قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحًى
- EnglishSaheeh International
- [Moses] said, "Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "யவ்முஜ் ஸீனத்" (பண்டிகை நாளே) உங்களுடைய தவணையாகவும், மக்கள் யாவரும் ஒன்று சேரப்பெறும் ளுஹா (முற் பகல்) நேரமும் ஆக இருக்கட்டும்" என்று சொன்னார்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- නුඹලාට පොරොන්දු වූ වේලාව සැණකෙළි දිනය වේ. තවද (එදින) ජනයා උදෑසන රැස් කරනු ලැබිය යුතුය යැයි (මූසා) පැවසී ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- موسیٰ (علیہ السلام) نے جواب دیا کہ زینت اور جشن کے دن کا وعده ہے اور یہ کہ لوگ دن چڑھے ہی جمع ہو جائیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれ（ムーサー）は言った。「あなたとの会合の約束は，祭の日である。人びとを昼前に御集め下さい。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他说：你们的约期定在节日，当众人在早晨集合的时候。
Tafsir of 20:59
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 under his arm while it was glowing white without any illness. At this, Fir`awn said, "This is magic that you have brought to us to bewitch us and conquer the people, so that they will follow you. Then you will outnumber us." Fir`awn then said, "Your plan will not work. We have magic just like yours, so do not let yourself be deceived by that what you are doing." فَاجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِداً (so appoint a meeting between us and you,) Meaning, `a day that we can come together to present some of our magic to confront yours. It will be at a specified place and time.' With this, Musa said to them, مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ الزِّينَةِ (Your appointed meeting is the day of festival,) That was the day of their celebration and their New Year's festivity. It was a holiday for them when they took vacation from their work and came together for a large gathering.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
