Surah Taha, Ayah 94 (20:94)

طه

قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ …

Quran 20:94 is ayah 94 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 318 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:94
قَالَيَبْنَؤُمَّلَاتَأْخُذْبِلِحْيَتِىوَلَابِرَأْسِىٓ ۖإِنِّىخَشِيتُأَنتَقُولَفَرَّقْتَبَيْنَبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَوَلَمْتَرْقُبْقَوْلِى٩٤
qāla yabna-umma lā takhudh biliḥ'yatī walā birasī innī khashītu an taqūla farraqta bayna banī is'rāīla walam tarqub qawlī

[Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.'"(94)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. يَبْنَؤُمَّyabna-ummaO son of my mother
  3. لَاlā(Do) not
  4. تَأْخُذْtakhudhseize (me)
  5. بِلِحْيَتِىbiliḥ'yatīby my beard
  6. وَلَاwalāand not
  7. بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖbirasīby my head
  8. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
  9. خَشِيتُkhashītu[I] feared
  10. أَنanthat
  11. تَقُولَtaqūlayou would say
  12. فَرَّقْتَfarraqtaYou caused division
  13. بَيْنَbaynabetween
  14. بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children of Israel
  15. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(the) Children of Israel
  16. وَلَمْwalamand not
  17. تَرْقُبْtarqubyou respect
  18. قَوْلِىqawlīmy word

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