Surah Ta-Ha 20:66 — translation and meaning
طه · Verse 66 / 135 · Page 316
ۖ قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَى
Word by Word
ۖ
قَالَ
qala
He said
بَلْ
bal
Nay
أَلْقُوا
alqu
you throw
فَإِذَا
fa-idha
Then behold!
حِبَالُهُمْ
hibaluhum
Their ropes
وَعِصِيُّهُمْ
wa'isiyyuhum
and their staffs
يُخَيَّلُ
yukhayyalu
seemed
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to him
مِن
min
by
سِحْرِهِمْ
sih'rihim
their magic
أَنَّهَا
annaha
that they
تَسْعَى
tas'a
(were) moving
Transliteration
Qaala bal alqoo fa izaa hibaaluhum wa 'isiyyuhum yuhaiyalu ilaihi min sihrihim annahaa tas'aa
Translation
He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Moses (peace be upon him) said: Rather, you throw what you have first. So they threw what they had and suddenly their ropes and sticks that they had thrown seemed to Moses, because of their magic, to be snakes moving quickly.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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