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Taha 96

Ayah 96 of 135 · Meccan

قَالَ بَصُرۡتُ بِمَا لَمۡ يَبۡصُرُواْ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضۡتُ قَبۡضَةٗ مِّنۡ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذۡتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتۡ لِي نَفۡسِي ٩٦

He said, "I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the track of the messenger1 and threw it,2 and thus did my soul entice me."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., a hoof-print in the sand left by the angel Gabriel's horse.

2 Into the fire upon the melted ornaments in order to form the calf.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. بَصُرۡتُI perceivedbaṣur'tu
  3. بِمَاwhatbimā
  4. لَمۡnotlam
  5. يَبۡصُرُواْthey perceiveyabṣurū
  6. بِهِۦin itbihi
  7. فَقَبَضۡتُso I tookfaqabaḍtu
  8. قَبۡضَةٗa handfulqabḍatan
  9. مِّنۡfrommin
  10. أَثَرِ(the) trackathari
  11. ٱلرَّسُولِ(of) the Messengerl-rasūli
  12. فَنَبَذۡتُهَاthen threw itfanabadhtuhā
  13. وَكَذَٰلِكَand thuswakadhālika
  14. سَوَّلَتۡsuggestedsawwalat
  15. لِيto melī
  16. نَفۡسِيmy soulnafsī

Tafsir

Samiri said to Moses (peace be upon him): “I saw what they did not see: I saw Gabriel on a horse, so I took a handful of soil from the footsteps of his horse and threw it on melted jewellery which was moulded into the form of a calf. From this, the body of a calf with a mooing sound was formed. And this is how my soul made what I did appealing to me”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran