Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:71

20:71

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ ۖ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِى جُذُوعِ ٱلنَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَآ أَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَأَبْقَىٰ

qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu alladhī ʿallamakumu l-siḥ'ra fala-uqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin wala-uṣallibannakum fī judhūʿi l-nakhli walataʿlamunna ayyunā ashaddu ʿadhāban wa-abqā

[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and you will surely know which of us is more severe in [giving] punishment and more enduring."

— Saheeh International

Pharaoh said, ‘How dare you believe in him before I have given you permission? This must be your master, the man who taught you witchcraft. I shall certainly cut off your alternate hands and feet, then crucify you on the trunks of palm trees. You will know for certain which of us has the fiercer and more lasting punishment.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

[Fir‘aun (Pharaoh)] said: "Believe you in him [Mûsâ (Moses)] before I give you permission? Verily he is your chief who has taught you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you on the trunks of date-palms, and you shall surely know which of us [I (Fir‘aun - Pharaoh) or the Lord of Mûsâ (Moses) (Allâh)] can give the severe and more lasting torment."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 16Page 316meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
ءَامَنتُمْāmantumYou believe
لَهُۥlahu[to] him
قَبْلَqablabefore
أَنْan[that]
ءَاذَنَādhanaI gave permission
لَكُمْۖlakumto you
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
لَكَبِيرُكُمُlakabīrukumu(is) your chief
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
عَلَّمَكُمُʿallamakumutaught you
ٱلسِّحْرَۖl-siḥ'rathe magic
فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّfala-uqaṭṭiʿannaSo surely I will cut off
أَيْدِيَكُمْaydiyakumyour hands
وَأَرْجُلَكُمwa-arjulakumand your feet
مِّنْminof
خِلَـٰفٍۢkhilāfinopposite sides
وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْwala-uṣallibannakumand surely I will crucify you
فِىfīon
جُذُوعِjudhūʿi(the) trunks
ٱلنَّخْلِl-nakhli(of) date-palms
وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّwalataʿlamunnaand surely you will know
أَيُّنَآayyunāwhich of us
أَشَدُّashaddu(is) more severe
عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban(in) punishment
وَأَبْقَىٰwa-abqāand more lasting