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Taha 66

Ayah 66 of 135 · Meccan

قَالَ بَلۡ أَلۡقُواْۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمۡ وَعِصِيُّهُمۡ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيۡهِ مِن سِحۡرِهِمۡ أَنَّهَا تَسۡعَىٰ ٦٦

He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. بَلۡNaybal
  3. أَلۡقُواْۖyou throwalqū
  4. فَإِذَاThen beholdfa-idhā
  5. حِبَالُهُمۡTheir ropesḥibāluhum
  6. وَعِصِيُّهُمۡand their staffswaʿiṣiyyuhum
  7. يُخَيَّلُseemedyukhayyalu
  8. إِلَيۡهِto himilayhi
  9. مِنbymin
  10. سِحۡرِهِمۡtheir magicsiḥ'rihim
  11. أَنَّهَاthat theyannahā
  12. تَسۡعَىٰ(were) movingtasʿā

Tafsir

Moses (peace be upon him) said: Rather, you throw what you have first. So they threw what they had and suddenly their ropes and sticks that they had thrown seemed to Moses, because of their magic, to be snakes moving quickly.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran