سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 123
قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَّكَرْتُمُوهُ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوا۟ مِنْهَآ أَهْلَهَا ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿123﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) said: "You have believed in him [Mûsâ (Moses)] before I give you permission. Surely, this is a plot which you have plotted in the city to drive out its people, but you shall come to know.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
Said
فِرْعَوْنُ
fir'ʿawnu
Firaun
ءَامَنتُم
āmantum
You believed
بِهِۦ
bihi
in him
قَبْلَ
qabla
before
أَنْ
an
[that]
ءَاذَنَ
ādhana
I give permission
لَكُمْ ۖ
lakum
to you
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
لَمَكْرٌۭ
lamakrun
(is) surely a plot
مَّكَرْتُمُوهُ
makartumūhu
you have plotted it
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْمَدِينَةِ
l-madīnati
the city
لِتُخْرِجُوا۟
litukh'rijū
so that you may drive out
مِنْهَآ
min'hā
from it
أَهْلَهَا ۖ
ahlahā
its people
فَسَوْفَ
fasawfa
But soon
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
you will know
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.
123. 1. What happened was very astonishing and surprising for Pharaoh, so he could not think of anything else, and he just said that all of you are in collusion with each other and the purpose of this is to end our rule. Well, you will soon know its outcome.
