Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:43 — translation and meaning

الشعراء · Verse 43 / 227 · Page 369

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَى أَلْقُوا مَا أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
Said
لَهُم
lahum
to them
مُّوسَى
musa
Musa
أَلْقُوا
alqu
Throw
مَا
ma
what
أَنتُم
antum
you
مُّلْقُونَ
mul'quna
(are) going to throw

Transliteration

Qaala lahum Moosaaa alqoo maaa antum mulqoon

Translation

Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Confident in Allah’s help and in order to show clearly that whatever he possessed was not magic, Moses said to them, “Throw whatever ropes and sticks you want to!”

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

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