سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 96
قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِى نَفْسِى ﴿96﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(Sâmirî) said: "I saw what they saw not, so I took a handful (of dust) from the (hoof) print of the messenger [Jibrîl’s (Gabriel) horse] and threw it [into the fire in which were put the ornaments of Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people, or into the calf]. Thus my inner-self suggested to me."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
بَصُرْتُ
baṣur'tu
I perceived
بِمَا
bimā
what
لَمْ
lam
not
يَبْصُرُوا۟
yabṣurū
they perceive
بِهِۦ
bihi
in it
فَقَبَضْتُ
faqabaḍtu
so I took
قَبْضَةًۭ
qabḍatan
a handful
مِّنْ
min
from
أَثَرِ
athari
(the) track
ٱلرَّسُولِ
l-rasūli
(of) the Messenger
فَنَبَذْتُهَا
fanabadhtuhā
then threw it
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
and thus
سَوَّلَتْ
sawwalat
suggested
لِى
lī
to me
نَفْسِى
nafsī
my soul
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.
96. 1. The meaning stated here is that Samiri saw the horse of Jibreel (علیہ السلام) passing by and kept the dust from under its hooves, which had some miraculous effects. When he threw this handful of dust into the molten ornaments or the calf, a kind of sound began to come out of it, which became the cause of their trial.
