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Ash-Shu'ara 49

Ayah 49 of 227 · Meccan

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٖ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٤٩

[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. ءَامَنتُمۡYou believedāmantum
  3. لَهُۥin himlahu
  4. قَبۡلَbeforeqabla
  5. أَنۡ[that]an
  6. ءَاذَنَI gave permissionādhana
  7. لَكُمۡۖto youlakum
  8. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, heinnahu
  9. لَكَبِيرُكُمُ(is) surely your chieflakabīrukumu
  10. ٱلَّذِيwhoalladhī
  11. عَلَّمَكُمُhas taught youʿallamakumu
  12. ٱلسِّحۡرَthe magicl-siḥ'ra
  13. فَلَسَوۡفَso surely soonfalasawfa
  14. تَعۡلَمُونَۚyou will knowtaʿlamūna
  15. لَأُقَطِّعَنَّI will surely cut offla-uqaṭṭiʿanna
  16. أَيۡدِيَكُمۡyour handsaydiyakum
  17. وَأَرۡجُلَكُمand your feetwa-arjulakum
  18. مِّنۡofmin
  19. خِلَٰفٖopposite sideskhilāfin
  20. وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡand I will surely crucify youwala-uṣallibannakum
  21. أَجۡمَعِينَallajmaʿīna

Tafsir

Pharaoh, disapproving of the magicians’ belief, said to them, “Have you accepted Moses as being true, before I gave you permission to do so? Indeed, Moses is your mentor who has taught you magic; you have all collaborated to exile the people of Egypt from its lands, and you will soon see what punishment I inflict upon you. I shall cut off a hand and leg of each of you from opposite sides, and crucify you all on palm trunks, sparing no one.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran