Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:91

20:91

قَالُوا۟ لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَـٰكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ

qālū lan nabraḥa ʿalayhi ʿākifīna ḥattā yarjiʿa ilaynā mūsā

They said, "We will never cease being devoted to it [i.e., the calf] until Moses returns to us."

— Saheeh International

but they replied, ‘We shall not give up our devotion to it until Moses returns to us.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "We will not stop worshipping it (i.e. the calf), until Mûsâ (Moses) returns to us."

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

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Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
لَنlanNever
نَّبْرَحَnabraḥawe will cease
عَلَيْهِʿalayhibeing devoted to it
عَـٰكِفِينَʿākifīnabeing devoted to it
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَرْجِعَyarjiʿareturns
إِلَيْنَاilaynāto us
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa