Surah 20
Taa-Haa
Taa-Haa
طه
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Name and conventional translation
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Arabic name
طه
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Transliteration
Taa-Haa
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English name
Taa-Haa
Source fact as Tanzil metadata gives it; Tanzil names no translator for it
Verse count and position
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Verses
135
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Words
1335
Derived link whitespace-separated tokens of the Uthmani text, the rule the morphology layer uses
Position in the mushaf order
20 of 114
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Position in a revelation ordering
45 of 114
Revelation order as encoded by the Tanzil metadata · Tanzil publishes an "order" value for each surah and documents the field only as "revelation order". It does not name which ordering it encodes, cite a scholar, or reference an edition. We have therefore not established whose ordering this is, and we do not name one. The major orderings disagree about dozens of surahs, so naming the likeliest candidate would be a guess presented as a citation.
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Place of revelation, as Tanzil classifies it
Meccan
Source fact Tanzil's classification, carried without a named authority
Juzʾ
Within juzʾ 16
Source fact juzʾ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record
Opening formula (basmala) in this edition
stands before verse 1 and is not numbered
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What the surah says of itself
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Major movements and sections
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Rukūʿ divisions
| Rukūʿ | Verses | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20:1-24 | طه |
| 2 | 20:25-54 | قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى … |
| 3 | 20:55-76 | مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ … |
| 4 | 20:77-89 | وَلَقَدْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ … |
| 5 | 20:90-104 | وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَٰرُونُ … |
| 6 | 20:105-115 | وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ … |
| 7 | 20:116-128 | وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ … |
| 8 | 20:129-135 | وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن … |
Source fact rukūʿ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record; each runs to the verse before the next; opening words are the first 4 words of its first verse
Repeated words and themes
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Verses repeated word for word
No verse of this surah repeats another word for word.
Derived link verses of this surah whose Uthmani text is byte-identical to another verse of it
Phrases repeated word for word
No phrase qualifies under the rule below.
Derived link runs of at least 3 consecutive words, inside one verse, occurring at least 3 times in this surah, kept only where no longer run has the same occurrences; a run that is only ever a whole repeated verse is listed above instead
Roots carried by the most words
1335 words464 with one root, counted115 conflicting roots218 no root recorded538 not analysed
| Root | Words, at least | Verses | Forms in this surah |
|---|---|---|---|
| ق.و.ل | 47 | 42 | قَالَ قَوْلًا تَقُولَ قَوْلِى قُلْنَا يَقُولُونَ فَتَقُولُ فَقَالَ فَقُلْ فَقُلْنَا فَقُولَا قَالَا قُلْ يَقُولُ |
| ي.و.م | 9 | 8 | يَوْمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمًا يَوْمُ |
| ر.ب.ب | 8 | 8 | رَبِّكَ بِرَبِّ بِرَبِّنَا رَبَّنَا رَبُّكَ رَبُّنَا |
| ع.ل.م | 8 | 7 | عِلْمًا يَعْلَمُ أَعْلَمُ عِلْمُهَا فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ |
| ق.ب.ل | 8 | 7 | قَبْلَ قَبْلُ قَبْلِ قَبْلَهُم وَقَبْلَ |
| س.ح.ر | 8 | 6 | بِسِحْرٍ بِسِحْرِكَ بِسِحْرِهِمَا سَٰحِرٍ لَسَٰحِرَٰنِ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱلسِّحْرَ ٱلسِّحْرِ |
| ث.م.م | 7 | 7 | ثُمَّ |
| ذ.ك.ر | 7 | 7 | ذِكْرًا ذِكْرِى تَذْكِرَةً وَنَذْكُرَكَ يَتَذَكَّرُ |
| ل.ه.م | 7 | 7 | لَهُمْ |
| خ.ر.ج | 6 | 6 | تَخْرُجْ فَأَخْرَجَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا |
| ب.ي.ن | 6 | 5 | بَيْنَ بَيِّنَةُ بَيْنَنَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَبَيْنَكَ |
| ل.ق.ي | 6 | 5 | أَلْقَى أَلْقِهَا تُلْقِىَ فَأُلْقِىَ فَلْيُلْقِهِ وَأَلْقَيْتُ |
74 more roots
| و.ع.د | 6 | 5 | مَوْعِدًا مَوْعِدَكَ وَعْدًا وَوَٰعَدْنَٰكُمْ يَعِدْكُمْ |
| أ.م.ر | 5 | 5 | أَمْرِى أَمْرَهُم |
| ف.ر.ع.ن | 5 | 5 | فِرْعَوْنُ فِرْعَوْنَ |
| ك.ل.ل | 5 | 5 | كُلَّ كُلٌّ كُلَّهَا كُلُّ |
| أ.ت.ي | 4 | 4 | أَتَتْكَ فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ يَأْتِ يَأْتِينَا |
| خ.و.ف | 4 | 4 | تَخَٰفُ خِيفَةً نَخَافُ يَخَافُ |
| ر.ج.ع | 4 | 4 | فَرَجَعَ فَرَجَعْنَٰكَ يَرْجِعَ يَرْجِعُ |
| ر.ح.م | 4 | 4 | ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ |
| ع.ج.ل | 4 | 4 | أَعْجَلَكَ تَعْجَلْ عِجْلًا وَعَجِلْتُ |
| ع.ذ.ب | 4 | 4 | بِعَذَابٍ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ عَذَابًا |
| ر.ز.ق | 4 | 3 | رَزَقْنَٰكُمْ رِزْقًا نَرْزُقُكَ وَرِزْقُ |
| ر.س.ل | 4 | 3 | أَرْسَلْتَ رَسُولًا رَسُولَا ٱلرَّسُولِ |
| ع.د.و | 4 | 3 | عَدُوٌّ وَعَدُوٌّ |
| غ.ض.ب | 4 | 2 | غَضَبِى غَضَبٌ غَضْبَٰنَ |
| أ.خ.ذ | 3 | 3 | تَأْخُذْ خُذْهَا يَأْخُذْهُ |
| أ.م.ن | 3 | 3 | مُؤْمِنًا مُؤْمِنٌ يُؤْمِنُ |
| ب.ص.ر | 3 | 3 | بَصِيرًا بَصُرْتُ |
| ت.ب.ع | 3 | 3 | فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فَنَتَّبِعَ يَتَّبِعُونَ |
| ج.ي.أ | 3 | 3 | أَجِئْتَنَا جِئْتَ جِئْنَٰكَ |
| ح.م.ل | 3 | 3 | حَمَلَ حِمْلًا يَحْمِلُ |
| ز.و.ج | 3 | 3 | أَزْوَٰجًا وَلِزَوْجِكَ |
| ص.ل.ح | 3 | 3 | ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ صَٰلِحًا |
| ض.ل.ل | 3 | 3 | يَضِلُّ وَأَضَلَّ |
| ع.م.ل | 3 | 3 | عَمِلَ وَعَمِلَ يَعْمَلْ |
| ل.ك.م | 3 | 3 | لَكُمْ وَيْلَكُمْ |
| م.ن.ن | 3 | 3 | لِّمَن مَنَنَّا |
| ن.ف.س | 3 | 3 | لِنَفْسِى نَفْسًا نَفْسِى |
| س.ب.ح | 3 | 2 | فَسَبِّحْ نُسَبِّحَكَ وَسَبِّحْ |
| ن.و.ر | 3 | 1 | نَارًا ٱلنَّارِ |
| أ.ث.ر | 2 | 2 | أَثَرِى نُّؤْثِرَكَ |
| أ.خ.و | 2 | 2 | أُخْتُكَ وَأَخُوكَ |
| أ.م.م | 2 | 2 | أُمِّكَ |
| أ.ه.ل | 2 | 2 | أَهْلِى لِأَهْلِهِ |
| ت.ح.ت | 2 | 2 | تَحْتَ تَحْتِهَا |
| ت.و.ب | 2 | 2 | تَابَ فَتَابَ |
| ج.ر.م | 2 | 2 | مُجْرِمًا ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ |
| ح.د.ث | 2 | 2 | حَدِيثُ يُحْدِثُ |
| ح.ش.ر | 2 | 2 | وَنَحْشُرُ يُحْشَرَ |
| ح.ل.ل | 2 | 2 | فَيَحِلَّ يَحِلَّ |
| خ.ف.ي | 2 | 2 | أُخْفِيهَا وَأَخْفَى |
| خ.ل.د | 2 | 2 | خَٰلِدِينَ |
| خ.ل.ف | 2 | 2 | أَخْلَفْنَا خِلَٰفٍ |
| خ.ل.ق | 2 | 2 | خَلَقَ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ |
| خ.ي.ب | 2 | 2 | خَابَ |
| خ.ي.ر | 2 | 2 | خَيْرٌ |
| ر.أ.ي | 2 | 2 | رَأَيْتَهُمْ يَرَوْنَ |
| ز.ي.ن | 2 | 2 | زِينَةِ ٱلزِّينَةِ |
| س.ب.ق | 2 | 2 | سَبَقَ سَبَقَتْ |
| س.م.ر | 2 | 2 | ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ |
| س.م.ع | 2 | 2 | أَسْمَعُ تَسْمَعُ |
| س.م.و | 2 | 2 | وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ |
| ش.د.د | 2 | 2 | أَشَدُّ |
| ش.ي.أ | 2 | 2 | شَىْءٍ |
| ط.ر.ق | 2 | 2 | طَرِيقًا طَرِيقَةً |
| ظ.ل.م | 2 | 2 | ظُلْمًا |
| ع.ر.ض | 2 | 2 | أَعْرَضَ |
| ع.ك.ف | 2 | 2 | عَاكِفًا عَٰكِفِينَ |
| ع.و.د | 2 | 2 | سَنُعِيدُهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ |
| غ.ف.ر | 2 | 2 | لَغَفَّارٌ لِيَغْفِرَ |
| ف.ت.ن | 2 | 2 | لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ وَفَتَنَّٰكَ |
| ف.ل.ح | 2 | 2 | أَفْلَحَ يُفْلِحُ |
| ق.و.م | 2 | 2 | قَوْمَكَ قَوْمِكَ |
| ك.ث.ر | 2 | 2 | كَثِيرًا |
| ك.ذ.ب | 2 | 2 | فَكَذَّبَ كَذَّبَ |
| ك.و.ن | 2 | 2 | لَكَانَ مَكَانًا |
| ل.ح.ي | 2 | 2 | بِلِحْيَتِى لِلْحَىِّ |
| ن.س.ف | 2 | 2 | نَسْفًا |
| ن.س.ي | 2 | 2 | فَنَسِىَ |
| ه.د.ي | 2 | 2 | هُدَاىَ يَهْدِ |
| و.ز.ر | 2 | 2 | أَوْزَارًا وِزْرًا |
| و.ن.ي | 2 | 2 | أَنِ تَنِيَا |
| ي.م.ن | 2 | 2 | بِيَمِينِكَ يَمِينِكَ |
| ق.ب.ض | 2 | 1 | فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً |
| ق.ض.ي | 2 | 1 | تَقْضِى قَاضٍ |
Derived link a word counts toward a root only where every analysis Camel Morph kept for it names that one root and no analysis records none; words with no analysis, no root or conflicting roots are not counted anywhere. Roots on at least 2 words.
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Words the analyser did not read
538 of this surah's 1335 words have no analysis, and a further 333 have no single root, so the root counts are minimums. Camel Morph MSA is a Modern Standard Arabic analyser meeting Qur'anic Arabic.
People and events named
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Common claims the text does not itself establish
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Provisional stand-in: studies tagged a common misconception that cite this surah
- Does the Qur'an describe a physical God seated on a throne?20:5
- Does the Qur'an say the earth is flat?20:53
Derived link every current study that carries the common-misconception tag and cites a verse of this surah. That tag is a discovery aid, not a mark that the text does not establish the claim — that mark does not exist yet — so this list is provisional and not a complete account of the claims the text does not establish. The question is quoted; the answer is on the study.
Links to related topical studies
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Current studies citing a verse of this surah
26 current studies
God & divine attributes5
- Does the Qur'an describe a physical God seated on a throne?20:5
- What does the Qur'an mean by God 'istawa' upon the Throne?20:5
- What are the names and attributes of God in the Qur'an?20:8
- Did God speak directly to any human, according to the Qur'an?20:11-14
- What does the Qur'an say about intercession on the Day of Judgment?20:109
Prayer3
Death & dying2
Mental wellbeing & hardship2
Other faiths & interreligious relations2
Angels, jinn & Satan1
Children & parenting1
Justice & governance1
Knowledge, reason & reflection1
Magic, dreams & the supernatural1
Nature & environmental responsibility1
Prophets & messengers1
- How does the Qur'an tell the story of Moses and Pharaoh?20:9-16, 42-48, 56-64, 65-73, 77-79
Qur'anic peoples & communities1
Repentance & spiritual development1
Stories, parables & unnamed figures1
Supplications & remembrance1
- What is Moses' prayer - 'expand my chest, ease my task'?20:25-28, 29-35
The Qur'an about itself1
Derived link every study whose current signature cites at least one verse of this surah, grouped by its /studies theme (largest first, ties by name, no theme last) and ordered by first verse cited. A citation is not a statement that the study is about this surah.
Source and review status
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Sources this page draws on
| Source | Licence | Attribution notice |
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| Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) Uthmani, Version 1.1 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 | Qur'anic text from the Tanzil Project. Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Source: tanzil.net · Updates: tanzil.net/updates/ https://tanzil.net/updates/ |
| Tanzil Qur'an metadata quran-data.xml v1.0 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution — version not specified by the source | Surah metadata from Tanzil Qur'an metadata (quran-data.xml, version 1.0), Tanzil Project, tanzil.net. (C) 2008-2009 Tanzil.info. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution; the source does not state a version. Values are reproduced unchanged; this site selects and arranges them, and derives verse ranges from the division start points. https://tanzil.net/res/text/metadata/quran-data.xml |
| Camel Morph MSA v1.0, LREC-COLING 2024 release · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | Morphological analyses from Camel Morph MSA (LREC-COLING 2024 release) by Christian Khairallah, Salam Khalifa, Reham Marzouk, Mayar Mohamadein Nassar and Nizar Habash, CAMeL Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi (Khairallah et al., 2024), https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Modified: this site runs the analyser over its Qur'anic text, keeps only analyses whose vocalisation matches the text, removes duplicates and counts the result. https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph |
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Verse restatements signed for this surah
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Signed introduction to this surah
One hundred and thirty-five verses given over to Moses, from the fire seen at a distance on the road to everything that follows: the staff, the hand, Pharaoh, the magicians who prostrate and will not recant, the sea, and the calf made in his absence. It opens with disconnected letters and the statement that this was not sent down to cause distress.
AALAMIN Editor · signed 2026-08-29 · Editorial
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