سُوْرَةُ يُوْنُسَ
Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 77
قَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَتَقُولُونَ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَكُمْ ۖ أَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَا وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّـٰحِرُونَ ﴿77﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Mûsâ (Moses) said: "Say you (this) about the truth when it has come to you? Is this magic? But the magicians will never be successful."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
Musa said
مُوسَىٰٓ
mūsā
Musa said
أَتَقُولُونَ
ataqūlūna
Do you say
لِلْحَقِّ
lil'ḥaqqi
about the truth
لَمَّا
lammā
when
جَآءَكُمْ ۖ
jāakum
it has come to you
أَسِحْرٌ
asiḥ'run
Is this magic
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
Is this magic
وَلَا
walā
But (will) not
يُفْلِحُ
yuf'liḥu
succeed
ٱلسَّـٰحِرُونَ
l-sāḥirūna
the magicians
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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Moses said to them: "Is it (so) that when the truth has come to you, you call it magic? Is this magic? Magicians never succeed [90]."
[90]
The Response of Sayyiduna Musa, the Difference Between a Magician and a Prophet:
Upon hearing this response from Pharaoh and his courtiers, Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) asked them: Do magicians ever behave in the manner in which I am delivering Allah’s message to you? If they wish to come to you, they first seek an intermediary and request permission to enter. Then, if they succeed at this stage and reach you, they bow their heads in utter humility and supplication before you, offering you blessings and showing respect. Then they seek permission to perform their tricks. After finishing their act, they greet you and demand rewards and honors. If you wish, you may give them something, or you may scold them and dismiss them at any stage, or not allow them to enter at all. Their entire lives are spent in this humiliation and in this trade, and their greed never ends. So, do you not see any difference between a magician and myself? (For further clarification, see the difference between magic and miracle in Surah Al-A'raf, verse 120) (And for the difference between a messenger and a magician, see also Surah Yunus, verse 2)
[90]
The Response of Sayyiduna Musa, the Difference Between a Magician and a Prophet:
Upon hearing this response from Pharaoh and his courtiers, Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) asked them: Do magicians ever behave in the manner in which I am delivering Allah’s message to you? If they wish to come to you, they first seek an intermediary and request permission to enter. Then, if they succeed at this stage and reach you, they bow their heads in utter humility and supplication before you, offering you blessings and showing respect. Then they seek permission to perform their tricks. After finishing their act, they greet you and demand rewards and honors. If you wish, you may give them something, or you may scold them and dismiss them at any stage, or not allow them to enter at all. Their entire lives are spent in this humiliation and in this trade, and their greed never ends. So, do you not see any difference between a magician and myself? (For further clarification, see the difference between magic and miracle in Surah Al-A'raf, verse 120) (And for the difference between a messenger and a magician, see also Surah Yunus, verse 2)
