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Taha 69

Ayah 69 of 135 · Meccan

وَأَلۡقِ مَا فِي يَمِينِكَ تَلۡقَفۡ مَا صَنَعُوٓاْۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُواْ كَيۡدُ سَٰحِرٖۖ وَلَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيۡثُ أَتَىٰ ٦٩

And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَلۡقِAnd throwwa-alqi
  2. مَاwhatmā
  3. فِي(is) infī
  4. يَمِينِكَyour right handyamīnika
  5. تَلۡقَفۡit will swallow uptalqaf
  6. مَاwhatmā
  7. صَنَعُوٓاْۖthey have madeṣanaʿū
  8. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  9. صَنَعُواْthey (have) madeṣanaʿū
  10. كَيۡدُa trickkaydu
  11. سَٰحِرٖۖ(of) a magiciansāḥirin
  12. وَلَاand notwalā
  13. يُفۡلِحُwill be successfulyuf'liḥu
  14. ٱلسَّاحِرُthe magicianl-sāḥiru
  15. حَيۡثُwhereverḥaythu
  16. أَتَىٰhe comesatā

Tafsir

Throw down the stick that is in your right hand: it will turn into a snake and swallow up the magic they have produced. They have only produced a magic trick, and a magician will not achieve his objective, wherever he may be.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran