Surah 20. Ta-ha, Ayah 1
| طه |
| Asad | : | O MAN!1 |
| Malik | : | Tua Ha. |
| Pickthall | : | Ta. Ha. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Ta Ha. 2534 |
| Transliteration | : | t.aa'-haa' |
Note - 1According to some commentators, the letters t and h
(pronounced ta ha) which introduce this surah belong to
the group of al-muqatta'at - the "single [or
"disjointed"] letters" - which are prefixed to a number
of the Qur’anic surahs (see Appendix II). However, in the
opinion of some of the Prophet’s Companions (e.g., Abd
Allah ibn Abbas) and a number of outstanding
personalities of the next generation (like Said ibn
Jubayr, Mujahid, Qatadah, Al-Hasan al-Basri, Ikrimah,
Ad-Dahhak, Al-Kalbi, etc.), ta ha is not just a
combination of two single letters but a meaningful
expression of its own, signifying "0 man" (synonymous
with ya rajul) in both the Nabataean and Syriac branches
of the Arabic language (Tabari, Razi, Ibn Kathir), as
well as in the - purely Arabian - dialect of the Yemenite
tribe of 'Akk, as is evident from certain fragments of
their pre-Islamic poetry (quoted by Tabari and
Zamakhshari). Tabari, in particular, gives his
unqualified support to the rendering of ta ha as "0 man".
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Note - 2534For an explanation see the Introduction to this Sura.
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According to some commentators, the letters t and h (pronounced ta ha) which introduce this surah belong to the group of al-muqatta'at - the "single [or "disjointed"] letters" - which are prefixed to a number of the Qur’anic surahs (see Appendix II). However, in the opinion of some of the Prophet’s Companions (e.g., Abd Allah ibn Abbas) and a number of outstanding personalities of the next generation (like Said ibn Jubayr, Mujahid, Qatadah, Al-Hasan al-Basri, Ikrimah, Ad-Dahhak, Al-Kalbi, etc.), ta ha is not just a combination of two single letters but a meaningful expression of its own, signifying "0 man" (synonymous with ya rajul) in both the Nabataean and Syriac branches of the Arabic language (Tabari, Razi, Ibn Kathir), as well as in the - purely Arabian - dialect of the Yemenite tribe of 'Akk, as is evident from certain fragments of their pre-Islamic poetry (quoted by Tabari and Zamakhshari). Tabari, in particular, gives his unqualified support to the rendering of ta ha as "0 man". |
