Quran 20:71 — Taa-Haa, verse 71
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.’
قَالَ آمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ ۖ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِي جُذُوعِ النَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَا 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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Pharaoh said, 'Have you believed him before I gave you leave? Why, he is the chief of you, the same that taught you sorcery; I shall assuredly cut off alternately your hands and feet, then I shall crucify you upon the trunks of palm-trees; you shall know of a certainty which of us is more terrible in chastisement, and more abiding.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [Pharaoh]: "Have you come to believe in him ere I have given you permission? Verily, he must be your master who has taught you magic! But I shall most certainly cut off your hands and feet in great numbers, because of [your] perverseness, and I shall most certainly crucify you in great numbers on trunks of palm-trees: and [I shall do this] so that you might come to know for certain as to which of us [two] can inflict a more severe chastisement, and [which] is the more abiding!"
- Sahih International
- [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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | ءَامَنتُمْāmantum | You believe | أمن |
| 3 | لَهُۥlahu | [to] him | — |
| 4 | قَبْلَqabla | before | قبل |
| 5 | أَنْan | [that] | — |
| 6 | ءَاذَنَādhana | I gave permission | أذن |
| 7 | لَكُمْ ۖlakum | to you | — |
| 8 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, he | — |
| 9 | لَكَبِيرُكُمُlakabīrukumu | (is) your chief | كبر |
| 10 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | the one who | — |
| 11 | عَلَّمَكُمُʿallamakumu | taught you | علم |
| 12 | ٱلسِّحْرَ ۖl-siḥ'ra | the magic | سحر |
| 13 | فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّfala-uqaṭṭiʿanna | So surely I will cut off | قطع |
| 14 | أَيْدِيَكُمْaydiyakum | your hands | يدي |
| 15 | وَأَرْجُلَكُمwa-arjulakum | and your feet | رجل |
| 16 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 17 | خِلَـٰفٍۢkhilāfin | opposite sides | خلف |
| 18 | وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْwala-uṣallibannakum | and surely I will crucify you | صلب |
| 19 | فِىfī | on | — |
| 20 | جُذُوعِjudhūʿi | (the) trunks | جذع |
| 21 | ٱلنَّخْلِl-nakhli | (of) date-palms | نخل |
| 22 | وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّwalataʿlamunna | and surely you will know | علم |
| 23 | أَيُّنَآayyunā | which of us | — |
| 24 | أَشَدُّashaddu | (is) more severe | شدد |
| 25 | عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban | (in) punishment | عذب |
| 26 | وَأَبْقَىٰwa-abqā | and more lasting | بقي |