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Taha 86

Ayah 86 of 135 · Meccan

فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ غَضۡبَٰنَ أَسِفٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَلَمۡ يَعِدۡكُمۡ رَبُّكُمۡ وَعۡدًا حَسَنًاۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡعَهۡدُ أَمۡ أَرَدتُّمۡ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ غَضَبٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ فَأَخۡلَفۡتُم مَّوۡعِدِي ٨٦

So Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved.1 He said, "O my people, did your Lord not make you a good promise?2 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?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The meaning may also be "angry and enraged."

2 That He would send down the Torah, containing guidance for you.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَرَجَعَThen Musa returnedfarajaʿa
  2. مُوسَىٰٓThen Musa returnedmūsā
  3. إِلَىٰtoilā
  4. قَوۡمِهِۦhis peopleqawmihi
  5. غَضۡبَٰنَangryghaḍbāna
  6. أَسِفٗاۚ(and) sorrowfulasifan
  7. قَالَHe saidqāla
  8. يَٰقَوۡمِO my peopleyāqawmi
  9. أَلَمۡDid notalam
  10. يَعِدۡكُمۡpromise youyaʿid'kum
  11. رَبُّكُمۡyour Lordrabbukum
  12. وَعۡدًاa promisewaʿdan
  13. حَسَنًاۚgoodḥasanan
  14. أَفَطَالَThen, did seem longafaṭāla
  15. عَلَيۡكُمُto youʿalaykumu
  16. ٱلۡعَهۡدُthe promisel-ʿahdu
  17. أَمۡoram
  18. أَرَدتُّمۡdid you desirearadttum
  19. أَنthatan
  20. يَحِلَّdescendyaḥilla
  21. عَلَيۡكُمۡupon youʿalaykum
  22. غَضَبٞ(the) Angerghaḍabun
  23. مِّنofmin
  24. رَّبِّكُمۡyour Lordrabbikum
  25. فَأَخۡلَفۡتُمso you brokefa-akhlaftum
  26. مَّوۡعِدِي(the) promise to memawʿidī

Tafsir

Moses returned to his people, angered by their worship of the calf and grieving over them. Moses (peace be upon him) said: “My people, did Allah not make you a good promise that He will send the Torah to you and enter you into paradise? Had a long time passed upon you that you forgot? Or did you intend through this action of yours that your Lord’s anger should descend upon you and His punishment befall you, and this is why you broke your promise to me to stay firm on obedience until I return to you?”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran