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Surah Taha, Verse 59

سورة طه، الآية ٥٩

20:59 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 315 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:59

قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحًى ۝٥٩

Transliteration

qāla mawʿidukum yawmu l-zīnati wa-an yuḥ'shara l-nāsu ḍuḥan

Translation

[Moses] said, "Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning."840

Notes

[840] So that the signs of Allāh would be seen clearly.

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Verse 59 of Surah Taha (20:59), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 315 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 59

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Moses (peace be upon him) said to Pharaoh: The appointment between you and us will be on the day of the festival when people will gather to celebrate the festival in the morning.

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Other translations of verse 59

Moses said, “Your appointment is the festival day14; let the people be gathered at forenoon15.”

Notes

[14] So that more people could witness the event.
[15] So that people could see Allah’s signs clearly.

[Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "Your appointed meeting is the day of the festival, and let the people assemble when the sun has risen (forenoon)."

(Moses) said: Your tryst shall be the day of the feast, and let the people assemble when the sun hath risen high.

Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled when the sun is well up."

(Musa) said: Your appointment is the day of the Festival and let the people be gathered together in the early forenoon.

He (Musa) said, "Your appointment shall be upon the adornment day, (i.e., the feast day) and let the multitudes be mustered at the forenoon."

Verse 59 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. مَوْعِدُكُمْ mawʿidukum Your appointment و ع د
  3. يَوْمُ yawmu (is on the) day ي و م
  4. ٱلزِّينَةِ l-zīnati (of) the festival ز ي ن
  5. وَأَن wa-an and that
  6. يُحْشَرَ yuḥ'shara will be assembled ح ش ر
  7. ٱلنَّاسُ l-nāsu the people أ ن س
  8. ضُحًى ḍuḥan (at) forenoon ض ح و

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