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20:66
قال بل القوا فاذا حبالهم وعصيهم يخيل اليه من سحرهم انها تسعى ٦٦
قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ ٦٦
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Moses responded, “No, you go first.” And suddenly their ropes and staffs appeared to him—by their magic—to be slithering.
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Damascus
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Readings
يُخَيَّلُ
yukhayyalu
“it seemed to him that they were moving”
The verb here is conjugated for the implied verbal noun saʿy.
تُخَيَّلُ
tukhayyalu
“they seemed to him to be moving”
In this reading, the verb is conjugated for the ropes and sticks.

Explanation

These readings convey the same meaning with slightly different grammar [al-Mahdawi].

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran