فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُواْ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجۡرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ ٤١
And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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فَلَمَّا So when falammā جَآءَ came jāa ٱلسَّحَرَةُ the magicians l-saḥaratu قَالُواْ they said qālū لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ to Firaun lifir'ʿawna أَئِنَّ Is there a-inna لَنَا for us lanā لَأَجۡرًا a reward la-ajran إِن if in كُنَّا we are kunnā نَحۡنُ we are naḥnu ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ the victorious l-ghālibīna Tafsir So when the magicians came before Pharaoh to challenge Moses, they said to him, “Will we have a tangible reward or an intangible one, if we have the upper hand over Moses?”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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