Surah Yunus (يونس) • Jonah

Quran 10:81

10:81

فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ مَا جِئْتُم بِهِ ٱلسِّحْرُ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُۥٓ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

falammā alqaw qāla mūsā mā ji'tum bihi l-siḥ'ru inna l-laha sayub'ṭiluhu inna l-laha lā yuṣ'liḥu ʿamala l-muf'sidīna

And when they had thrown, Moses said, "What you have brought is [only] magic. Indeed, Allāh will expose its worthlessness. Indeed, Allāh does not amend the work of corrupters.

— Saheeh International

When they did so, Moses said, ‘Everything you have brought is sorcery and God will show it to be false. God does not make the work of mischief-makers right;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then when they had cast down, Mûsâ (Moses) said: "What you have brought is sorcery; Allâh will surely make it of no effect. Verily, Allâh does not set right the work of Al-Mufsidûn (the evil-doers, corrupters).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 11Page 218meccan

Word by Word

فَلَمَّآfalammāThen when
أَلْقَوْا۟alqawthey (had) thrown
قَالَqālaMusa said
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa said
مَاmāWhat
جِئْتُمji'tumyou have brought
بِهِbihi[it]
ٱلسِّحْرُۖl-siḥ'ru(is) the magic
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
سَيُبْطِلُهُۥٓۖsayub'ṭiluhuwill nullify it
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَاlā(does) not
يُصْلِحُyuṣ'liḥuamend
عَمَلَʿamalathe work
ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīna(of) the corrupters