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وَأَلْقِ مَا فِى يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا۟ كَيْدُ سَٰحِرٍۢ ۖ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىٰ﴿٦٩

Translation (Sahih International)

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."

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَلْقِwa-alqiAnd throw
مَاwhat
فِى(is) in
يَمِينِكَyamīnikayour right hand
تَلْقَفْtalqafit will swallow up
مَاwhat
صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖṣanaʿūthey have made
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
صَنَعُوا۟ṣanaʿūthey (have) made
كَيْدُkaydua trick
سَـٰحِرٍۢ ۖsāḥirin(of) a magician
وَلَاwalāand not
يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuwill be successful
ٱلسَّاحِرُl-sāḥiruthe magician
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
أَتَىٰatāhe comes

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Competition, Musa's Victory, and the Magician's FaithAllah, 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("...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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