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قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًۭا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍۢ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ﴿٦١

Translation (Sahih International)

Moses said to the magicians summoned by Pharaoh, "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allah or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaSaid
لَهُمlahumto them
مُّوسَىٰmūsāMusa
وَيْلَكُمْwaylakumWoe to you
لَا(Do) not
تَفْتَرُوا۟taftarūinvent
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
كَذِبًۭاkadhibana lie
فَيُسْحِتَكُمfayus'ḥitakumlest He will destroy you
بِعَذَابٍۢ ۖbiʿadhābinwith a punishment
وَقَدْwaqadAnd verily
خَابَkhābahe failed
مَنِmaniwho
ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvented

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Meeting of the Two Parties, Musa's Propagation of the Message and the MagiciansAllah, the Exalted informs that when Fir`awn and Musa agreed to an appointed meeting at a specified place and time, Fir`awn began to gather some magicians from the cities of his kingdom. Every person who had any affiliation with magic at that time was summoned, and magic was very widespread and in demand at that time.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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