فَتَنَٰزَعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَىٰ ٦٢
So they disputed over their affair among themselves and concealed their private conversation.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَتَنَٰزَعُوٓاْThen they disputedfatanāzaʿū
- أَمۡرَهُم(in) their affairamrahum
- بَيۡنَهُمۡamong thembaynahum
- وَأَسَرُّواْand they kept secretwa-asarrū
- ٱلنَّجۡوَىٰthe private conversationl-najwā
Tafsir
The magicians argued among themselves when they heard what Moses (peace be upon him) had to say and they conferred secretly.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran