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قَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَتَقُولُونَ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَكُمْ ۖ أَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَا وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّٰحِرُونَ﴿٧٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Moses said, "Do you say [thus] about the truth when it has come to you? Is this magic? But magicians will not succeed."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaMusa said
مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa said
أَتَقُولُونَataqūlūnaDo you say
لِلْحَقِّlil'ḥaqqiabout the truth
لَمَّاlammāwhen
جَآءَكُمْ ۖjāakumit has come to you
أَسِحْرٌasiḥ'runIs this magic
هَـٰذَاhādhāIs this magic
وَلَاwalāBut (will) not
يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥusucceed
ٱلسَّـٰحِرُونَl-sāḥirūnathe magicians

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of Musa and Fira`wnAllah said: ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا(Then after them We sent ) meaning ofter these Messengers, مُّوسَى وَهَـرُونَ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ(Musa and Harun to Fir`awn and his chiefs,) meaning his people بِـَايَـتِنَآ(with Our Ayat.) meaning; `Our proofs and evidences.' فَاسْتَكْبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوْماً مُّجْرِمِينَ(But they behaved arrogantly, and were a people who were criminals.) meaning they were too arrogant to follow the truth and submit to it, and they were criminals.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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