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Surah Taha, Verse 79

سورة طه، الآية ٧٩

20:79 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 317 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:79

وَأَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهُۥ وَمَا هَدَىٰ ۝٧٩

Transliteration

wa-aḍalla fir'ʿawnu qawmahu wamā hadā

Translation

And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them].

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Verse 79 of Surah Taha (20:79), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 317 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 79

Al-Mukhtasar

And Pharaoh misguided his people by making disbelief appear good to them and by deceiving them through falsehood, and he did not direct them towards the path of guidance.

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Other translations of verse 79

Thus Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide them.

And Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) led his people astray, and he did not guide them.

And Pharaoh led his folk astray, he did not guide them.

Pharaoh led his people astray instead of leading them aright.

And Firon led astray his people and he did not guide (them) aright.

And Firaawn led his people into error, and in no way did he guide them.

Verse 79 word by word

وَأَضَلَّ wa-aḍalla And led astray ض ل ل
فِرْعَوْنُ fir'ʿawnu Firaun
قَوْمَهُۥ qawmahu his people ق و م
وَمَا wamā and (did) not
هَدَىٰ hadā guide them ه د ي

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4737

When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) arrived at Medina, he found the Jews observing the fast on the day of 'Ashura' (10th of Muharram). The Prophet (ﷺ) asked them (about it) and they replied, "This is the day when Moses became victorious over Pharaoh." The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to the Muslims), "We are nearer to…

نَحْنُ أَوْلَى بِمُوسَى مِنْهُمْ فَصُومُوهُ ‏"

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Verses related to verse 79

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

Hud 11:98
يَقْدُمُ قَوْمَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَأَوْرَدَهُمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْوِرْدُ ٱلْمَوْرُودُ

He will precede his people on the Day of Resurrection and lead them into the Fire; and wretched is the place to which they are led.

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