Ta-Ha
20. Ṭā-Hā
طه
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قَالَ
بَصُرْتُ
بِمَا
لَمْ
يَبْصُرُوا
بِهِ
فَقَبَضْتُ
قَبْضَةً
مِّنْ
أَثَرِ
الرَّسُولِ
فَنَبَذْتُهَا
وَكَذَلِكَ
سَوَّلَتْ
لِي
نَفْسِي
qāla baṣurtu bi-mā lam yabṣurū bihī fa-qabaḍtu qabḍatan min ʾathari r-rasūli fa-nabadhtuhā wa-ka-dhālika sawwalat lī nafsī
He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dust) from the footprint of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf): thus did my soul suggest to me."
— Abdullah Yusufali
He said, ‘I saw what they did not see. I took a handful [of dust] from the messenger’s trail and threw it. That is how my soul prompted me.’
