Text of verse 20:17
وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ١٧
Transliteration
wamā til'ka biyamīnika yāmūsā
Translation
And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?"
Translation in another language
Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Taha, Verse 17
سورة طه، الآية ١٧
Verse 17 of Surah Taha (20:17), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 313 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 17
Al-Mukhtasar
What is that in your right hand, O Moses?
Other translations of verse 17
What is that in your right hand, O Moses?”
"And what is that in your right hand, O Mûsâ (Moses)?"
And what is that in thy right hand, O Moses?
"And what is that in the right hand, O Moses?"
And what is this in your right hand, O Musa!
And what is that in your right hand, O Musa?" (Moses).
Verse 17 word by word
- وَمَا wamā And what
- تِلْكَ til'ka (is) that
- بِيَمِينِكَ biyamīnika in your right hand ي م ن
- يَٰمُوسَىٰ yāmūsā O Musa
Verses related to verse 17
Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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An-Naml 27:65
قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْغَيْبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ
Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allāh, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected."
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Al-A’raf 7:187
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ثَقُلَتْ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِىٌّ عَنْهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival? Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily upon the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allāh, but most of the people do not know."
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At-Tur 52:16
ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
[Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."
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Al-Layl 92:11
وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ
And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?