Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:86

20:86

فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَـٰنَ أَسِفًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُم مَّوْعِدِى

farajaʿa mūsā ilā qawmihi ghaḍbāna asifan qāla yāqawmi alam yaʿid'kum rabbukum waʿdan ḥasanan afaṭāla ʿalaykumu l-ʿahdu am aradttum an yaḥilla ʿalaykum ghaḍabun min rabbikum fa-akhlaftum mawʿidī

So Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved. He said, "O my people, did your Lord not make you a good promise? Then, was the time [of its fulfillment] too long for you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord descend upon you, so you broke your promise [of obedience] to me?"

— Saheeh International

Moses returned to his people, angry and aggrieved. He said, ‘My people, did your Lord not make you a gracious promise? Was my absence too long for you? Did you want anger to fall on you from your Lord and so broke your word to me?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then Mûsâ (Moses) returned to his people in a state of anger and sorrow. He said: "O my people! Did not your Lord promise you a fair promise? Did then the promise seem to you long in coming? Or did you desire that wrath should descend from your Lord on you, that you broke your promise to me (i.e disbelieving in Allâh and worshipping the calf)?"

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

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فَرَجَعَfarajaʿaThen Musa returned
مُوسَىٰٓmūsāThen Musa returned
إِلَىٰilāto
قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
غَضْبَـٰنَghaḍbānaangry
أَسِفًۭاۚasifan(and) sorrowful
قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
أَلَمْalamDid not
يَعِدْكُمْyaʿid'kumpromise you
رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
وَعْدًاwaʿdana promise
حَسَنًاۚḥasanangood
أَفَطَالَafaṭālaThen, did seem long
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuto you
ٱلْعَهْدُl-ʿahduthe promise
أَمْamor
أَرَدتُّمْaradttumdid you desire
أَنanthat
يَحِلَّyaḥilladescend
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
غَضَبٌۭghaḍabun(the) Anger
مِّنminof
رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
فَأَخْلَفْتُمfa-akhlaftumso you broke
مَّوْعِدِىmawʿidī(the) promise to me