The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 114
CH. 20 ṬĀHĀ PT. 16 فَأَلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوا أَمَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَرُونَ وَمُوسَى. 71. Then the magicians were made to fall down prostrate. They said, "We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses. '2290 believe in him before I give you قَالَ أَمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ اذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُ Pharaoh said, “Do you. 12 لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ leave? He must be your chief فَلَا قَطِعَنَ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ will therefore surely cut off خِلَافٍ وَلَا وصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِي جُذُوعِ who has taught you magic. "I your hands and your feet on account of your disobedience, النَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَا أَشَدُّ عَذَابًا and I will surely crucify you on the trunks of palm trees; and you shall know which of us can impose severer and more abiding punishment. '2291 a7:121; 26:47. b7:122-123; 26:48-49. 7:124; 26:50. d7:125; 26:50. Commentary: The verse makes it clear that it was the rod of Moses and not anything else which "swallowed" that which the magicians had wrought, and which undid their magic. The rod of Moses wielded with the spiritual force of a great Prophet and thrown at the command of Almighty God exposed the deception that the magicians had wrought on the spectators by their magic. Elsewhere in the Quran the staves and cords of the magicians have been described as their lies (7:118). 2290. Commentary: The magicians admitted their defeat and became fully convinced of the rightness and righteousness of Moses' cause. 2291. Important Words: وابقى ✓ (on account of) among other things means, because of, on account of, by reason of; as in s tubs l♪ i. e. because of their sins they were drowned (71:26). It also means on, by, etc. (Aqrab). are يخالفة disobedience and) خلاف infinitive nouns from. They say i. e. he disagreed with him, he خالف بين الشيئين. disobeyed or defied him means, he put the things on contrary sides or in contrary directions. means, disobedience, defiance; the contrary or opposite of a thing; contrary or alternate sides (Aqrab & Lane). would therefore mean, on account of disobedience or on alternate sides. here is used in the sense of os, which also signifies 2028