طه : ٧١

  • قَالَ He said
  • ءَامَنتُمۡ You believe
  • لَهُۥ [to] him
  • قَبۡلَ before
  • أَنۡ [that]
  • ءَاذَنَ I gave permission
  • لَكُمۡۖ to you
  • إِنَّهُۥ Indeed he
  • لَكَبِيرُكُمُ (is) your chief
  • ٱلَّذِي the one who
  • عَلَّمَكُمُ taught you
  • ٱلسِّحۡرَۖ the magic
  • فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ So surely I will cut off
  • أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ your hands
  • وَأَرۡجُلَكُم and your feet
  • مِّنۡ of
  • خِلَٰفٖ opposite sides
  • وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ and surely I will crucify you
  • فِي on
  • جُذُوعِ (the) trunks
  • ٱلنَّخۡلِ (of) date-palms
  • وَلَتَعۡلَمُنَّ and surely you will know
  • أَيُّنَآ which of us
  • أَشَدُّ (is) more severe
  • عَذَابٗا (in) punishment
  • وَأَبۡقَىٰ and more lasting
[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] 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."
Said he, Pharaoh, 'Do you profess belief (read a-aamantum pronouncing both hamzas, or with the second changed to an alif) in him before I, myself, give you permission? He is indeed your chief, your teacher, who taught you sorcery. I shall assuredly cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides (min khilaafin, a circumstantial qualifier meaning 'alternate [hands and feet]', in other words, the right hands and the left feet) and I shall assuredly crucify you on the trunks of palm trees. And you shall then know which of us - meaning himself and the Lord of Moses - is harsher in [inflicting] chastisement, and [which of us is] more lasting', more enduring in [sustaining] opposition to him [Moses].