# 20. Surah Taha, Verse 85 - **Surah:** 20. Surah Taha (Ta-Ha) — سورة طه - **Verse:** 85 / 135 · **Juz:** 16 · **Mushaf page:** 316 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-85 ## Arabic قَالَ فَاِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ وَاَضَلَّهُمُ السَّامِرِيُّ ## Transcription Qala fa-inna qad fatannaqawmaka min baAAdika waadallahumu assamiriy ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley He said, ‘We tried your people after you left and the Samiri has misguided them. ’ ### Progressive Muslims He said: "We have tested your people after you left, and the Samarian misguided them. " ### Shabbir Ahmed Said He, "Our Law has tried your people after you left them, and As-Samiri has misguided them. " ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation He said: “We have subjected thy people to means of denial in thy absence, and the Sāmiriyy has led them astray.” ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation He said: "We have tested your people after you left, and the Sumerian misguided them." ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament He said, "We have put your people to the test after you left, but the Samarian misled them." ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira He said: "We have put your people on trial in your absence; and Sameri has led them astray. " ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) [ Allah ] said, "But indeed, We have tried your people after you [departed], and the Samiri has led them astray. " ### 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. " ### Marmaduke Pickthall He said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As-Samiri hath misled them. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary Said He: "Verily We tested your people in your absence and the Samiri[1] led them astray." _Footnotes_ - [1] It is obvious from the last Arabic letter ‘ya’ that Samiri was not the proper name of the person, for this Arabic letter is always added to show a person’s connection with his race or clan or place. Moreover, the prefix al (definite article ‘the’) in the original Arabic text clearly denotes that the Samiri was a particular man from among many other persons of the same race or clan or place, who had propagated the worship of the golden calf. In fact, this does not require any further explanation than this, but this has been necessitated because many Christian missionaries and the Western Orientalists have tried to criticize the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the Quran on this account. They say, (God forbid,) "This is a proof of the grievous ignorance of history on the part of Muhammad (peace be upon him), the author of the Quran, and is one of the anachronisms of the Quran. They base this absurd criticism on the assumption that this Samiri was the inhabitant of Samaria, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Israel, which was built in 925 B.C. long after this happening; then centuries after this, a generation of the Samaritans came into existence as a result of inter-marriage between the Israelites and the non-Israelites. As the Samaritans worshiped the golden calf, the critics accuse the Prophet (peace be upon him) of inventing this story on the basis of mere hearsay. They say that the Prophet (peace be upon him) might have heard something like this from the neighboring Jews and inserted it in the Quran. That is not all. They also criticize that Haman who was a courtier of Cyrus has been mentioned in the Quran as a minister of Pharaoh. It is a pity that these so called scholars seem to think that in the ancient times there used to be only one person bearing one name in a clan or a place, and there was absolutely no possibility of another person or persons having the same name. They do not know, or pretend they do not know, that during the time of Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him), a famous people known as the Sumerians inhabited Iraq and the neighboring regions, and it is just possible that during the time of Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) there were some people known as the Samiris who might have migrated to Egypt from Iraq. Besides this, according to the Bible (1 Kings, 16: 24), Samaria itself was built on a hill which was bought from Shemer and named Samaria after him. This is a clear proof that there were people named Shemer (or Sumer) even before Samaria came into existence and it is also just possible that some clans might have been called Samiri ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab "We have tested your people O Mussa" Allah said, after you left. They succumbed to Samiri who led them astray. ### Bijan Moeinian The Lord said: "I have let your people go through a trial at your absence. Unfortunately, Samarian has succeeded in misleading them." ### Al-Hilali & Khan (Allâh) said: "Verily We have tried your people in your absence, and As-Sâmirî has led them astray." ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali (Allah) said: "We have tested thy people in thy absence: the Samiri has led them astray." ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran Allah responded, "We have indeed tested your people in your absence, and the Sâmiri[1] has led them astray." ### Taqi Usmani He said, "We have then put your people to test after you (left them) and Sāmiriyy has misguided them." ### Abdul Haleem but God said, ‘We have tested your people in your absence: the Samiri has led them astray.’ ### Arthur John Arberry Said He, 'We have tempted thy people since thou didst leave them. The Samaritan has misled them into error.' ### E. Henry Palmer Said He, 'Verily, we have tried thy people, since thou didst leave, and es Samariy has led them astray. ' ### Hamid S. Aziz Moses said, "They are here close behind, and I hastened to Thee, my Lord, to please Thee. " ### Mahmoud Ghali Said He, "Yet surely We have already tempted your people even after you; (i. e., after your departure from them) and As- Samiriyy (The Samaritan) has led them into error." ### George Sale God said, we have already made a trial of thy people, since thy departure; and al Sameri hath seduced them to idolatry. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed (Allah) said: "Verily, We have tested your people in your absence: And As-Samiri has led them astray. " ### Amatul Rahman Omar (The Lord) said, `We have distinguished your people, the good from the bad in your absence and the Sâmirî has led them astray?' ### Ali Quli Qarai He said, ‘Indeed We tried your people in your absence, and the Sāmirī has led them astray. ’ ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü (Rabbi) dedi ki: "Doğrusu biz senden sonra kavmini, anlayış seviyelerini görsünler diye denedik. . . Onları Samiri (Firavun sarayından kaçıp aralarına katılan Mısırlı istidraç sahibi birisi) saptırdı!" ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Dedi ki: "Biz senden sonra kavmini deneme (fitne)den geçirdik, Samiri onları şaşırtıp saptırdı." ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Allah, "Doğrusu, biz, senden sonra toplumunu imtihan ettik. Samiri onları yoldan çıkardı" dedi. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Allah, "Şüphesiz, biz senden sonra halkını sınadık; Samiri onları saptırdı" dedi. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Amma dedi: biz senin ardından kavmini fitneye düşürdük, Samiri onları şaşırttı ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Allah: "Ama Biz, senin ardından kavmini fitneye düşürdük ve Samiri onları saptırdı." buyurdu. ### Gültekin Onan Dedi ki: "Biz senden sonra kavmini deneme (fitne)den geçirdik, Samiri onları şaşırtıp saptırdı." ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Buyurdu: "Biz senden sonra kavmini imtihaan etdik. Samiriy onları sapdırdı". ### İbni Kesir Buyurdu: Doğrusu biz, senden sonra kavmini sınadık ve Samiri de onları saptırdı. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı (Allah:) "Öyleyse bil ki" dedi, "senin yokluğunda Biz kavmini sınadık; ve Samiri onları yoldan çıkardı." ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı -Biz, senden sonra kavmini imtihan ettik. Samiri onları saptırdı, dedi. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali (Allah): "Ama biz senden sonra kavmini sınadık. Samiri onları saptırdı" dedi. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Buyurdu: "Biz senden sonra toplumunu tam bir biçimde imtihan ettik. Samiri onları saptırdı." ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an (Allah): "O halde haberin olsun ki" dedi, "senin ardından Biz kavmini sınadık; ve Samiri onları yoldan çıkardı." ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Allah: "Biz, halkını sınadık. Senden sonra Samiri onları saptırdı." ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Dedi ki: "Öyleyse bilmelisin ki, senden sonra toplumunu sınadık. Ve Samiri, onları saptırdı!" ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Allah dedi ki: "Senden sonra halkını fitneye[1] (kendilerini yakan bir imtihana) soktuk. Samiri onları yoldan çıkardı." _Footnotes_ - [1] Harun aleyhisselama rağmen Mısırlıların tanrı edindiği Apis'i hatırlatan buzağı heykeline tapmaları, Firavun'unun servetine konmalarından sonra olmuştu. (Bkz. Zümer 39/49, Araf 7/137 vd) ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir (Allah) şöyle buyurmuştu: "Elbette senden sonra biz kavmini imtihan etmiştik; Samiri[1] onları yoldan çıkarmıştı." _Footnotes_ - [1] [es-Sâmiriyy] kelimesi, Sâmiralı veya Sâmirî adlı bir kişi demektir. Bu kişi Hz. Musa kavminden ayrıldıktan sonra onları saptırmış, bir buzağıya tapmalarını sağlamıştı. A‘râf 7:138'de Hz. Musa'dan böyle tapınılacak bir ilâh isteyen İsrailoğulları, onun arkasından hemen böyle bir arayışa girmişler, ilk fırsatta da emellerine ulaşmışlardı. Sâmirî adlı kişi bu fırsatı değerlendirmiş, A‘râf 7:148 ve Tâhâ 20:88. ayette de ifade edildiği üzere onlara "ses çıkaran bir buzağı" yapmıştı. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Allah: "Biz, halkını sınadık. Senden sonra Samiri onları saptırdı." ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Allah: "Biz, halkını sınadık. Senden sonra Samiri onları saptırdı." ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Allah dedi ki: "Ama senden sonra halkını ağır bir imtihana soktuk. Samiri onları yoldan çıkardı." ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | قَالَ — qāla | He said | قول — Kaf-Vav-Lam | | 2 | فَإِنَّا — fa-innā | But indeed, We | — | | 3 | قَدْ — qad | [verily] | — | | 4 | فَتَنَّا — fatannā | We (have) tried | فتن — Fe-Te-Nun | | 5 | قَوْمَكَ — qawmaka | your people | قوم — Kaf-Vav-Mim | | 6 | مِنۢ — min | after you | — | | 7 | بَعْدِكَ — baʿdika | after you | بعد — Be-Ayn-Dal | | 8 | وَأَضَلَّهُمُ — wa-aḍallahumu | and has led them astray | ضلل — Dad-Lam-Lam | | 9 | ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ — l-sāmiriyu | the Samiri | سمر — Sin-Mim-Ra | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-84.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-86.md Retrieved: 2026-08-05 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.