← Surah 20

20:91

قَالُوا۟ لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَـٰكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ

Word by word

قَالُوا۟
They said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
لَن
Never
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَنPreposition — negative
نَّبْرَحَ
we will cease
Verb
Root: برح
Grammar (i'rab)
نَّبْرَحَVerb — imperfect، 1st plur.
عَلَيْهِ
being devoted to it
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَيْPreposition — preposition
هِNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
عَٰكِفِينَ
being devoted to it
Noun
Root: عكف
Grammar (i'rab)
عَٰكِفِينَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، accusative
حَتَّىٰ
until
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
حَتَّىٰPreposition — preposition
يَرْجِعَ
returns
Verb
Root: رجع
Grammar (i'rab)
يَرْجِعَVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
إِلَيْنَا
to us
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَيْPreposition — preposition
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
مُوسَىٰ
Musa
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مُوسَىٰNoun — proper noun، masculine، nominative

Translation

EN

They had said: "We will not abandon this cult, but we will devote ourselves to it until Moses returns to us."

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

but they replied, ‘We shall not give up our devotion to it until Moses returns to us.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

They said: We shall by no means cease to be its votaries till Moses return unto us.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

They said, "We will never cease being devoted to it [i.e., the calf] until Moses returns to us."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

"Musa bize dönene kadar buna sarılmaktan vazgeçmeyeceğiz" demişlerdi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Onlar (cevap olarak şöyle) demişlerdi: "Musa bize dönüp gelinceye kadar, biz ona tapmaya elbette devam edeceğiz."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Kavmi) “Musa bize dönünceye kadar (buzağı heykeline) boyun eğmeye devam edeceğiz!” demişti.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

قال عُبَّاد العجل منهم: لن نزال مقيمين على عبادة العجل حتى يرجع إلينا موسى.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

Where this verse appears

Topics
Moses & Pharaoh