سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 86
فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَـٰنَ أَسِفًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُم مَّوْعِدِى ﴿86﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then Mûsâ (Moses) returned to his people in a state of anger and sorrow. He said: "O my people! Did not your Lord promise you a fair promise? Did then the promise seem to you long in coming? Or did you desire that wrath should descend from your Lord on you, that you broke your promise to me (i.e disbelieving in Allâh and worshipping the calf)?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَرَجَعَ
farajaʿa
Then Musa returned
مُوسَىٰٓ
mūsā
Then Musa returned
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
قَوْمِهِۦ
qawmihi
his people
غَضْبَـٰنَ
ghaḍbāna
angry
أَسِفًۭا ۚ
asifan
(and) sorrowful
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
أَلَمْ
alam
Did not
يَعِدْكُمْ
yaʿid'kum
promise you
رَبُّكُمْ
rabbukum
your Lord
وَعْدًا
waʿdan
a promise
حَسَنًا ۚ
ḥasanan
good
أَفَطَالَ
afaṭāla
Then, did seem long
عَلَيْكُمُ
ʿalaykumu
to you
ٱلْعَهْدُ
l-ʿahdu
the promise
أَمْ
am
or
أَرَدتُّمْ
aradttum
did you desire
أَن
an
that
يَحِلَّ
yaḥilla
descend
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
غَضَبٌۭ
ghaḍabun
(the) Anger
مِّن
min
of
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
فَأَخْلَفْتُم
fa-akhlaftum
so you broke
مَّوْعِدِى
mawʿidī
(the) promise to me
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
86. 1. By this is meant the promise of Paradise or of victory and triumph if they remain steadfast on the religion, or the promise of granting the Torah, for which they were summoned to the Mount.
