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].
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قَالَ He said qāla بَلۡ Nay bal أَلۡقُواْۖ you throw alqū فَإِذَا Then behold fa-idhā حِبَالُهُمۡ Their ropes ḥibāluhum وَعِصِيُّهُمۡ and their staffs waʿiṣiyyuhum يُخَيَّلُ seemed yukhayyalu إِلَيۡهِ to him ilayhi مِن by min سِحۡرِهِمۡ their magic siḥ'rihim أَنَّهَا that they annahā تَسۡعَىٰ (were) moving tasʿā 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
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