LaAAallana nattabiAAu alssaharata in kanoo humu alghalibeena
English
Ahmed Ali
(They said): "We may haply follow the magicians if they are victorious."
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (they said): aye, so that we may follow the wizards) that we may follow the religion of the wizards (if they are the winners) against moses.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : maybe we will follow the sorcerers, should they be the victors’ (the interrogative [of the previous verse] is an incitement to assemble and the optative sense [implicit in la‘alla] is due to their anticipation of victory, and hence their continued adherence to their religion and rejection of moses).
