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Surah Taha, Verse 5

سورة طه، الآية ٥

20:5 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 312 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:5

ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱسْتَوَىٰ ۝٥

Transliteration

al-raḥmānu ʿalā l-ʿarshi is'tawā

Translation

The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established.832

Notes

[832] i.e., having ascendancy over all creation. See footnotes to 2:19 and 7:54.

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Verse 5 of Surah Taha (20:5), 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 5

Al-Mukhtasar

The Merciful who established Himself on the Throne, in a meaning that is befitting for His Majesty, may He be glorified.

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Other translations of verse 5

The Most Compassionate rose over the Throne2.

Notes

[2] See footnote 7:54

The Most Gracious (Allâh) rose over (Istawâ) the (Mighty) Throne (in a manner that suits His Majesty).

The Beneficent One, Who is established on the Throne.

(Allah) Most Gracious is firmly established on the throne (of authority).

The Beneficent Allah is firm in power.

The All-Merciful has upon the Throne leveled Himself (How He has done so is beyond human understanding).

Verse 5 word by word

  1. ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ al-raḥmānu The Most Gracious ر ح م
  2. عَلَى ʿalā over
  3. ٱلْعَرْشِ l-ʿarshi the Throne ع ر ش
  4. ٱسْتَوَىٰ is'tawā is established س و ي

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3398

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'People will be struck unconscious on the Day of Resurrection and I will be the first to regain consciousness, and behold! There I will see Moses holding one of the pillars of Allah's Throne. I will wonder whether he has become conscious before me of he has been exempted…

النَّاسُ يَصْعَقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَأَكُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يُفِيقُ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِمُوسَى آخِذٌ بِقَائِمَةٍ مِنْ قَوَائِمِ الْعَرْشِ، فَلاَ أَدْرِي أَفَاقَ قَبْلِي، أَمْ جُوزِيَ بِصَعْقَةِ الطُّورِ ‏"

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