وَجَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ
Wa jaaa'as saharatu Fir'awna qaaloo inna lanaa la ajjran in kunnaa nahnul ghaalibeen
And the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, "Indeed for us is a reward if we are the predominant."
(چنانچہ ایسا ہی کیا گیا) اور جادوگر فرعون کے پاس آپہنچے اور کہنے لگے کہ اگر ہم جیت گئے تو ہمیں صلہ عطا کیا جائے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Its diction and style so bewildered the Arabs that they instantly acknowledged a super human element in it. The sorcerers came to Pharaoh and said:
إِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ
"There must be a reward for us, if we are the victors." (113)
He said,
نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And the sorcerers came to Pharaoh saying ‘Surely a-inna read pronouncing both hamzas or by not pronouncing the second one but inserting an alif between the two in both cases there will be a wage for us if we are the victors?’
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Magicians convene and change Their Ropes into Snakes before Musa
Allah describes the conversation that took place between Fir`awn and the magicians he collected to defeat Musa, peace be upon him. Fir`awn told them that he will reward them and give them tremendous provisions. He made them hope in...
قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ
Qaaloo yaa Moosaaa immaaa an tulqiya wa immaaa an nakoona nahnul mulqeen
They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."
(جب فریقین روزِ مقررہ پر جمع ہوئے تو) جادوگروں نے کہا کہ موسیٰ یا تو تم (جادو کی چیز) ڈالو یا ہم ڈالتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: They said,
قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِمَّا أَن تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِينَ ﴿115﴾
"0 Musa either you throw (first) or shall we be the ones to throw."
The Arabic word:'' اِلقَا ‘ ء ! 'ilga' means to drop something down. On the day of encounter the sorcerers asked the prophet Musa (عل...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They said ‘O Moses either you cast your staff or we shall be the casters!’ of what we have.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِينَ
(Either you throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw) before you. In another Ayah, they said,
وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَى
(Or we be the first to throw) 20:65. Musa said to them, you throw first. It was said that th...
قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ
Qaala alqoo falam maaa alqaw saharooo a'yunannaasi wastarhaboohum wa jaaa'oo bisihrin 'azeem
He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic.
(موسیٰ نے) کہا تم ہی ڈالو۔ جب انہوں نے (جادو کی چیزیں) ڈالیں تو لوگوں کی آنکھوں پر جادو کردیا (یعنی نظربندی کردی) اور (لاٹھیوں اور رسیوں کے سانپ بنا بنا کر) انہیں ڈرا دیا اور بہت بڑا جادو دکھایا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Ibn Kathir has said that the prophet Musa (علیہ السلام) behaved with them politely by inviting them to have their turn first. The effect of this behaviour was that they accepted the faith after their defeat. Here we are faced with a question. The sorcery is an impermissible act, especially when it i...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He said ‘Cast!’ this is a command permitting them to cast first as a means to manifesting the truth. And when they cast their ropes and staffs they put a spell upon the people’s eyes misleading them from perceiving the real state of these ropes and staffs and overawed them scared them by making them...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِينَ
(Either you throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw) before you. In another Ayah, they said,
وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَى
(Or we be the first to throw) 20:65. Musa said to them, you throw first. It was said that th...
وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
Wa awhainaaa ilaa Moosaaa an alqi 'asaaka fa izaa hiya talqafu maa yaafikoon
And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.
(اس وقت) ہم نے موسیٰ کی طرف وحی بھیجی کہ تم بھی اپنی لاٹھی ڈال دو۔ وہ فوراً (سانپ بن کر) جادوگروں کے بنائے ہوئے سانپوں کو (ایک ایک کرکے) نگل جائے گی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The next verse 117 said, وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ ﴿117﴾ "And We revealed to Musa 'Throw your staff.' Then, of a sudden it began to swallow all that they had concocted." We find it reported in history, when thousands of staffs and ropes ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We revealed to Moses saying ‘Cast your staff.’ And lo! it swallowed up read talaqqafu with one of the original tā’ letters of tatalaqqafu omitted the illusion they were creating that which they were transforming by delusion.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Musa defeats the Magicians, Who believe in Him
Allah states that at that tremendous moment, in which Allah differentiated between Truth and Falsehood, He sent a revelation to His servant and Messenger Musa, peace be upon him, ordering him to throw the stick that he held in his right hand,
فَإِذَا هِ...
فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Fawaqa'al haqqu wa batala maa kaanoo ya'maloon
So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.
(پھر) تو حق ثابت ہوگیا اور جو کچھ فرعونی کرتے تھے، باطل ہوگیا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The next verse 117 said, وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ ﴿117﴾ "And We revealed to Musa 'Throw your staff.' Then, of a sudden it began to swallow all that they had concocted." We find it reported in history, when thousands of staffs and ropes ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Thus did the truth come to pass thus was it confirmed and made manifest; and that which they were doing in the way of sorcery was proved false.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Musa defeats the Magicians, Who believe in Him
Allah states that at that tremendous moment, in which Allah differentiated between Truth and Falsehood, He sent a revelation to His servant and Messenger Musa, peace be upon him, ordering him to throw the stick that he held in his right hand,
فَإِذَا هِ...
وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ
Wa ulqiyas saharatu saajideen
And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah].
(یہ کیفیت دیکھ کر) جادوگر سجدے میں گر پڑے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Next, the verse said:
فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿118﴾ فَغُلِبُوا هُنَالِكَ وَانقَلَبُوا صَاغِرِينَ ﴿119﴾ وَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ ﴿120﴾قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ﴿121﴾ رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ ﴿122﴾
"So, the truth prevailed and what they were doing b...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And the sorcerers fell down in prostration.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Musa defeats the Magicians, Who believe in Him
Allah states that at that tremendous moment, in which Allah differentiated between Truth and Falsehood, He sent a revelation to His servant and Messenger Musa, peace be upon him, ordering him to throw the stick that he held in his right hand,
فَإِذَا هِ...
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱئْتُونِى بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ
Wa qaala Fir'awnu' toonee bikulli saahirin 'aleem
And Pharaoh said, "Bring to me every learned magician."
اور فرعون نے حکم دیا کہ سب کامل فن جادوگروں کو ہمارے پاس لے آؤ
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: It was said in the last verse (64) that, for the friends of Allah, there is the good news in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. As for the good news of the Hereafter, it will come at the time of death when the spirit of the deceased will be taken to Allah. At that time, he will hear the good new...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And Pharaoh said ‘Bring me every cunning sorcerer’ every individual excelling in the art of sorcery.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Between Musa and the Magicians
Allah mentioned the story of the magicians and Musa in Surat Al-A`raf (there is a commentary on it in that Surah), this Surah,Surat Ta Ha, and in Surat Ash-Shu`ara'. Fir`awn, may Allah's curse be upon him, wanted to deceive the people and impress them with the tricks o...
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ
Falammaa jaaa'assa haratu qaala lahum Moosaaa alqoo maaa antum mulqoon
So when the magicians came, Moses said to them, "Throw down whatever you will throw."
جب جادوگر آئے تو موسیٰ نے ان سے کہا تم کو جو ڈالنا ہے ڈالو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: It was said in the last verse (64) that, for the friends of Allah, there is the good news in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. As for the good news of the Hereafter, it will come at the time of death when the spirit of the deceased will be taken to Allah. At that time, he will hear the good new...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when the sorcerers came Moses said to them after they had said to him Either you cast or we shall be the casters! Q. 7115 ‘Cast your cast!’
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Between Musa and the Magicians
Allah mentioned the story of the magicians and Musa in Surat Al-A`raf (there is a commentary on it in that Surah), this Surah,Surat Ta Ha, and in Surat Ash-Shu`ara'. Fir`awn, may Allah's curse be upon him, wanted to deceive the people and impress them with the tricks o...
فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ فَٱجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهُۥ نَحْنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانًا سُوًى
Falanaatiyannaka bisihrim mislihee faj'al bainanaa wa bainaka maw'idal laa nukhlifuhoo nahnu wa laaa anta makaanan suwaa
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."
تو ہم بھی تمہارے مقابل ایسا ہی جادو لائیں گے تو ہمارے اور اپنے درمیان ایک وقت مقرر کر لو کہ نہ تو ہم اس کے خلاف کریں اور نہ تم (اور یہ مقابلہ) ایک ہموار میدان میں (ہوگا)
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: By words مَكَانًا سُوًى(at an even place) in verse 58 the Pharaoh proposed that the contest between Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) and his own magicians should be held at a place which should, as far as possible, be within easy access of the Egyptians, Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) and the Bani Isra'il. ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Yet We too shall produce for you a sorcery like it one which will counter it. So fix a tryst between us and you for that purpose a tryst which neither we nor you shall fail to keep at a place makānan is in the accusative because the genitive-operator preposition fī ‘at’ has been removed of equal dis...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Fir`awn describes Musa's Proofs as being Magic and Their Agreement to hold a Contest
Allah, the Exalted, informs of what Fir`awn said to Musa when he showed him the great proof. This great sign to Fir`awn was Musa casting down his stick which became a huge snake, and his pulling his hand out from un...
قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحًى
Qaala maw'idukum yawmuz zeenati wa ai yuhsharan naasu duhaa
[Moses] said, "Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning."
موسیٰ نے کہا آپ کے لئے (مقابلے کا) دن نو روز (مقرر کیا جاتا ہے) اور یہ کہ لوگ اس دن چاشت کے وقت اکھٹے ہوجائیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ الزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ النَّاسُ ضُحًى (Your appointment is the festival day and that the people are assembled at forenoon - 20:59). يَوْمُ الزِّينَةِ has been explained differently by different authorities. Some say it was a special festival when the Egyptians, attired in bea...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Said he Moses ‘Your tryst shall be the Day of Adornment — a festive day of theirs on which they adorn themselves and the public assemble — and let the people assemble let the inhabitants of Egypt gather at forenoon’ the time for this tryst to observe what will transpire.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Fir`awn describes Musa's Proofs as being Magic and Their Agreement to hold a Contest
Allah, the Exalted, informs of what Fir`awn said to Musa when he showed him the great proof. This great sign to Fir`awn was Musa casting down his stick which became a huge snake, and his pulling his hand out from un...
فَتَوَلَّىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَتَىٰ
Fatawallaa Fir'awnu fajjama'a kaidahoo summa ataa
So Pharaoh went away, put together his plan, and then came [to Moses].
تو فرعون لوٹ گیا اور اپنے سامان جمع کرکے پھر آیا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
The words فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُ (and put his plot together) in verse 60 indicate that the Pharaoh assembled his magicians and their tools. According to Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ there were seventy two magicians but others have put their number at figures which vary from four hundred to nine hund...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then Pharaoh withdrew retreated and summoned up his guile that is to say those human elements of his guile from among the sorcerers and then came with them to the tryst.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Meeting of the Two Parties, Musa's Propagation of the Message and the Magicians
Allah, the Exalted informs that when Fir`awn and Musa agreed to an appointed meeting at a specified place and time, Fir`awn began to gather some magicians from the cities of his kingdom. Every person who had any affi...
فَأَجْمِعُوا۟ كَيْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ٱئْتُوا۟ صَفًّا وَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مَنِ ٱسْتَعْلَىٰ
Fa ajmi'oo kaidakum summma'too saffaa; wa qad aflahal yawma manis ta'laa
So resolve upon your plan and then come [forward] in line. And he has succeeded today who overcomes."
تو تم (جادو کا) سامان اکھٹا کرلو اور پھر قطار باندھ کر آؤ۔ آج جو غالب رہا وہی کامیاب ہوا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَأَجْمِعُوا كَيْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ائْتُوا صَفًّا (So, make your plot firm and forth in one row - 20:64). Formation of troops in ranks in battle has an unsettling effect on the enemy, so the Egyptian magicians arranged themselves in ranks for the contest.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So summon up your guile in the way of sorcery read fa’jma‘ū from the first form jama‘a meaning ‘he gathered’ or read fa-ajmi‘ū from the fourth form ajma‘a meaning ‘he resolved to do something’ and come in battle-line saffan a circumstantial qualifier meaning ‘standing in rows’. For truly he who is u...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Meeting of the Two Parties, Musa's Propagation of the Message and the Magicians
Allah, the Exalted informs that when Fir`awn and Musa agreed to an appointed meeting at a specified place and time, Fir`awn began to gather some magicians from the cities of his kingdom. Every person who had any affi...
قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ
Qaaloo yaa Moosaaa immaaa an tulqiya wa immaaa an nakoona awala man alqaa
They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."
بولے کہ موسیٰ یا تم (اپنی چیز) ڈالو یا ہم (اپنی چیزیں) پہلے ڈالتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَأَجْمِعُوا كَيْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ائْتُوا صَفًّا (So, make your plot firm and forth in one row - 20:64). Formation of troops in ranks in battle has an unsettling effect on the enemy, so the Egyptian magicians arranged themselves in ranks for the contest.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They said ‘O Moses you choose either cast your staff first or we shall be the first to cast’ their staff.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Competition, Musa's Victory, and the Magician's Faith
Allah, the Exalted, informs about the magicians when they met Musa, that they said to Musa,
إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ
("Either you throw first...") meaning, "you go first."
وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىقَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُواْ
("...or we b...
قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ
Qaala bal alqoo fa izaa hibaaluhum wa 'isiyyuhum yuhaiyalu ilaihi min sihrihim annahaa tas'aa
He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].
موسیٰ نے کہا نہیں تم ہی ڈالو۔ (جب انہوں نے چیزیں ڈالیں) تو ناگہاں ان کی رسیاں اور لاٹھیاں موسی کے خیال میں ایسی آنے لگیں کہ وہ (میدان) میں ادھر اُدھر دوڑ رہی ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Egyptians were confident of their success and in a mood of complacency asked Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) whether he would like to make the first move or whether they should initiate the contest. Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) invited them to start the contest (Rather, you throw - 20:66) and there w...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He said ‘Nay you cast!’ and so they cast and lo! their ropes and their staffs ‘isiyyihim derives from ‘isūwwun but the two wāw letters have been changed into two yā’ letters with the kasra vowelling applied to both the ‘ayn and the sād appeared to him by the effect of their sorcery as though they we...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Competition, Musa's Victory, and the Magician's Faith
Allah, the Exalted, informs about the magicians when they met Musa, that they said to Musa,
إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ
("Either you throw first...") meaning, "you go first."
وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىقَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُواْ
("...or we b...
فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ
Fa ulqiyas saharatu sujjadan qaalooo aamannaa bi Rabbi Haaroona wa Moosa
So the magicians fell down in prostration. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."
(القصہ یوں ہی ہوا) تو جادوگر سجدے میں گر پڑے (اور) کہنے لگے کہ ہم موسیٰ اور ہارون کے پروردگار پر ایمان لائے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَأَلْقِ مَا فِي يَمِينِكَ (And throw what is in your right hand - 20:69). Allah commanded Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) by means of a revelation (وحی) to cast down what he held in his right hand, and when he threw down his staff it turned into a huge snake and ate up all the imaginary snakes which th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Thereat the sorcerers cast their heads down prostrating they fell down prostrating to God exalted be He They said ‘We now believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Competition, Musa's Victory, and the Magician's Faith
Allah, the Exalted, informs about the magicians when they met Musa, that they said to Musa,
إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ
("Either you throw first...") meaning, "you go first."
وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىقَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُواْ
("...or we b...
فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
Fa jumi'as saharatu limeeqaati Yawmim ma'loom
So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.
تو جادوگر ایک مقررہ دن کی میعاد پر جمع ہوگئے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
That you must send the children of Isra'i1 with us". (26:17)
Bani Isra'il were the residents of Syria. They wanted to go back to their land but the Pharaoh would not let them. This way four hundred years had passed and they were living in his bondage like s...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So the sorcerers were assembled at a fixed time of a known day which was the morning of the Festival Day.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Between Musa, peace be upon him, and the Sorcerers Allah describes the actual encounter between Musa, peace be upon him,and the Egyptians in Surat Al-A` raf, Surah Ta Ha, and in this Surah
The Egyptians wanted to extinguish the Light of Allah with their words, but Allah insisted that His Light shoul...
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ
Qaala lahum Moosaaa alqoo maaa antum mulqoon
Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."
موسیٰ نے ان سے کہا کہ جو چیز ڈالنی چاہتے ہو، ڈالو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary.
أَلْقُوا مَا أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ
Musa (علیہ السلام) said to them, "Throw you down what you are to throw." (26:43)
Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) said to the magicians ` You show the magic you wish to show'. With a cursory look one might be inclined to think that Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) or...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Moses said to them after they had said to him Either you cast or we shall be the casters Q. 7115 ‘Cast what you have to cast’ — the command to do this signifies an authorisation for them to cast and a means whereby the truth will be made to prevail.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Between Musa, peace be upon him, and the Sorcerers Allah describes the actual encounter between Musa, peace be upon him,and the Egyptians in Surat Al-A` raf, Surah Ta Ha, and in this Surah
The Egyptians wanted to extinguish the Light of Allah with their words, but Allah insisted that His Light shoul...