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Surah Taha, Verse 10

سورة طه، الآية ١٠

20:10 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 312 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:10

إِذْ رَءَا نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ هُدًى ۝١٠

Transliteration

idh raā nāran faqāla li-ahlihi um'kuthū innī ānastu nāran laʿallī ātīkum min'hā biqabasin aw ajidu ʿalā l-nāri hudan

Translation

When he saw a fire and said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance."

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Verse 10 of Surah Taha (20:10), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 312 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 10

Al-Mukhtasar

When he saw a fire whilst travelling and he said to his family: Stay here––I can see a fire. Maybe I can bring you a flaming brand from it or find somebody to guide me to the path.

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Other translations of verse 10

When he saw a fire, he said to his family, “Stay here. I have spotted a fire; I may bring you a flaming brand from it, or find some guidance at the fire3.”

Notes

[3] They lost their way in the dark while traveling from Midian to Egypt.

When he saw a fire, he said to his family: "Wait! Verily, I have seen a fire; perhaps I can bring you some burning brand therefrom, or find some guidance at the fire."

When he saw a fire and said unto his folk: Lo! Wait! I see a fire afar off. Peradventure I may bring you a brand therefrom or may find guidance at the fire.

Behold, he saw a fire: So he said to his family, "Tarry ye; I perceive a fire; perhaps I can bring you some burning brand therefrom, or find some guidance at the fire."

When he saw fire, he said to his family: Stop, for surely I see a fire, haply I may bring to you therefrom a live coal or find a guidance at the fire.

As he saw a fire, so he said to his family, "Stay (here); surely I perceive a fire; possibly I will come up to you with a (flaming) brand from it, or I will find at the fire ".guidance

Verse 10 word by word

  1. إِذْ idh When
  2. رَءَا raā he saw ر أ ي
  3. نَارًا nāran a fire ن و ر
  4. فَقَالَ faqāla then he said ق و ل
  5. لِأَهْلِهِ li-ahlihi to his family أ ه ل
  6. ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ um'kuthū Stay here م ك ث
  7. إِنِّىٓ innī indeed, I
  8. ءَانَسْتُ ānastu [I] perceived أ ن س
  9. نَارًا nāran a fire ن و ر
  10. لَّعَلِّىٓ laʿallī perhaps I (can)
  11. ءَاتِيكُم ātīkum bring you أ ت ي
  12. مِّنْهَا min'hā therefrom
  13. بِقَبَسٍ biqabasin a burning brand ق ب س
  14. أَوْ aw or
  15. أَجِدُ ajidu I find و ج د
  16. عَلَى ʿalā at
  17. ٱلنَّارِ l-nāri the fire ن و ر
  18. هُدًى hudan guidance ه د ي

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 3393

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) talked to his companions about his Night Journey to the Heavens. When he reached the fifth Heaven, he met Aaron. (Gabriel said to the Prophet), "This is Aaron." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Gabriel greeted and so did I, and he returned the greeting saying, 'Welcome, O Pious Brother…

عَنْ لَيْلَةِ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ حَتَّى أَتَى السَّمَاءَ الْخَامِسَةَ، فَإِذَا هَارُونُ قَالَ هَذَا هَارُونُ فَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ‏.‏ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَدَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَرْحَبًا بِالأَخِ الصَّالِحِ وَالنَّبِيِّ…

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