Tá-Há 20:66 قال بل القوا فاذا حبالهم وعصيهم يخيل اليه من سحرهم انها تسعى ٦٦
قَالَ
بَلۡ
أَلۡقُواْۖ
فَإِذَا
حِبَالُهُمۡ
وَعِصِيُّهُمۡ
يُخَيَّلُ
إِلَيۡهِ
مِن
سِحۡرِهِمۡ
أَنَّهَا
تَسۡعَىٰ
٦٦
He said: Nay, do ye throw! Then lo! their cords and their staves, by their magic, appeared to him as though they ran.
— M. Pickthall
He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].
— Saheeh International
He said, "Nay, throw ye first!" Then behold their ropes and their rods-so it seemed to him on account of their magic - began to be in lively motion!
— A. Yusuf Ali
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Competition, Musa's Victory, and the Magician's Faith
Allah, the Exalted, informs about the magicians when they met Musa, that they said to Musa,
إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ
("Either you throw first...") meaning, "you go first."
وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىقَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُواْ
("...or we be t
…The Competition, Musa's Victory, and the Magician's Faith
Allah, the Exalted, informs about the magicians when they met Musa, that they said to Musa,
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