Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:39

20:39

أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّى وَعَدُوٌّ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِّنِّى وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِىٓ

ani iq'dhifīhi fī l-tābūti fa-iq'dhifīhi fī l-yami falyul'qihi l-yamu bil-sāḥili yakhudh'hu ʿaduwwun lī waʿaduwwun lahu wa-alqaytu ʿalayka maḥabbatan minnī walituṣ'naʿa ʿalā ʿaynī

[Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed upon you love from Me that you would be brought up under My eye [i.e., observation and care].

— Saheeh International

“Put your child into the chest, then place him in the river. Let the river wash him on to its bank, and he will be taken in by an enemy of Mine and his.” I showered you with My love and planned that you should be reared under My watchful eye.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Saying: ‘Put him (the child) into the Tabût (a box or a case or a chest) and put it into the river (Nile); then the river shall cast it up on the bank, and there, an enemy of Mine and an enemy of his shall take him.’ And I endued you with love from Me, in order that you may be brought up under My Eye.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

أَنِaniThat
ٱقْذِفِيهِiq'dhifīhicast him
فِىfīin
ٱلتَّابُوتِl-tābūtithe chest
فَٱقْذِفِيهِfa-iq'dhifīhithen cast it
فِىfīin
ٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe river
فَلْيُلْقِهِfalyul'qihithen let cast it
ٱلْيَمُّl-yamuthe river
بِٱلسَّاحِلِbil-sāḥilion the bank
يَأْخُذْهُyakhudh'huwill take him
عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwunan enemy
لِّىlīto Me
وَعَدُوٌّۭwaʿaduwwunand an enemy
لَّهُۥۚlahuto him
وَأَلْقَيْتُwa-alqaytuAnd I cast
عَلَيْكَʿalaykaover you
مَحَبَّةًۭmaḥabbatanlove
مِّنِّىminnīfrom Me
وَلِتُصْنَعَwalituṣ'naʿaand that you may be brought up
عَلَىٰʿalāunder
عَيْنِىٓʿaynīMy eye