Surah Ta-Ha 20:61 — translation and meaning

طه · Verse 61 / 135 · Page 315

ۖ قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَى وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ افْتَرَى

Word by Word

ۖ
قَالَ
qala
Said
لَهُم
lahum
to them
مُّوسَى
musa
Musa
وَيْلَكُمْ
waylakum
Woe to you!
لَا
la
(Do) not
تَفْتَرُوا
taftaru
invent
عَلَى
ala
against
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
كَذِبًا
kadhiban
a lie
فَيُسْحِتَكُم
fayus'hitakum
lest He will destroy you
بِعَذَابٍ
bi'adhabin
with a punishment
وَقَدْ
waqad
And verily
خَابَ
khaba
he failed
مَنِ
mani
who
افْتَرَى
if'tara
invented

Transliteration

Qaala lahum Moosaa wailakum laa taftaroo 'alal laahi kaziban fa yus hitakum bi 'azaab, wa qad khaaba manif taraa

Translation

Moses said to the magicians summoned by Pharaoh, "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allah or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Moses said advising Pharaoh’s magicians: Beware, do not invent lies against Allah through the magic by means of which you deceive people, or He will eliminate you with a punishment from Him. Whoever invents lies against Allah is a loser.

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

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"Moses said to the magicians summoned by Pharaoh, "Woe to you! Do…" — Ta-Ha 20:61