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Az-Zukhruf 49

Ayah 49 of 89 · Meccan

وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدۡعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهۡتَدُونَ ٤٩

And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالُواْAnd they saidwaqālū
  2. يَٰٓأَيُّهَOyāayyuha
  3. ٱلسَّاحِرُ[the] magicianl-sāḥiru
  4. ٱدۡعُInvokeud'ʿu
  5. لَنَاfor uslanā
  6. رَبَّكَyour Lordrabbaka
  7. بِمَاby whatbimā
  8. عَهِدَHe has made covenantʿahida
  9. عِندَكَwith youʿindaka
  10. إِنَّنَاIndeed, weinnanā
  11. لَمُهۡتَدُونَ(will) surely be guidedlamuh'tadūna

Tafsir

So when some of the punishment came upon them, they said to Moses (peace be upon him), “O sorcerer! Pray to your Lord for us asking Him to remove this punishment just as He said He would if we believed. If it is removed from us, we will be guided to the truth.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran