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قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ ۖ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍۢ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِى جُذُوعِ ٱلنَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَآ أَشَدُّ عَذَابًۭا وَأَبْقَىٰ﴿٧١

Translation (Sahih International)

[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and you will surely know which of us is more severe in [giving] punishment and more enduring."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
ءَامَنتُمْāmantumYou believe
لَهُۥlahu[to] him
قَبْلَqablabefore
أَنْan[that]
ءَاذَنَādhanaI gave permission
لَكُمْ ۖlakumto you
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
لَكَبِيرُكُمُlakabīrukumu(is) your chief
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
عَلَّمَكُمُʿallamakumutaught you
ٱلسِّحْرَ ۖl-siḥ'rathe magic
فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّfala-uqaṭṭiʿannaSo surely I will cut off
أَيْدِيَكُمْaydiyakumyour hands
وَأَرْجُلَكُمwa-arjulakumand your feet
مِّنْminof
خِلَـٰفٍۢkhilāfinopposite sides
وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْwala-uṣallibannakumand surely I will crucify you
فِىon
جُذُوعِjudhūʿi(the) trunks
ٱلنَّخْلِl-nakhli(of) date-palms
وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّwalataʿlamunnaand surely you will know
أَيُّنَآayyunāwhich of us
أَشَدُّashaddu(is) more severe
عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban(in) punishment
وَأَبْقَىٰwa-abqāand more lasting

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Fir`awn's turning against the Magicians, His threatening Them and Their ReplyAllah, the Exalted, informs of Fir`awn's disbelief, obstinance, transgression and haughtiness against the truth in favor of falsehood. When he saw what he saw of the magnificent miracle and the great sign, and he saw those whose help he sought accept faith in the presence of all of the people, and he was absolutely defeated, he began to behave arrogantly and cast accusations.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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