Ta Ha 20:66

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Arabic English Morphology
قَالَ qāla
He said V
بَلْ bal
Nay Prep
you throw V
فَإِذَا fa-idhā
Then behold Prep
حِبَالُهُمْ ḥibāluhum
Their ropes Noun
وَعِصِيُّهُمْ waʿiṣiyyuhum
and their staffs Noun
يُخَيَّلُ yukhayyalu
seemed V
to him Prep
مِن min
by Prep
سِحْرِهِمْ siḥ'rihim
their magic Noun
that they Prep
(were) moving V

‘You throw,’ said Moses, and––lo and behold!––through their sorcery, their ropes and staffs seemed to him to be moving

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالَ بَلۡ أَلۡقُوا۟ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمۡ وَعِصِیُّهُمۡ یُخَیَّلُ إِلَیۡهِ مِن سِحۡرِهِمۡ أَنَّهَا تَسۡعَىٰ ۝٦٦

qāla bal alqū fa-idhā ḥibāluhum waʿiṣiyyuhum yukhayyalu ilayhi min siḥ'rihim annahā tasʿ