وَأَلۡقِ
مَا
فِي
يَمِينِكَ
تَلۡقَفۡ
مَا
صَنَعُوٓاْۖ
إِنَّمَا
صَنَعُواْ
كَيۡدُ
سَٰحِرٖۖ
وَلَا
يُفۡلِحُ
ٱلسَّاحِرُ
حَيۡثُ
أَتَىٰ
٦٩
Throw that which is in thy right hand! It will eat up that which they have made. Lo! that which they have made is but a wizard's artifice, and a wizard shall not be successful to whatever point (of skill) he may attain.
— M. Pickthall
And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."
— Saheeh International
"Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up that which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician's trick: and the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes."
— A. Yusuf Ali
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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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