Surah Ta-Ha 20:58 — translation and meaning

طه · Verse 58 / 135 · Page 315

فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهِ فَاجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهُ نَحْنُ وَلَا أَنتَ مَكَانًا سُوًى

Word by Word

فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ
falanatiyannaka
Then we will surely produce for you
بِسِحْرٍ
bisih'rin
magic
مِّثْلِهِ
mith'lihi
like it
فَاجْعَلْ
fa-ij'al
So make
بَيْنَنَا
baynana
between us
وَبَيْنَكَ
wabaynaka
and between you
مَوْعِدًا
maw'idan
an appointment
لَّا
la
not
نُخْلِفُهُ
nukh'lifuhu
we will fail it
نَحْنُ
nahnu
[we]
وَلَا
wala
and not
أَنتَ
anta
you
مَكَانًا
makanan
(in) a place
سُوًى
suwan
even

Transliteration

Falanaatiyannaka bisihrim mislihee faj'al bainanaa wa bainaka maw'idal laa nukhlifuhoo nahnu wa laaa anta makaanan suwaa

Translation

Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

We will certainly bring to, O Moses, magic similar to yours, so make an appointment between you and us at a specified time and place, which neither of us will fail to keep, and let the place be a central and even place to both groups.

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

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