سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 94
قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى ﴿94﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He [Hârûn (Aaron)] said: "O son of my mother! Seize (me) not by my beard, nor by my head! Verily, I feared lest you should say: ‘You have caused a division among the Children of Israel, and you have not respected my word!’ "
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَبْنَؤُمَّ
yabna-umma
O son of my mother
لَا
lā
(Do) not
تَأْخُذْ
takhudh
seize (me)
بِلِحْيَتِى
biliḥ'yatī
by my beard
وَلَا
walā
and not
بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ
birasī
by my head
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I
خَشِيتُ
khashītu
[I] feared
أَن
an
that
تَقُولَ
taqūla
you would say
فَرَّقْتَ
farraqta
You caused division
بَيْنَ
bayna
between
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children of Israel
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(the) Children of Israel
وَلَمْ
walam
and not
تَرْقُبْ
tarqub
you respect
قَوْلِى
qawlī
my word
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.
94.1 Seeing his people in the misguidance of shirk, Musa (peace be upon him) became extremely angry and thought that perhaps his brother Harun (peace be upon him), whom he had appointed as his deputy, might have been indulgent. Therefore, in intense anger, he grabbed Harun’s (peace be upon him) beard and head and began to shake him and question him, upon which Harun (peace be upon him) stopped him from adopting such a harsh attitude.
