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Surah Taha, Ayah 87 (20:87)

طه

قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلَٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَآ أَوْزَارًا مِّن زِينَةِ …

Quran 20:87 is ayah 87 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 317 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:87
قَالُوا۟مَآأَخْلَفْنَامَوْعِدَكَبِمَلْكِنَاوَلَٰكِنَّاحُمِّلْنَآأَوْزَارًامِّنزِينَةِٱلْقَوْمِفَقَذَفْنَٰهَافَكَذَٰلِكَأَلْقَىٱلسَّامِرِىُّ٨٧
qālū mā akhlafnā mawʿidaka bimalkinā walākinnā ḥummil'nā awzāran min zīnati l-qawmi faqadhafnāhā fakadhālika alqā l-sāmiriyu

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."(87)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. مَآmāNot
  3. أَخْلَفْنَاakhlafnāwe broke
  4. مَوْعِدَكَmawʿidakapromise to you
  5. بِمَلْكِنَاbimalkināby our will
  6. وَلَٰكِنَّاwalākinnābut we
  7. حُمِّلْنَآḥummil'nā[we] were made to carry
  8. أَوْزَارًاawzāranburdens
  9. مِّنminfrom
  10. زِينَةِzīnatiornaments
  11. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi(of) the people
  12. فَقَذَفْنَٰهَاfaqadhafnāhāso we threw them
  13. فَكَذَٰلِكَfakadhālikaand thus
  14. أَلْقَىalqāthrew
  15. ٱلسَّامِرِىُّl-sāmiriyuthe Samiri

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