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Yunus 77

Ayah 77 of 109 · Meccan

قَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَتَقُولُونَ لِلۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَكُمۡۖ أَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَا وَلَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلسَّٰحِرُونَ ٧٧

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَMusa saidqāla
  2. مُوسَىٰٓMusa saidmūsā
  3. أَتَقُولُونَDo you sayataqūlūna
  4. لِلۡحَقِّabout the truthlil'ḥaqqi
  5. لَمَّاwhenlammā
  6. جَآءَكُمۡۖit has come to youjāakum
  7. أَسِحۡرٌIs this magicasiḥ'run
  8. هَٰذَاIs this magichādhā
  9. وَلَاBut (will) notwalā
  10. يُفۡلِحُsucceedyuf'liḥu
  11. ٱلسَّٰحِرُونَthe magiciansl-sāḥirūna

Tafsir

Moses said to them in disapproval: Are you calling the truth, when it has come to you, magic? Never! This is not magic. I know that a magician can never be successful, so why would I practise magic?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran