وَأَلْقِ مَا فِى يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا۟ كَيْدُ سَـٰحِرٍ ۖ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىٰ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "இன்னும், உம் வலது கையில் இருப்பதை நீர் கீழே எறியும்; அவர்கள் செய்த (சூனியங்கள் யா)வற்றையும் அது விழுங்கி விடும்; அவர்கள் செய்தது சூனியக்காரனின் சூழ்ச்சியே ஆகும்; ஆகவே சூனியக்காரன் எங்கு சென்றாலும் வெற்றி பெற மாட்டான்" (என்றும் கூறினோம்).
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද නුඹේ දකුණතෙහි ඇති දෑ නුඹ හෙළනු. ඔවුන් සිදු කළ දෑ එය ගිලනු ඇත. එසේ ඔවුන් සිදු කළේ මායාකරුවන්ගේ කුමන්ත්රණයයි. මායාකරු කවර අයුරින් පැමිණිය ද ජය නො ලබනු ඇත.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور تیرے دائیں ہاتھ میں جو ہے اسے ڈالدے کہ ان کی تمام کاریگری کووه نگل جائے، انہوں نے جو کچھ بنایا ہے یہ صرف جادوگروں کے کرتب ہیں اور جادوگر کہیں سے بھی آئے کامیاب نہیں ہوتا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- あなたの右手にあるものを投げなさい。かれらが作ったものを呑み込め。魔術師の誤魔化しに過ぎない。魔術師は何処から来ても，（何事も）成功しない。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 你抛下你右手里的拐杖，它就会吞没了他们所造作的。他们所造作的，只是术士的法术；术士们无论干什么总是不成功的。
Tafsir of 20:69
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)
