سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 97
قَالَ فَٱذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّن تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِى ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا ۖ لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ نَسْفًا ﴿97﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Mûsâ (Moses) said: "Then go away! And verily, your (punishment) in this life will be that you will say: "Touch me not (i.e. you will live alone exiled away from mankind); and verily (for a future torment), you have a promise that will not fail. And look at your ilâh (god) to which you have been devoted. We will certainly burn it, and scatter its particles in the sea."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
فَٱذْهَبْ
fa-idh'hab
Then go
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
And indeed
لَكَ
laka
for you
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
the life
أَن
an
that
تَقُولَ
taqūla
you will say
لَا
lā
(Do) not
مِسَاسَ ۖ
misāsa
touch
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
لَكَ
laka
for you
مَوْعِدًۭا
mawʿidan
(is) an appointment
لَّن
lan
never
تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖ
tukh'lafahu
you will fail to (keep) it
وَٱنظُرْ
wa-unẓur
And look
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
at
إِلَـٰهِكَ
ilāhika
your god
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
that which
ظَلْتَ
ẓalta
you have remained
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
to it
عَاكِفًۭا ۖ
ʿākifan
devoted
لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ
lanuḥarriqannahu
Surely we will burn it
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ
lanansifannahu
certainly we will scatter it
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْيَمِّ
l-yami
the sea
نَسْفًا
nasfan
(in) particles
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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Moses said to him, "Go! For you, throughout your life, the punishment is that you will keep saying, 'Do not touch me.' And for you there is an appointed time of torment that will never be averted from you. And look at your god to which you remained devoted; We will surely burn it, then scatter its ashes into the river."
[67]
Samiri’s Punishment in This World:
That is, Musa ؑ declared him an outcast so that no one should have any kind of relationship with him. Then, an additional punishment for him was that he himself would say to others: “Stay away from me, beware of me, do not touch me, I am impure, so do not touch me.” Some commentators say that if anyone touched Samiri or came into contact with him, both Samiri and the one who touched him would develop a fever. Therefore, Samiri was compelled to tell others not to touch him. At the same time, Musa ؑ also informed him that he should not think that the punishment for his crime was complete, rather, the torment that awaits him in the Hereafter will never be averted.
[68] This is your fate, and now as for your deity, to which you devoted yourself day and night, this is what we are going to do: we will first break this idol of gold and clay into pieces, then burn it and turn it into ashes. Then we will throw these ashes into the river so that you and your followers all know that a god who cannot even protect itself, how can it benefit or harm anyone else?
[67]
Samiri’s Punishment in This World:
That is, Musa ؑ declared him an outcast so that no one should have any kind of relationship with him. Then, an additional punishment for him was that he himself would say to others: “Stay away from me, beware of me, do not touch me, I am impure, so do not touch me.” Some commentators say that if anyone touched Samiri or came into contact with him, both Samiri and the one who touched him would develop a fever. Therefore, Samiri was compelled to tell others not to touch him. At the same time, Musa ؑ also informed him that he should not think that the punishment for his crime was complete, rather, the torment that awaits him in the Hereafter will never be averted.
[68] This is your fate, and now as for your deity, to which you devoted yourself day and night, this is what we are going to do: we will first break this idol of gold and clay into pieces, then burn it and turn it into ashes. Then we will throw these ashes into the river so that you and your followers all know that a god who cannot even protect itself, how can it benefit or harm anyone else?
