سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — 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 ﴿71﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
[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."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
ءَامَنتُمْ
āmantum
You believe
لَهُۥ
lahu
[to] him
قَبْلَ
qabla
before
أَنْ
an
[that]
ءَاذَنَ
ādhana
I gave permission
لَكُمْ ۖ
lakum
to you
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, he
لَكَبِيرُكُمُ
lakabīrukumu
(is) your chief
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
the one who
عَلَّمَكُمُ
ʿallamakumu
taught you
ٱلسِّحْرَ ۖ
l-siḥ'ra
the magic
فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ
fala-uqaṭṭiʿanna
So surely I will cut off
أَيْدِيَكُمْ
aydiyakum
your hands
وَأَرْجُلَكُم
wa-arjulakum
and your feet
مِّنْ
min
of
خِلَـٰفٍۢ
khilāfin
opposite sides
وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ
wala-uṣallibannakum
and surely I will crucify you
فِى
fī
on
جُذُوعِ
judhūʿi
(the) trunks
ٱلنَّخْلِ
l-nakhli
(of) date-palms
وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ
walataʿlamunna
and surely you will know
أَيُّنَآ
ayyunā
which of us
أَشَدُّ
ashaddu
(is) more severe
عَذَابًۭا
ʿadhāban
(in) punishment
وَأَبْقَىٰ
wa-abqā
and more lasting
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
71. 1. مِنْ خِلَافِ (opposite sides) means the right hand and the left foot, or the left hand and the right foot.
