سورة طٰه
Surah Tâ Hâ 20:59
Perfect Man! be at rest · Verse 59 of 135
قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ الزِّينَةِ وَأَنْ يُحْشَرَ النَّاسُ ضُحًى
Abdul Mannan Omar
(Moses) said, `The day of the festival will be the day of your appointment, and let the people be assembled when the sun is risen high.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled when the sun is well up.
Ahmed Ali
Said (Moses): "Let your meeting be on the day of the Feast, and let people assemble in broad daylight."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
(Moses) said: "The meeting will be on the Day of the Festival, and let the people assemble in the forenoon."
Daryabadi
Musa said: your appointment is the gala day, and that the people be gathered in the forenoon.
Faridul Haque
Said Moosa, "Your meeting is the day of the festival, and that the people be assembled at late morning."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
(Moses) said: Your appointment is the day of the Festival, and let the people be gathered in the early forenoon.
Maulvi Sher Ali
Moses said, `Your appointment shall be the day of the festival and let the people be assembled when the sun is risen high.'
Muhammad Asad
Answered [Moses]: "Your tryst shall be the day of the Festival; and let the people assemble when the sun is risen high."
Muhammad Musin Khan
[Musa (Moses)] said: "Your appointed meeting is the day of the festival, and let the people assemble when the sun has risen (forenoon)."
Muhammad Pickthall
(Moses) said: Your tryst shall be the day of the feast, and let the people assemble when the sun hath risen high.
Muhammad Sarwar
Moses said, "Let the contest take place on the Day of Feast so that all the people can come together during the brightness of the day."
Muhammed ali Shakir
(Musa) said: Your appointment is the day of the Festival and let the people be gathered together in the early forenoon.
Rashad Khalifa
He said, "Your appointed time shall be the day of festivities. Let us all meet in the forenoon."
Shabbir Ahmed
Answered Moses, "Your appointed time is the forthcoming Day of the Festival. And let the people be assembled after sunrise."
Commentary 20:59 Moses surpasses Pharaoh in politeness and gives Pharaoh the first choice. In yet another place Moses offers his counterparts to present their arguments…
قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ الزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ النَّاسُ ضُحًى
20:59 Moses surpasses Pharaoh in politeness and gives Pharaoh the first choice. In yet another place Moses offers his counterparts to present their arguments first (cf. 20:66). The verses 20:47-73 inform us how the disbelieving powerful people behave, and how the believers should react to them. The manners, the politeness, and the respect shown by Moses before his enemies become an argument for some of the people of Pharaoh to accept Mosess message (20:71-73).