Surah Taha — Verse 83

Ta-Ha · 20:83 · 83/135

۞ وَمَآ أَعْجَلَكَ عَن قَوْمِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

Wama aAAjalaka AAan qawmika yamoosa

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

[Allāh said], "And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?"

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

[God said], ‘Moses, what has made you come ahead of your people in such haste?’

Marmaduke Pickthall

And (it was said): What hath made thee hasten from thy folk, O Moses?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(When Moses was up on the Mount, Allah said:) "What made thee hasten in advance of thy people, O Moses?"

Mufti Taqi Usmani

“What has caused you to hurry before your people, O Mūsā?”

Al-Hilali & Khan

"And what made you hasten from your people, O Mûsâ (Moses)?"

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

"But, O Moses, what has made you come in haste from your people?"

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

[AND GOD SAID:] "Now what has caused thee, O Moses, to leave thy people behind in so great a haste?"

Rowwad · source edition

[Allah asked], “What made you hasten from your people, O Moses?”[24]

Notes

[24] Moses chose a delegation of seventy people from the Children of Israel to go to Mount Tūr to receive the Tablets. He was in haste to meet his Lord, so he rushed to the appointment and arrived before his people, leaving them behind. See (7:143-145)