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Verse 111of 206

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ﴿١١١

Translation (Sahih International)

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
أَرْجِهْarjihPostpone him
وَأَخَاهُwa-akhāhuand his brother
وَأَرْسِلْwa-arsiland send
فِىin
ٱلْمَدَآئِنِl-madāinithe cities
حَـٰشِرِينَḥāshirīnagatherers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

أَرْجِهْ("Put him off"), means, "delay him (for a time)." وَأَرْسِلْ فِى الْمَدَآئِنِ("and send to the cities"), areas and provinces of your kingdom -- O Fir`awn, حَـشِرِينَ("to collect") to gather magicians from various lands. At this time, magic was the trade of the day and it was widespread and popular. They had the idea that what Musa brought was a type of magic similar to the magic that the sorcerers of their time practiced.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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