سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 66
قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ ﴿66﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
[Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "Nay, throw you (first)!" Then behold! their ropes and their sticks, by their magic, appeared to him as though they moved fast.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
بَلْ
bal
Nay
أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ
alqū
you throw
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
Then behold
حِبَالُهُمْ
ḥibāluhum
Their ropes
وَعِصِيُّهُمْ
waʿiṣiyyuhum
and their staffs
يُخَيَّلُ
yukhayyalu
seemed
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to him
مِن
min
by
سِحْرِهِمْ
siḥ'rihim
their magic
أَنَّهَا
annahā
that they
تَسْعَىٰ
tasʿā
(were) moving
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
66. 1. Hazrat Musa (علیہ السلام) first asked them to show their trick, so that it would become clear to them that he is not afraid of such a large number of magicians whom Pharaoh has gathered, nor of their magical skills and tricks. Secondly, when their magical deceptions vanish in the blink of an eye by the divine miracle, it will have a very good effect, and the magicians will be compelled to think that this is not magic; indeed, he is supported by Allah, as in a single moment, his one staff swallowed up all our tricks.
