Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:66

20:66

قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ

qāla bal alqū fa-idhā ḥibāluhum waʿiṣiyyuhum yukhayyalu ilayhi min siḥ'rihim annahā tasʿā

He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

— Saheeh International

‘You throw,’ said Moses, and––lo and behold!––through their sorcery, their ropes and staffs seemed to him to be moving.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

[Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "Nay, throw you (first)!" Then behold! their ropes and their sticks, by their magic, appeared to him as though they moved fast.

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

Juz 16Page 316meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
بَلْbalNay
أَلْقُوا۟ۖalqūyou throw
فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen behold
حِبَالُهُمْḥibāluhumTheir ropes
وَعِصِيُّهُمْwaʿiṣiyyuhumand their staffs
يُخَيَّلُyukhayyaluseemed
إِلَيْهِilayhito him
مِنminby
سِحْرِهِمْsiḥ'rihimtheir magic
أَنَّهَاannahāthat they
تَسْعَىٰtasʿā(were) moving