Surah Taha, Ayah 39 (20:39)

طه

أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ …

Quran 20:39 is ayah 39 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 314 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:39
أَنِٱقْذِفِيهِفِىٱلتَّابُوتِفَٱقْذِفِيهِفِىٱلْيَمِّفَلْيُلْقِهِٱلْيَمُّبِٱلسَّاحِلِيَأْخُذْهُعَدُوٌّلِّىوَعَدُوٌّلَّهُۥ ۚوَأَلْقَيْتُعَلَيْكَمَحَبَّةًمِّنِّىوَلِتُصْنَعَعَلَىٰعَيْنِىٓ٣٩
ani iq'dhifīhi fī l-tābūti fa-iq'dhifīhi fī l-yami falyul'qihi l-yamu bil-sāḥili yakhudh'hu ʿaduwwun lī waʿaduwwun lahu wa-alqaytu ʿalayka maḥabbatan minnī walituṣ'naʿa ʿalā ʿaynī

[Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed upon you love from Me that you would be brought up under My eye [i.e., observation and care].(39)

Word by word

  1. أَنِaniThat
  2. ٱقْذِفِيهِiq'dhifīhicast him
  3. فِىfīin
  4. ٱلتَّابُوتِl-tābūtithe chest
  5. فَٱقْذِفِيهِfa-iq'dhifīhithen cast it
  6. فِىfīin
  7. ٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe river
  8. فَلْيُلْقِهِfalyul'qihithen let cast it
  9. ٱلْيَمُّl-yamuthe river
  10. بِٱلسَّاحِلِbil-sāḥilion the bank
  11. يَأْخُذْهُyakhudh'huwill take him
  12. عَدُوٌّʿaduwwunan enemy
  13. لِّىlīto Me
  14. وَعَدُوٌّwaʿaduwwunand an enemy
  15. لَّهُۥ ۚlahuto him
  16. وَأَلْقَيْتُwa-alqaytuAnd I cast
  17. عَلَيْكَʿalaykaover you
  18. مَحَبَّةًmaḥabbatanlove
  19. مِّنِّىminnīfrom Me
  20. وَلِتُصْنَعَwalituṣ'naʿaand that you may be brought up
  21. عَلَىٰʿalāunder
  22. عَيْنِىٓʿaynīMy eye

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