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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Taha 20:80

Word by word

يَـٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ قَدْ أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَوَٰعَدْنَـٰكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنَ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ

O Children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and We made an appointment with you at the right side of the mount, and We sent down to you manna and quails,

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

يا بني إسرائيل اذكروا حين أنجيناكم مِن عدوكم فرعون، وجَعَلْنا موعدكم الجانب الأيمن من جبل الطور لإنزال التوراة عليكم، ونزلنا عليكم في التيه ما تأكلونه، مما يشبه الصَّمغ طعمه كالعسل، والطير الذي يشبه السُّمَانَى.

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