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Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 49 (26:49)

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قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ …

Quran 26:49 is ayah 49 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 369 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:49
قَالَءَامَنتُمْلَهُۥقَبْلَأَنْءَاذَنَلَكُمْ ۖإِنَّهُۥلَكَبِيرُكُمُٱلَّذِىعَلَّمَكُمُٱلسِّحْرَفَلَسَوْفَتَعْلَمُونَ ۚلَأُقَطِّعَنَّأَيْدِيَكُمْوَأَرْجُلَكُممِّنْخِلَٰفٍوَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْأَجْمَعِينَ٤٩
qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu alladhī ʿallamakumu l-siḥ'ra falasawfa taʿlamūna la-uqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin wala-uṣallibannakum ajmaʿīna

[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."(49)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. ءَامَنتُمْāmantumYou believed
  3. لَهُۥlahuin him
  4. قَبْلَqablabefore
  5. أَنْan[that]
  6. ءَاذَنَādhanaI gave permission
  7. لَكُمْ ۖlakumto you
  8. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
  9. لَكَبِيرُكُمُlakabīrukumu(is) surely your chief
  10. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwho
  11. عَلَّمَكُمُʿallamakumuhas taught you
  12. ٱلسِّحْرَl-siḥ'rathe magic
  13. فَلَسَوْفَfalasawfaso surely soon
  14. تَعْلَمُونَ ۚtaʿlamūnayou will know
  15. لَأُقَطِّعَنَّla-uqaṭṭiʿannaI will surely cut off
  16. أَيْدِيَكُمْaydiyakumyour hands
  17. وَأَرْجُلَكُمwa-arjulakumand your feet
  18. مِّنْminof
  19. خِلَٰفٍkhilāfinopposite sides
  20. وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْwala-uṣallibannakumand I will surely crucify you
  21. أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall

Tafsir (commentary) of 26:49

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This commentary explains ayahs 26:49–51 together.

Between Fir`awn and the Sorcerers

His threats against them resulted only in an increase in their faith and submission to Allah, for the veil of disbelief had been lifted from their hearts and the truth became clear to them because they knew something that their people did not: that what Musa had done could not have been done by any human being unless Allah helped him, making it proof and an evidence of the truth of what he had brought from his Lord. Then Fir`awn said to them:

ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ

(You have believed in him before I give you leave.) meaning, `you should have asked my permission for what you did, and you did not consult with me; if I had given you permission you could have done it, and if I did not allow you, you should not have done it, for I am the ruler and the one to be obeyed.'

إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ

(Surely, he indeed is your chief, who has taught you magic!) This is stubborn talk, and anyone can see that it is nonsense, for they had never met Musa before that day, so how could he have been their chief who taught them how to do magic No rational person would say this. Then Fir`awn threatened to cut off their hands and feet, and crucify them. They said:

لاَ ضَيْرَ

(No harm!) meaning, `no problem, that will not harm us and we do not care.'

إِنَّآ إِلَى رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

(Surely, to our Lord we are to return.) means, `the return of us all is to Allah, may He be glorified, and He will never allow the reward of anyone who has done good to be lost. What you have done to us is not hidden from Him, and He will reward us in full for that.' So they said:

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـيَـنَآ

(Verily, we really hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins,) `the sins we have committed and the magic you forced us to do.'

أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

(as we are the first of the believers,) means, because we are the first of our people, the Egyptians, to believe. So he killed them all.

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