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Surah Taha, Verse 84

سورة طه، الآية ٨٤

20:84 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 317 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:84

قَالَ هُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ عَلَىٰٓ أَثَرِى وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَىٰ ۝٨٤

Transliteration

qāla hum ulāi ʿalā atharī waʿajil'tu ilayka rabbi litarḍā

Translation

He said, "They are close upon my tracks, and I hastened to You, my Lord, that You be pleased."

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Verse 84 of Surah Taha (20:84), 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 84

Al-Mukhtasar

Moses (peace be upon him) said: “Here they are behind me. They shall catch up with me. I preceded my people in coming to You, so that you become pleased with me for coming towards You quickly”.

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Other translations of verse 84

He said, “They are following my footsteps; I hastened to You, my Lord, to please You.”

He said: "They are close on my footsteps: and I hastened to You, O my Lord, that You might be pleased."

He said: They are close upon my track. I hastened unto Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be well pleased.

He replied: "Behold, they are close on my footsteps: I hastened to thee, O my Lord, to please thee."

He said: They are here on my track and I hastened on to Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be pleased.

He (Musa) said, "They are those ones upon my track; and I have hastened on to You, Lord, that You may be satisfied (with me)."

Verse 84 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. هُمْ hum They
  3. أُو۟لَآءِ ulāi (are) close
  4. عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā upon
  5. أَثَرِى atharī my tracks أ ث ر
  6. وَعَجِلْتُ waʿajil'tu and I hastened ع ج ل
  7. إِلَيْكَ ilayka to you
  8. رَبِّ rabbi my Lord ر ب ب
  9. لِتَرْضَىٰ litarḍā that You be pleased ر ض و

Verses related to verse 84

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-A’raf 7:138–139

    وَجَٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ …

    And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They [the Children of Israel] said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly. …

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