Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:40

20:40

إِذْ تَمْشِىٓ أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖ فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ ۚ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّـٰكَ فُتُونًا ۚ فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

idh tamshī ukh'tuka fataqūlu hal adullukum ʿalā man yakfuluhu farajaʿnāka ilā ummika kay taqarra ʿaynuhā walā taḥzana waqatalta nafsan fanajjaynāka mina l-ghami wafatannāka futūnan falabith'ta sinīna fī ahli madyana thumma ji'ta ʿalā qadarin yāmūsā

[And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.

— Saheeh International

Your sister went out, saying, “I will tell you someone who will nurse him,” then We returned you to your mother so that she could rejoice and not grieve. Later you killed a man, but We saved you from distress and tried you with other tests. You stayed among the people of Midian for years, then you came here as I ordained.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"When your sister went and said: ‘Shall I show you one who will nurse him?’ So We restored you to your mother, that she might cool her eyes and she should not grieve. Then you did kill a man, but We saved you from great distress and tried you with a heavy trial. Then you stayed a number of years with the people of Madyan (Midian). Then you came here according to the fixed term which I ordained (for you), O Mûsâ (Moses)!

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

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Word by Word

إِذْidhWhen
تَمْشِىٓtamshīwas going
أُخْتُكَukh'tukayour sister
فَتَقُولُfataqūluand she said
هَلْhalShall
أَدُلُّكُمْadullukumI show you
عَلَىٰʿalā[to]
مَنman(one) who
يَكْفُلُهُۥۖyakfuluhuwill nurse and rear him
فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَfarajaʿnākaSo We returned you
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أُمِّكَummikayour mother
كَىْkaythat
تَقَرَّtaqarramay be cooled
عَيْنُهَاʿaynuhāher eyes
وَلَاwalāand not
تَحْزَنَۚtaḥzanashe grieves
وَقَتَلْتَwaqataltaAnd you killed
نَفْسًۭاnafsana man
فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَfanajjaynākabut We saved you
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْغَمِّl-ghamithe distress
وَفَتَنَّـٰكَwafatannākaand We tried you
فُتُونًۭاۚfutūnan(with) a trial
فَلَبِثْتَfalabith'taThen you remained
سِنِينَsinīna(some) years
فِىٓfīwith
أَهْلِahli(the) people
مَدْيَنَmadyana(of) Madyan
ثُمَّthummaThen
جِئْتَji'tayou came
عَلَىٰʿalāat
قَدَرٍۢqadarinthe decreed (time)
يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa