Learn Sūrat Ṭā-Hā
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What Sūrat Ṭā-Hā is about
Sūrat Ṭā-Hā has 135 āyāt in the sixteenth juzʼ. It opens by telling the Prophet that the Qurʼān was not sent down to make him suffer, but as a reminder (20:2–3). The Most Merciful is above the Throne, and His are the most beautiful names (20:5–8).
Most of the sūrah follows Mūsā (Moses): the fire he sees on his journey, Allah speaking to him in the sacred valley, his prayer for an opened chest (20:25), his stand before Firʿawn (Pharaoh), and the calf made while he was away (20:85–97). It then tells of Ādam’s forgetting (20:115) and ends with patience, prayer and waiting (20:130–135).
- Āyāt 1–8
Not sent to make you suffer
The Qurʼān was sent as a reminder for those who fear Allah, from the One who created the earth and the high heavens. The Most Merciful is above the Throne. He knows the secret and what is more hidden still (20:7).
- Āyāt 9–48
The fire, the valley and the mission
Mūsā sees a fire and is called in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā. He is told to pray to remember Allah (20:14). His staff becomes a snake and his hand comes out white. He asks for an opened chest and for his brother Hārūn (Aaron) as helper. Both are sent to Firʿawn and told to speak gently (20:44).
- Āyāt 49–76
Firʿawn and the magicians
Firʿawn asks who their Lord is, and Mūsā answers: the One who gave everything its form, then guided it (20:50). The magicians throw their ropes and staffs, and Mūsā’s staff swallows what they made. The magicians fall in prostration and believe, unmoved by Firʿawn’s threats.
- Āyāt 77–98
The sea and the calf
Mūsā leads the Children of Israel across the sea, and Firʿawn’s army is overwhelmed. While Mūsā is with his Lord, as-Sāmirī makes a lowing calf and the people worship it. Hārūn tried to stop them. Mūsā burns the calf and scatters it in the sea: your only god is Allah (20:98).
- Āyāt 99–114
The Day, and more knowledge
These are stories of what has gone before. On the Day the trumpet is blown, the mountains are scattered, and voices are hushed before the Most Merciful. The Qurʼān is sent in Arabic. The Prophet is told not to hurry the recitation, and to pray: my Lord, increase me in knowledge (20:114).
- Āyāt 115–127
Ādam forgot
Allah made a covenant with Ādam, but he forgot. Iblīs refuses to bow and whispers to Ādam about a tree of eternity. Ādam and his wife eat from it, then Ādam is chosen and guided (20:122). Whoever turns from Allah’s remembrance will have a narrow life (20:124).
- Āyāt 128–135
Patience and prayer
Earlier generations were destroyed. Be patient with what they say, and glorify your Lord before sunrise and before sunset (20:130). Do not look longingly at what others enjoy. Tell your family to pray, and be steadfast in it (20:132). Everyone is waiting, so wait (20:135).
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Sources
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- “What it is about” is Qiraa’s own summary of the āyāt cited beside each part. Each range opens in translation on Quran.com, so you can read it for yourself.