قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அதற்கவர்; "அவ்வாறன்று! நீங்களே (முதலில்) எறியுங்கள்" என்று (மூஸா) கூறினார். (அவர்கள் எறியவே) அவர்களுடைய கயிறுகளும் அவர்களுடைய தடிகளும் அவர்கள் சூனியத்தால் (பாம்புகளாக) நிச்சயமாக நெளிந்தோடுவது போல் அவருக்குத் தோன்றியது.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ‘එසේ නම් නුඹලා හෙළනු’ යැයි ඔහු (මූසා) පැවසුවේ ය. එවිට ඔවුන්ගේ මායාව හේතුවෙන් ඔවුන් සතු ලණු හා සැරයටිය (සර්පයන් සේ) උරගා යන්නාක් මෙන් දිස් විය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- جواب دیا کہ نہیں تم ہی پہلے ڈالو ۔ اب تو موسیٰ (علیہ السلام) کو یہ خیال گزرنے لگا کہ ان کی رسیاں اور لکڑیاں ان کے جادو کے زور سے دوڑ بھاگ رہی ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれ（ムーサー）は言った。「いや，あなたがたが先に投げなさい。」すると見るがいい。かれには縄と杖が，魔術で（活きて）走るかのように見えた。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他说：还是你们先抛吧！他们的绳子和拐杖，在他看来，好象是因他们的魔术而蜿蜒的。
Tafsir of 20:66
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 be the first to throw" (Musa) said: "Nay, throw you (first)!") This means, `you magicians should go first so that we can see what magic you are going to perform and so that the true state of their affair will become obvious to the people.' فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَى (Then behold! their ropes and their sticks, by their magic, appeared to him as though they moved fast.) In another Ayah it says that when they threw, وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَونَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَلِبُونَ (Then said: "By the might of Fir`awn, it is we who will certainly win!") 26:44 And Allah, the Exalted, says, سَحَرُواْ أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ (They bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them, and they displayed a great magic.) 7:116 Here, He says in this Surah, فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إ…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
