Quran 26:49 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 49
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Pharaoh said, ‘How dare you believe in him before I have given you permission? He must be the master who taught you sorcery! Soon you will see: I will cut off your alternate hands and feet and then crucify the lot of you!’
قَالَ آمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu alladhī ʿallamakumu l-siḥ'ra falasawfa taʿlamūna la-uqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin wala-uṣallibannakum ajmaʿīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said Pharaoh, 'You have believed him before I gave you leave. Why, he is the chief of you, the same that taught you sorcery; now you shall know! I shall assuredly cut off alternately your hands and feet, then I shall crucify you all together.'
- 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 in time you shall come to know [my revenge]: most certainly shall I cut off your hands and your feet in great numbers, because of [your] perverseness, and shall most certainly crucify you in great numbers, all together!”
- 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, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | ءَامَنتُمْāmantum | You believed | أمن |
| 3 | لَهُۥlahu | in 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) surely your chief | كبر |
| 10 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | who | — |
| 11 | عَلَّمَكُمُʿallamakumu | has taught you | علم |
| 12 | ٱلسِّحْرَl-siḥ'ra | the magic | سحر |
| 13 | فَلَسَوْفَfalasawfa | so surely soon | — |
| 14 | تَعْلَمُونَ ۚtaʿlamūna | you will know | علم |
| 15 | لَأُقَطِّعَنَّla-uqaṭṭiʿanna | I will surely cut off | قطع |
| 16 | أَيْدِيَكُمْaydiyakum | your hands | يدي |
| 17 | وَأَرْجُلَكُمwa-arjulakum | and your feet | رجل |
| 18 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 19 | خِلَـٰفٍۢkhilāfin | opposite sides | خلف |
| 20 | وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْwala-uṣallibannakum | and I will surely crucify you | صلب |
| 21 | أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna | all | جمع |