Verse. 1070

٧ - ٱلْأَعْرَاف

7 - Al-A'raf

قَالَ اَلْقُوْا۝۰ۚ فَلَمَّاۗ اَلْقَوْا سَحَرُوْۗا اَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْہَبُوْہُمْ وَجَاۗءُوْ بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيْمٍ۝۱۱۶
Qala alqoo falamma alqaw saharoo aAAyuna alnnasi waistarhaboohum wajaoo bisihrin AAatheemin

English

Ahmed Ali

"You cast it first," answered Moses. When they cast their spell, they bewitched the eyes of the people and petrified them by conjuring up a great charm.

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (he) moses (said: throw) first whatever you are going to throw! (and when they threw) 70 staffs and 70 ropes (they cast a spell upon the people's eyes, and overawed them) scared them, (and produced a mighty spell) it is also said that this means: a clear lie.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : he said, ‘cast!’, this is a command permitting them to cast first, as a means to manifesting the truth. and when they cast, their ropes and staffs, they put a spell upon the people’s eyes, misleading them from perceiving the real state of these [ropes and staffs], and overawed them, scared them, by making them appear to be slithering snakes, and produced a mighty sorcery.