طه

Taho * [at the commencement of the 20th chapter of the Kur-án] means AiTomay^in~ [ Be thou still, &c.]: (K, TA:) and thus it is expl. as occurring in a trad. respecting Moses' hearing the speech of the Lord of Might: (TA:) or, as some say, it is for TaA^o [imperative of waTiy^a ], meaning tread upon the ground with the soles of both thy feet; because the Prophet raised one of his feet in prayer: (TA in art. wTA^ :) or it means O man, in the Abyssinian language; (Lth, K, TA;) or so in Syriac, accord. to Katádeh; or so in Nabathæan, accord. to other authorities: (TA:) read T`h` , with the two fet-hahs pronounced fully, it is two letters of the alphabet ( mina AlhijaA='i [strangely misunderstood by Freytag as meaning “ quibus maledicitur ”]): (Lth, K, TA:) Ibn-Mes'ood is related to have read Tihi , with the two kesrehs pronounced fully: and Fr says that some divided it, reading Ti hi : (TA:) Abu-n-Nejm has called it TahaA . (TA in art. Thw , q. v.)