Ta-Ha
20. Ṭā-Hā
طه
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قَالُوا
مَا
أَخْلَفْنَا
مَوْعِدَكَ
بِمَلْكِنَا
وَلَكِنَّا
حُمِّلْنَا
أَوْزَارًا
مِّن
زِينَةِ
الْقَوْمِ
فَقَذَفْنَاهَا
فَكَذَلِكَ
أَلْقَى
السَّامِرِيُّ
qālū mā ʾakhlafnā mawʿidaka bi-malkinā wa-lākinnā ḥummilnā ʾawzāran min zīnati l-qawmi fa-qadhafnāhā fa-ka-dhālika ʾalqā s-sāmiriyyu
They said, ‘We did not fail our tryst with you of our own accord, but we were laden with the weight of those people’s ornaments, and we cast them [into the fire] and so did the Samiri.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
They said: "We broke not the promise to thee, as far as lay in our power: but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the (whole) people, and we threw them (into the fire), and that was what the Samiri suggested.
