Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:34 — translation and meaning

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قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
He said
لِلْمَلَإِ
lil'mala-i
to the chiefs
حَوْلَهُ
hawlahu
around him
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
هَذَا
hadha
this
لَسَاحِرٌ
lasahirun
(is) surely a magician
عَلِيمٌ
alimun
learned

Transliteration

Qaala lilmala-i hawlahooo inna haazaa lasaahirun 'aleem

Translation

[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Pharaoh said to the leaders of his people around him: This man is a magician, well versed in magic.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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