Surah Taha, ayah 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
[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."
Taha · 20:71
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- ءَامَنتُمْāmantumYou believe
- لَهُۥlahu[to] him
- قَبْلَqablabefore
- أَنْan[that]
- ءَاذَنَādhanaI gave permission
- لَكُمْ ۖlakumto you
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
- لَكَبِيرُكُمُlakabīrukumu(is) your chief
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
- عَلَّمَكُمُʿallamakumutaught you
- ٱلسِّحْرَ ۖl-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
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