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فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ قَالُوا۟ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّفْتَرًۭى وَمَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِىٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, "This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers."

Word-by-word meaning

فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
جَآءَهُمjāahumcame to them
مُّوسَىٰmūsāMusa
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināwith Our Signs
بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātinclear
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
مَاNot
هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
إِلَّاillāexcept
سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'runa magic
مُّفْتَرًۭىmuf'taraninvented
وَمَاwamāand not
سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāwe heard
بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāof this
فِىٓamong
ءَابَآئِنَاābāināour forefathers
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnaour forefathers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Musa before Fir`awn and His PeopleAllah tells us how Musa and his brother Harun came before Fir`awn and his chiefs, and showed them the clear miracles and overwhelming proof that Allah had given them to confirm the truth of what they were saying about Allah being One and that His commandments were to be followed.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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