The Quran

سورة طٰه

Surah Tâ Hâ 20:85

Perfect Man! be at rest · Verse 85 of 135

قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ السَّامِرِيُّ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(The Lord) said, `We have distinguished your people, the good from the bad in your absence and the Sâmirî has led them astray?´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(Allah) said: "We have tested thy people in thy absence: the Samiri has led them astray.

Ahmed Ali

He said: "We have put your people on trial in your absence; and Sameri has led them astray."

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Ali Unal

(God) said: "Then (know that) We have put your people to a test in your absence, and the Samiri (Samaritan) has led them astray."

Daryabadi

He said: verily We have tempted thy people after thee, and the Samiri hath led them astray.

Faridul Haque

He said, "We have therefore tried your people after you came, and Samri has led them astray."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He said: Surely We have tried thy people in thy absence, and the Samiri has led them astray.

Maulvi Sher Ali

God said, `WE have tried thy people in thy absence, and the Sam

Muhammad Asad

Said He: "Then [know that], verily, in thy absence We have put thy people to a test, and the Samaritan has led them astray."

Muhammad Musin Khan

(Allah) said: "Verily! We have tried your people in your absence, and As-Samiri has led them astray."

Muhammad Pickthall

He said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As-Samiri hath misled them.

Muhammad Sarwar

The Lord said, "We tested your people after you left them and the Samiri made them go astray."

Muhammed ali Shakir

He said: So surely We have tried your people after you, and the Samiri has led them astray.

Rashad Khalifa

He said, "We have put your people to the test after you left, but the Samarian misled them."

Shabbir Ahmed

(God) said, "We have tested your people after you left them, and Saamiri has led them astray."

Commentary 20:85 The designation al-Sâmarîالسَّامِرِيُّ is an adjectival noun denoting the persons descent or origin. Sâmari was one of the many Egyptians who had joined…

قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِن بَعْدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ السَّامِرِيُّ

20:85 The designation al-Sâmarîالسَّامِرِيُّ is an adjectival noun denoting the persons descent or origin. Sâmari was one of the many Egyptians who had joined the Israelites on their exodus from Egypt (Ibn ‘Abbâs ). Most probably, the word is derived from shemer. In the Coptic language, shemer means “foreigner.” Sumrat is a colour between fair and black. The golden calf symbolizes the glamor of this life (cf. 20:131)