Taha 20:69 والق ما في يمينك تلقف ما صنعوا انما صنعوا كيد ساحر ولا يفلح الساحر حيث اتى ٦٩
وَأَلۡقِ
مَا
فِي
يَمِينِكَ
تَلۡقَفۡ
مَا
صَنَعُوٓاْۖ
إِنَّمَا
صَنَعُواْ
كَيۡدُ
سَٰحِرٖۖ
وَلَا
يُفۡلِحُ
ٱلسَّاحِرُ
حَيۡثُ
أَتَىٰ
٦٩
And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Competition, Musa's Victory, and the Magician's Faith
Allah, the Exalted, informs about the magicians when they met Musa, that they said to Musa,
إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ
("Either you throw first...") meaning, "you go first."
وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىقَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُواْ
("...or we be t
…The Competition, Musa's Victory, and the Magician's Faith
Allah, the Exalted, informs about the magicians when they met Musa, that they said to Musa,
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