قُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- We [i.e., Allāh] said, "Fear not. Indeed, it is you who are superior.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "(மூஸாவே!) நீர் பயப்படாதீர்! நிச்சயமாக நீர் தாம் மேலோங்கி நிற்பீர்!" என்று நாம் சொன்னோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- නුඹ බිය නො වනු. නියත වශයෙන් ම අබිබවා යනුයේ නුඹ ම යැයි අපි පැවසුවෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- ہم نے فرمایا کچھ خوف نہ کر یقیناً تو ہی غالب اور برتر رہے گا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- われは言った。「恐れるには及ばない。本当にあなたが上手である。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我说：你不要怕，你确是占优势的。
Tafsir of 20:68
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)
