فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِيَّهُمۡ وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ٤٤
So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ So they threw fa-alqaw حِبَالَهُمۡ their ropes ḥibālahum وَعِصِيَّهُمۡ and their staffs waʿiṣiyyahum وَقَالُواْ and said waqālū بِعِزَّةِ By the might biʿizzati فِرۡعَوۡنَ (of) Firaun fir'ʿawna إِنَّا indeed, we innā لَنَحۡنُ surely, we lanaḥnu ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ (are) the victorious l-ghālibūna Tafsir And so they threw down their ropes and sticks, and upon throwing them, said, “By the grandeur of Pharaoh we are going to succeed, and Moses is the one who shall be defeated!”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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