Verse 26:36 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
32
فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِیَ ثُعۡبَانࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ٣٢
fa-alqā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya thuʿ'bānun mubīnu
So Moses threw down his staff and- lo and behold!- it became a snake for everyone to see
33
وَنَزَعَ یَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِیَ بَیۡضَاۤءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِینَ ٣٣
wanazaʿa yadahu fa-idhā hiya bayḍāu lilnnāẓirīn
Then he drew out his hand and- lo and behold!- it was white for the onlookers to see
34
قَالَ لِلۡمَلَإِ حَوۡلَهُۥۤ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِیمࣱ ٣٤
qāla lil'mala-i ḥawlahu inna hādhā lasāḥirun ʿalīmu
Pharaoh said to the counsellors around him, ‘This man is a learned sorcerer
35
یُرِیدُ أَن یُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأۡمُرُونَ ٣٥
yurīdu an yukh'rijakum min arḍikum bisiḥ'rihi famādhā tamurūn
He means to use his sorcery to drive you out of your land! What do you suggest?’
36
قَالُوۤا۟ أَرۡجِهۡ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِی ٱلۡمَدَاۤىِٕنِ حَـٰشِرِینَ ٣٦
qālū arjih wa-akhāhu wa-ib'ʿath fī l-madāini ḥāshirīn
They answered, ‘Delay him and his brother for a while, and send messengers to all the citie
37
یَأۡتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِیمࣲ ٣٧
yatūka bikulli saḥḥārin ʿalīmi
to bring every accomplished sorcerer to you.’
38
فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِیقَـٰتِ یَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ٣٨
fajumiʿa l-saḥaratu limīqāti yawmin maʿlūmi
The sorcerers were [to be] assembled at the appointed time on a certain da
39
وَقِیلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّجۡتَمِعُونَ ٣٩
waqīla lilnnāsi hal antum muj'tamiʿūn
and the people were asked
40
لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلۡغَـٰلِبِینَ ٤٠
laʿallanā nattabiʿu l-saḥarata in kānū humu l-ghālibīn
‘Are you all coming? We may follow the sorcerers if they win!’
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