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Quran 20:90

Surah Taa-Haa, Verse 90

Juz 16 · Page 318 · Ruku 274 · Meccan

وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَٰرُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرِى

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ walaqad And verily قَالَ qāla (had) said لَهُمْ lahum to them هَـٰرُونُ hārūnu Harun مِن min before قَبْلُ qablu before يَـٰقَوْمِ yāqawmi O my people إِنَّمَا innamā Only فُتِنتُم futintum you are being tested بِهِۦ ۖ bihi by it وَإِنَّ wa-inna and indeed رَبَّكُمُ rabbakumu your Lord ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ l-raḥmānu (is) the Most Gracious فَٱتَّبِعُونِى fa-ittabiʿūnī so follow me وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ wa-aṭīʿū and obey أَمْرِى amrī my order

Transliteration

Walaqad qala lahum haroonu minqablu ya qawmi innama futintum bihi wa-innarabbakumu arrahmanu fattabiAAooneewaateeAAoo amree

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Aaron had already, before this said to them: "O my people! ye are being tested in this: for verily your Lord is (Allah) Most Gracious; so follow me and obey my command."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عما كان من نهي هارون ، عليه السلام ، لهم عن عبادة العجل ، وإخباره إياهم : إنما هذا فتنة لكم ( وإن ربكم الرحمن ) الذي خلق كل شيء فقدره تقديرا ، ذو العرش المجيد ، الفعال لما يريد ( فاتبعوني ) أي : فيما آمركم به ، واتركوا ما أنهاكم عنه .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.