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Taha 87

Ayah 87 of 135 · Meccan

قَالُواْ مَآ أَخۡلَفۡنَا مَوۡعِدَكَ بِمَلۡكِنَا وَلَٰكِنَّا حُمِّلۡنَآ أَوۡزَارٗا مِّن زِينَةِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ فَقَذَفۡنَٰهَا فَكَذَٰلِكَ أَلۡقَى ٱلسَّامِرِيُّ ٨٧

They said, "We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people [of Pharaoh], so we threw them [into the fire], and thus did the Sāmirī throw."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  2. مَآNotmā
  3. أَخۡلَفۡنَاwe brokeakhlafnā
  4. مَوۡعِدَكَpromise to youmawʿidaka
  5. بِمَلۡكِنَاby our willbimalkinā
  6. وَلَٰكِنَّاbut wewalākinnā
  7. حُمِّلۡنَآ[we] were made to carryḥummil'nā
  8. أَوۡزَارٗاburdensawzāran
  9. مِّنfrommin
  10. زِينَةِornamentszīnati
  11. ٱلۡقَوۡمِ(of) the peoplel-qawmi
  12. فَقَذَفۡنَٰهَاso we threw themfaqadhafnāhā
  13. فَكَذَٰلِكَand thusfakadhālika
  14. أَلۡقَىthrewalqā
  15. ٱلسَّامِرِيُّthe Samiril-sāmiriyu

Tafsir

Moses’ people said: “We did not break your promise, O Moses, by our own choice, but rather by compulsion. We carried large weights of the jewellery of Pharaoh’s people and we threw them into a ditch to get rid of them. But as we threw them into the ditch, Samiri threw into it some dust he had from the hoof of the horse of Gabriel (peace be upon him)”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran