Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 92·Makkī

92

يَٰهَٰرُونُ مَا إِذْ ﴿٩٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 4 roots in 4 of 7 words

Recitation · 9 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

7 words · 26 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 92 of 135

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 7:150 · Al-A'raafvery close

    وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَٰنَ أَسِفًا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِى مِنۢ بَعْدِىٓ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَلْقَى ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ ٱبْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِى وَكَادُوا۟ يَقْتُلُونَنِى فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِىَ ٱلْأَعْدَآءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    And when Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "How wretched is that by which you have replaced me after [my departure]. Were you impatient over the matter of…

  • Quran 20:83 · Taa-Haavery close

    وَمَآ أَعْجَلَكَ عَن قَوْمِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ

    [Allah] said, "And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?"

  • Quran 20:67 · Taa-Haavery close

    فَأَوْجَسَ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰ

    And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses.

  • Quran 18:76 · Al-Kahfclose

    قَالَ إِن سَأَلْتُكَ عَن شَىْءٍۭ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَٰحِبْنِى قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن لَّدُنِّى عُذْرًا

    [Moses] said, "If I should ask you about anything after this, then do not keep me as a companion. You have obtained from me an excuse."

  • Quran 37:119 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

    And We left for them [favorable mention] among later generations:

  • Quran 28:37 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن جَآءَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ مِنْ عِندِهِۦ وَمَن تَكُونُ لَهُۥ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلدَّارِ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    And Moses said, "My Lord is more knowing [than we or you] of who has come with guidance from Him and to whom will be succession in the home. Indeed, wrongdoers do not succeed."

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Mutaffifin 83:323 shared roots

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ

    ض-ل-لر-أ-يق-و-ل

  • Al-Qalam 68:263 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ

    ض-ل-لر-أ-يق-و-ل

  • Al-Israa 17:942 shared roots

    وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا

    م-ن-عق-و-ل

  • Saad 38:752 shared roots

    قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَىَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالِينَ

    م-ن-عق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:122 shared roots

    قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

    م-ن-عق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:603 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ض-ل-لر-أ-يق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:92?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:92 include Quran 7:150 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 20:83 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 20:67 (Surah Taa-Haa), and Quran 18:76 (Surah Al-Kahf). For example, 7:150 reads: “And when Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "How wretched is that by which you have replaced me after [my departure]. Were you impatient over the matter of…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 20:92 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:92 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,”

Which surah is verse 20:92 in?

Quran 20:92 is āyah 92 of Surah Taa-Haa (Taa-Haa), chapter 20 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 135 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 20:92?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:92 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.