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Surah Taha, Ayah 96 (20:96)

طه

قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا …

Quran 20:96 is ayah 96 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 318 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:96
قَالَبَصُرْتُبِمَالَمْيَبْصُرُوا۟بِهِۦفَقَبَضْتُقَبْضَةًمِّنْأَثَرِٱلرَّسُولِفَنَبَذْتُهَاوَكَذَٰلِكَسَوَّلَتْلِىنَفْسِى٩٦
qāla baṣur'tu bimā lam yabṣurū bihi faqabaḍtu qabḍatan min athari l-rasūli fanabadhtuhā wakadhālika sawwalat lī nafsī

He said, "I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the track of the messenger and threw it, and thus did my soul entice me."(96)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. بَصُرْتُbaṣur'tuI perceived
  3. بِمَاbimāwhat
  4. لَمْlamnot
  5. يَبْصُرُوا۟yabṣurūthey perceive
  6. بِهِۦbihiin it
  7. فَقَبَضْتُfaqabaḍtuso I took
  8. قَبْضَةًqabḍatana handful
  9. مِّنْminfrom
  10. أَثَرِathari(the) track
  11. ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūli(of) the Messenger
  12. فَنَبَذْتُهَاfanabadhtuhāthen threw it
  13. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaand thus
  14. سَوَّلَتْsawwalatsuggested
  15. لِىlīto me
  16. نَفْسِىnafsīmy soul

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