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Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 80

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فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ ﴿80﴾
And when the sorcerers came, Mûsâ (Moses) said to them: "Cast down what you want to cast!"
فَلَمَّا falammā So when
جَآءَ jāa came
ٱلسَّحَرَةُ l-saḥaratu the magicians
قَالَ qāla said
لَهُم lahum to them
مُّوسَىٰٓ mūsā Musa
أَلْقُوا۟ alqū Throw
مَآ whatever
أَنتُم antum you
مُّلْقُونَ mul'qūna (wish to) throw

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Then, when all [92] the magicians came, Moses said to them: "Throw whatever you wish to throw."

[92] Why did Pharaoh summon the magicians and stage a contest after knowing all this? And how did he fail in his scheme? The details of this have already been mentioned earlier in Surah Al-A'raf.