سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 47
فَأْتِيَاهُ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبْهُمْ ۖ قَدْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ﴿47﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"So go you both to him, and say: ‘Verily, we are Messengers of your Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with us, and torment them not; indeed, we have come with a sign from your Lord! And peace will be upon him who follows the guidance!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَأْتِيَاهُ
fatiyāhu
So go to him
فَقُولَآ
faqūlā
and say
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
رَسُولَا
rasūlā
both (are) Messengers
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
فَأَرْسِلْ
fa-arsil
so send
مَعَنَا
maʿanā
with us
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children of Israel
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(the) Children of Israel
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تُعَذِّبْهُمْ ۖ
tuʿadhib'hum
torment them
قَدْ
qad
Verily
جِئْنَـٰكَ
ji'nāka
we came to you
بِـَٔايَةٍۢ
biāyatin
with a Sign
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكَ ۖ
rabbika
your Lord
وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ
wal-salāmu
And peace
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
مَنِ
mani
(one) who
ٱتَّبَعَ
ittabaʿa
follows
ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
l-hudā
the Guidance
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47. So go to him and say, 'We are messengers of your Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with us [31] and do not torment them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord, and peace will be upon whoever follows guidance.'
[31]
Five Points for Inviting Pharaoh:
It is as if a five-point program for invitation was given to these prophets before Pharaoh. Out of these, four are fundamental points of the call to religion, and one is a demand. The first point was to say to him that we are messengers of your Lord. In this, there are two points: one, that you are not the Lord of the people, but rather that Being is the Lord of everything, ours and especially yours as well; the second point is that both of us have come to you sent by that Lord, not on our own accord. Thus, in this one statement, both the mention of Tawheed and Risalah is included. The third point was to stop oppressing the Children of Israel and to free them from your slavery and let them go with us so that they may live a free life, and this third point was specifically in accordance with such circumstances. The fourth point was that whoever believes in this path of guidance, that is, in the Oneness of Allah and our Prophethood, and worships Allah alone and obeys us, for him there will be peace and security in this world and also in the Hereafter. And the fifth was that we have been informed by revelation that whoever turns away from our invitation, in the end there will be punishment for him. Thus, in the fourth and fifth points, the invitation to the very important component of faith, belief in the Hereafter, was presented. And along with this, it was also said that our claim of Prophethood is not without proof, rather we have come to you with a sign from your Lord.
[31]
Five Points for Inviting Pharaoh:
It is as if a five-point program for invitation was given to these prophets before Pharaoh. Out of these, four are fundamental points of the call to religion, and one is a demand. The first point was to say to him that we are messengers of your Lord. In this, there are two points: one, that you are not the Lord of the people, but rather that Being is the Lord of everything, ours and especially yours as well; the second point is that both of us have come to you sent by that Lord, not on our own accord. Thus, in this one statement, both the mention of Tawheed and Risalah is included. The third point was to stop oppressing the Children of Israel and to free them from your slavery and let them go with us so that they may live a free life, and this third point was specifically in accordance with such circumstances. The fourth point was that whoever believes in this path of guidance, that is, in the Oneness of Allah and our Prophethood, and worships Allah alone and obeys us, for him there will be peace and security in this world and also in the Hereafter. And the fifth was that we have been informed by revelation that whoever turns away from our invitation, in the end there will be punishment for him. Thus, in the fourth and fifth points, the invitation to the very important component of faith, belief in the Hereafter, was presented. And along with this, it was also said that our claim of Prophethood is not without proof, rather we have come to you with a sign from your Lord.
