaving! We will surely burn it and scatter its ashes into the sea.
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [Moses]; "Begone, then! And, behold, it shall be thy lot to say throughout [thy] life, `Touch me not! But, verily, [in the life to come] thou shalt be faced with a destiny from which there will be no escape! And [now] look at this deity of thine to whose worship thou hast become so devoted: we shall most certainly burn it, and then scatter [whatever remains of] it far and wide over the sea!
- Sahih International
- [Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.' And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it [i.e., its ashes] into the sea with a blast.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | فَٱذْهَبْfa-idh'hab | Then go | ذهب |
| 3 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | And indeed | — |
| 4 | لَكَlaka | for you | — |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | the life | حيي |
| 7 | أَنan | that | — |
| 8 | تَقُولَtaqūla | you will say | قول |
| 9 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 10 | مِسَاسَ ۖmisāsa | touch | مسس |
| 11 | وَإِنَّwa-inna | And indeed | — |
| 12 | لَكَlaka | for you | — |
| 13 | مَوْعِدًۭاmawʿidan | (is) an appointment | وعد |
| 14 | لَّنlan | never | — |
| 15 | تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖtukh'lafahu | you will fail to (keep) it | خلف |
| 16 | وَٱنظُرْwa-unẓur | And look | نظر |
| 17 | إِلَىٰٓilā | at | — |
| 18 | إِلَـٰهِكَilāhika | your god | أله |
| 19 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | that which | — |
| 20 | ظَلْتَẓalta | you have remained | ظلل |
| 21 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | to it | — |
| 22 | عَاكِفًۭا ۖʿākifan | devoted | عكف |
| 23 | لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥlanuḥarriqannahu | Surely we will burn it | حرق |
| 24 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 25 | لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥlanansifannahu | certainly we will scatter it | نسف |
| 26 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 27 | ٱلْيَمِّl-yami | the sea | يمم |
| 28 | نَسْفًاnasfan | (in) particles | نسف |