Text of verse 20:11
فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ ١١
Transliteration
falammā atāhā nūdiya yāmūsā
Translation
And when he came to it, he was called, "O Moses,
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Taha, Verse 11
سورة طه، الآية ١١
Verse 11 of Surah Taha (20:11), 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 11
Al-Mukhtasar
When he came to the fire, Allah, may He be glorified, called out to him saying: O Moses.
Other translations of verse 11
When he came to it, he was called, “O Moses,
And when he came to it (the fire), he was called by name: "O Mûsâ (Moses)!
And when he reached it, he was called by name: O Moses!
But when he came to the fire, a voice was heard: "O Moses!
So when he came to it, a voice was uttered: O Musa:
(by name) came up to it, he was called out Then, as soon as h, "O Musa!
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Verses related to verse 11
Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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Al-Qasas 28:29
فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِأَهْلِهِۦٓ ءَانَسَ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ نَارًا قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ جَذْوَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ
And when Moses had completed the term and was traveling with his family, he perceived from the direction of the mount a fire. He said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire. Perhaps I will bring you from there [some] information or burning wood from the fire that you may warm yourselves."
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Al-Qasas 28:30
فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ مِن شَٰطِئِ ٱلْوَادِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ فِى ٱلْبُقْعَةِ ٱلْمُبَٰرَكَةِ مِنَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ أَن يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
But when he came to it, he was called from the right side of the valley in a blessed spot - from the tree, "O Moses, indeed I am Allāh, Lord of the worlds."