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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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Aaron replied, "O son of my mother! Do not seize my beard or my head. I was truly afraid that you would say, 'You have caused division [65] among the Children of Israel and did not respect my word.'"
[65]
The Dialogue Between Sayyiduna Musa (علیہ السلام) and Sayyiduna Harun (علیہ السلام):
Although Sayyiduna Harun (علیہ السلام) was older in age, he was lower in rank. Moreover, Sayyiduna Musa (علیہ السلام) possessed a majestic temperament and was overtaken by intense anger. Thus, being overcome by this anger, he grabbed Sayyiduna Musa's beard and the hair of his head. Sayyiduna Harun (علیہ السلام) said with great patience, "First listen to me, and do not seize my beard, giving the enemies a chance to laugh at me." The matter was that when these people became involved in shirk, I had stopped them with full severity. But since the majority had fallen into this shirk, they overpowered me and even sought to kill me, and most of them became his enemies. Now, if I had adopted even more strictness in this matter, the result would have been civil war among them, and then no way of reform would have remained. Therefore, I too was waiting for you, to see what treatment should now be given to these people.
[65]
The Dialogue Between Sayyiduna Musa (علیہ السلام) and Sayyiduna Harun (علیہ السلام):
Although Sayyiduna Harun (علیہ السلام) was older in age, he was lower in rank. Moreover, Sayyiduna Musa (علیہ السلام) possessed a majestic temperament and was overtaken by intense anger. Thus, being overcome by this anger, he grabbed Sayyiduna Musa's beard and the hair of his head. Sayyiduna Harun (علیہ السلام) said with great patience, "First listen to me, and do not seize my beard, giving the enemies a chance to laugh at me." The matter was that when these people became involved in shirk, I had stopped them with full severity. But since the majority had fallen into this shirk, they overpowered me and even sought to kill me, and most of them became his enemies. Now, if I had adopted even more strictness in this matter, the result would have been civil war among them, and then no way of reform would have remained. Therefore, I too was waiting for you, to see what treatment should now be given to these people.
