Surah Taha, Ayah 21 (20:21)

طه

قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ

Quran 20:21 is ayah 21 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 313 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:21
قَالَخُذْهَاوَلَاتَخَفْ ۖسَنُعِيدُهَاسِيرَتَهَاٱلْأُولَىٰ٢١
qāla khudh'hā walā takhaf sanuʿīduhā sīratahā l-ūlā

[Allāh] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.(21)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. خُذْهَاkhudh'hāSeize it
  3. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
  4. تَخَفْ ۖtakhaffear
  5. سَنُعِيدُهَاsanuʿīduhāWe will return it
  6. سِيرَتَهَاsīratahā(to) its state
  7. ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāthe former

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