سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 70
فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَـٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ ﴿70﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
So the magicians fell down prostrate. They said: "We believe in the Lord of Hârûn (Aaron) and Mûsâ (Moses)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَأُلْقِىَ
fa-ul'qiya
So were thrown down
ٱلسَّحَرَةُ
l-saḥaratu
the magicians
سُجَّدًۭا
sujjadan
prostrating
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
We believe
بِرَبِّ
birabbi
in (the) Lord
هَـٰرُونَ
hārūna
(of) Harun
وَمُوسَىٰ
wamūsā
and Musa
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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So (upon seeing this) the magicians fell down in prostration. They said, "We believe [49] in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."
[49]
The Magicians’ Acceptance of Faith:
The magicians had probably never seen the staff of Sayyiduna Musa (Moses) ؑ turn into a serpent before. They had only been told that a man, by the power of magic, turns his staff into a snake and that they had to compete with him. But when the magicians themselves saw with their own eyes that the serpent formed from the staff swallowed up the snakes they had created, they realized that this matter was beyond the scope of the knowledge of magic. And Musa and Harun (Moses and Aaron) علیہما السلام were not magicians, but in fact, messengers of Allah. And when these prophets, in joy of victory, performed a prostration of gratitude before Allah, the magicians too, involuntarily, fell into prostration with them and, in the midst of the assembly, announced their acceptance of faith in these messengers. (For the difference between miracle and magic, see the footnote of verse 113 of Surah Al-A'raf.)
[49]
The Magicians’ Acceptance of Faith:
The magicians had probably never seen the staff of Sayyiduna Musa (Moses) ؑ turn into a serpent before. They had only been told that a man, by the power of magic, turns his staff into a snake and that they had to compete with him. But when the magicians themselves saw with their own eyes that the serpent formed from the staff swallowed up the snakes they had created, they realized that this matter was beyond the scope of the knowledge of magic. And Musa and Harun (Moses and Aaron) علیہما السلام were not magicians, but in fact, messengers of Allah. And when these prophets, in joy of victory, performed a prostration of gratitude before Allah, the magicians too, involuntarily, fell into prostration with them and, in the midst of the assembly, announced their acceptance of faith in these messengers. (For the difference between miracle and magic, see the footnote of verse 113 of Surah Al-A'raf.)
