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قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى Qur’an Ta-Ha (20:94)

Q a la ya bna omma l a takhu th bili h yatee wal a birasee innee khasheetu an taqoola farraqta bayna banee isr a eela walam tarqub qawlee

Answered [Aaron]: "O my mother's son! Seize me not by my beard, nor by my head!⁷⁹ Behold, I was afraid lest [on thy return] thou say, 'Thou hast caused a split among the children of Israel, and hast paid no heed to my bidding!'"⁸⁰

- Mohammad Asad

Haroon replied: "O son of my mother! Do not seize me by my beard nor pull the hair of my head, in fact I was afraid lest you might say: `You have caused a division, through civil war, among the Children of Israel and did not respect to what I said, 'to keep peace'."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Aaron pleaded, 'O son of my mother! Do not seize me by my beard or 'the hair of' my head. I really feared that you would say, 'You have caused division among the Children of Israel, and did not observe my word.''

- Mustafa Khattab

He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

(Aaron) replied: "O son of my mother! seize (me not) by my beard nor by (the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say `Thou hast caused a division among the Children of Israel and thou didst not respect my word!'" ²⁶¹⁸ ²⁶¹⁹

Surah 20. Ta-Ha, Ayah 94

Answered [Aaron]: "O my mother's son! Seize me not by my beard, nor by my head!⁷⁹ Behold, I was afraid lest [on thy return] thou say, 'Thou hast caused a split among the children of Israel, and hast paid no heed to my bidding!'"⁸⁰

- Mohammad Asad

Haroon replied: "O son of my mother! Do not seize me by my beard nor pull the hair of my head, in fact I was afraid lest you might say: `You have caused a division, through civil war, among the Children of Israel and did not respect to what I said, 'to keep peace'."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Aaron pleaded, 'O son of my mother! Do not seize me by my beard or 'the hair of' my head. I really feared that you would say, 'You have caused division among the Children of Israel, and did not observe my word.''

- Mustafa Khattab

He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

(Aaron) replied: "O son of my mother! seize (me not) by my beard nor by (the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say `Thou hast caused a division among the Children of Israel and thou didst not respect my word!'" ²⁶¹⁸ ²⁶¹⁹

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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Surah 20. Ta-Ha, Ayah 94

Answered [Aaron]: "O my mother's son! Seize me not by my beard, nor by my head!79 Behold, I was afraid lest [on thy return] thou say, 'Thou hast caused a split among the children of Israel, and hast paid no heed to my bidding!'"80

- Mohammad Asad

Haroon replied: "O son of my mother! Do not seize me by my beard nor pull the hair of my head, in fact I was afraid lest you might say: `You have caused a division, through civil war, among the Children of Israel and did not respect to what I said, 'to keep peace'."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Aaron pleaded, 'O son of my mother! Do not seize me by my beard or 'the hair of' my head. I really feared that you would say, 'You have caused division among the Children of Israel, and did not observe my word.''

- Mustafa Khattab

He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

(Aaron) replied: "O son of my mother! seize (me not) by my beard nor by (the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say `Thou hast caused a division among the Children of Israel and thou didst not respect my word!'" 2618 2619

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Related Islamic Resources

Answered [Aaron]: "O my mother's son! Seize me not by my beard, nor by my head!⁷⁹ Behold, I was afraid lest [on thy return] thou say, 'Thou hast caused a split among the children of Israel, and hast paid no heed to my bidding!'"⁸⁰

(Aaron) replied: "O son of my mother! seize (me not) by my beard nor by (the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say `Thou hast caused a division among the Children of Israel and thou didst not respect my word!'" ²⁶¹⁸ ²⁶¹⁹