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Taha 85

Ayah 85 of 135 · Meccan

قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَوۡمَكَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ ٱلسَّامِرِيُّ ٨٥

[Allāh] said, "But indeed, We have tried your people after you [departed], and the Sāmirī1 has led them astray."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Translated as "the Samaritan" (from Samaria), a hypocrite among them who led the Children of Israel into idol-worship.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. فَإِنَّاBut indeed, Wefa-innā
  3. قَدۡ[verily]qad
  4. فَتَنَّاWe (have) triedfatannā
  5. قَوۡمَكَyour peopleqawmaka
  6. مِنۢafter youmin
  7. بَعۡدِكَafter youbaʿdika
  8. وَأَضَلَّهُمُand has led them astraywa-aḍallahumu
  9. ٱلسَّامِرِيُّthe Samiril-sāmiriyu

Tafsir

Allah said: “I have tested your people whom you left behind through worship of the calf. Samiri called them to worshipping it and he has misguided them through this”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran