Verse 26:38 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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!’
41
فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ أَىِٕنَّ لَنَا لَأَجۡرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَـٰلِبِینَ ٤١
falammā jāa l-saḥaratu qālū lifir'ʿawna a-inna lanā la-ajran in kunnā naḥnu l-ghālibīn
When the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we be rewarded if we win?’
42
قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَإِنَّكُمۡ إِذࣰا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِینَ ٤٢
qāla naʿam wa-innakum idhan lamina l-muqarabīn
and he said, ‘Yes, and you will join my inner court.’
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