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Surah Taha, Verse 47

سورة طه، الآية ٤٧

20:47 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 314 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:47

فَأْتِيَاهُ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبْهُمْ قَدْ جِئْنَٰكَ بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَٱلسَّلَٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ۝٤٧

Transliteration

fatiyāhu faqūlā innā rasūlā rabbika fa-arsil maʿanā banī is'rāīla walā tuʿadhib'hum qad ji'nāka biāyatin min rabbika wal-salāmu ʿalā mani ittabaʿa l-hudā

Translation

So go to him and say, 'Indeed, we are messengers of your Lord, so send with us the Children of Israel and do not torment them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. And peace838 will be upon he who follows the guidance.

Notes

[838] i.e., safety and security from Allāh's punishment.

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Verse 47 of Surah Taha (20:47), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 314 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 47

Al-Mukhtasar

So go to him and tell him: We are the messengers of your Lord - O Pharaoh - so send the Israelites with us and do not punish them by killing their sons and letting their women live. We have brought to you a sign from your Lord proving our truthfulness. Safety from Allah’s punishment is for those who have faith and follow Allah’s guidance.

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Other translations of verse 47

So go to him and say, ‘We are both messengers from your Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with us and do not oppress them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord, and peace12 be upon he who follows the true guidance.

Notes

[12] i.e., safety from the punishment of Allah.

"So go you both to him, and say: ‘Verily, we are Messengers of your Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with us, and torment them not; indeed, we have come with a sign from your Lord! And peace will be upon him who follows the guidance!

So go ye unto him and say: Lo! we are two messengers of thy Lord. So let the children of Israel go with us, and torment them not. We bring thee a token from thy Lord. And peace will be for him who followeth right guidance.

"So go ye both to him, and say, 'Verily we are messengers sent by thy Lord: Send forth, therefore, the Children of Israel with us, and afflict them not: with a Sign, indeed, have we come from thy Lord! and peace to all who follow guidance!

So go you both to him and say: Surely we are two messengers of your Lord; therefore send the children of Israel with us and do not torment them! Indeed we have brought to you a communication from your Lord, and peace is on him who follows the guidance;

So come you up (both) to him, then say, ‘Surely we are (both) the Messengers of your Lord; so send (forth) with us the Seeds (Or: sons) of Israel) and do not torment them; we have already come to you with a sign from your Lord; and peace be upon him who closely follows the guidance!

Verse 47 word by word

  1. فَأْتِيَاهُ fatiyāhu So go to him أ ت ي
  2. فَقُولَآ faqūlā and say ق و ل
  3. إِنَّا innā Indeed, we
  4. رَسُولَا rasūlā both (are) Messengers ر س ل
  5. رَبِّكَ rabbika (of) your Lord ر ب ب
  6. فَأَرْسِلْ fa-arsil so send ر س ل
  7. مَعَنَا maʿanā with us
  8. بَنِىٓ banī (the) Children of Israel ب ن ي
  9. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ is'rāīla (the) Children of Israel
  10. وَلَا walā and (do) not
  11. تُعَذِّبْهُمْ tuʿadhib'hum torment them ع ذ ب
  12. قَدْ qad Verily
  13. جِئْنَٰكَ ji'nāka we came to you ج ي أ
  14. بِـَٔايَةٍ biāyatin with a Sign أ ي ي
  15. مِّن min from
  16. رَّبِّكَ rabbika your Lord ر ب ب
  17. وَٱلسَّلَٰمُ wal-salāmu And peace س ل م
  18. عَلَىٰ ʿalā on
  19. مَنِ mani (one) who
  20. ٱتَّبَعَ ittabaʿa follows ت ب ع
  21. ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ l-hudā the Guidance ه د ي

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  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:17

    أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    [Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"

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