Taha 20:61
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قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيۡلَكُمۡ لَا تَفۡتَرُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا فَيُسۡحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٖۖ وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ ٦١
Moses said to them [i.e., the magicians summoned by Pharaoh], "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allāh or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."
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وَقَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿قالَ لَهم مُوسى﴾ إلَخَ. بِطَرِيقٍ الِاسْتِئْنافِ المَبْنِيِّ عَلى السُّؤالِ يَقْضِي بِأنَّ المُتَرَقِّبَ مِن أحْوالِهِ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلاةُ والسَّلامُ حِينَئِذٍ والمُحْتاجَ إلى السُّؤالِ والبَيانِ، لَيْسَ إلّا ما صَدَرَ عَنْهُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلاةُ والسَّلامُ مِنَ الكَلامِ، وأمّا إتْيانُهُ أوَّلًا فَأمْرٌ مُحَقَّقٌ غَنِيٌّ عَنِ التَّصْرِيحِ بِهِ، كَأنَّهُ قِيلَ: فَماذا صَنَعَ مُوسى عَلَيْهِ الصَّلاةُ والسَّلامُ عِنْدَ إتْيانِ فِرْعَوْنَ بِما جَمَعَهُ مِنَ السحرةِ ؟ فَقِيلَ: قالَ لَهم بِطَرِيقِ النَّصِيحَةِ: ﴿وَيْلَكم لا تَفْتَرُوا عَلى اللَّهِ (p-25)كَذِبًا﴾ بِأنْ تَدْعُوا آَياتِهِ الَّتِي سَتَظْهَرُ عَلى يَدَيْهِ سِحْرًا كَما فَعَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ ﴿فَيُسْحِتَكُمْ﴾ أيْ: يَسْتَأْصِلُكم بِسَبَبِهِ ﴿بِعَذابٍ﴾ هائِلٌ لا يُقادَرُ قَدْرُهُ. وقُرِئَ: "يَسْحِتَكُمْ" مِنَ الثُّلاثِيِّ عَلى لُغَةِ أهْلِ الحِجازِ، والإسْحاتُ لُغَةُ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ ونَجْدٍ.
﴿وَقَدْ خابَ مَنِ افْتَرى﴾ أيْ: عَلى اللَّهِ كائِنًا مَن كانَ بِأيِّ وجْهٍ كانَ، فَيَدْخُلُ فِيهِ الِافْتِراءُ المَنهِيُّ عَنْهُ دُخُولًا أوَّلِيًّا، أوْ وقَدْ خابَ فِرْعَوْنُ المُفْتَرِي، فَلا تَكُونُوا مِثْلَهُ في الخَيْبَةِ، والجُمْلَةُ اعْتِراضٌ مُقَرِّرٌ لِمَضْمُونِ ما قَبْلَها.
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20:52
قَالَ عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّي فِي كِتَٰبٖۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّي وَلَا يَنسَى ٥٢
[Moses] said, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."
20:53
ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَهۡدٗا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا سُبُلٗا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزۡوَٰجٗا مِّن نَّبَاتٖ شَتَّىٰ ٥٣
[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.
20:54
كُلُواْ وَٱرۡعَوۡاْ أَنۡعَٰمَكُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّأُوْلِي ٱلنُّهَىٰ ٥٤
Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.
20:55
۞ مِنۡهَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمۡ وَمِنۡهَا نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ تَارَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ٥٥
From it [i.e., the earth] We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.
20:56
وَلَقَدۡ أَرَيۡنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبَىٰ ٥٦
And We certainly showed him [i.e., Pharaoh] Our signs - all of them - but he denied and refused.
20:57
قَالَ أَجِئۡتَنَا لِتُخۡرِجَنَا مِنۡ أَرۡضِنَا بِسِحۡرِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ٥٧
He said, "Have you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?
20:58
فَلَنَأۡتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحۡرٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦ فَٱجۡعَلۡ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَكَ مَوۡعِدٗا لَّا نُخۡلِفُهُۥ نَحۡنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانٗا سُوٗى ٥٨
Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned."1
1 translator’s note
- Literally, "marked," as to be known. Another meaning is "a place midway [between us]" or "a level place." ↩
20:59
قَالَ مَوۡعِدُكُمۡ يَوۡمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحۡشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحٗى ٥٩
[Moses] said, "Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning."1
1 translator’s note
- So that the signs of Allāh would be seen clearly. ↩
20:60
فَتَوَلَّىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيۡدَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَتَىٰ ٦٠
So Pharaoh went away, put together his plan, and then came [to Moses].
20:61
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيۡلَكُمۡ لَا تَفۡتَرُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا فَيُسۡحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٖۖ وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ ٦١
Moses said to them [i.e., the magicians summoned by Pharaoh], "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allāh or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."
20:62
فَتَنَٰزَعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَىٰ ٦٢
So they disputed over their affair among themselves and concealed their private conversation.
20:63
قَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَٰنِ لَسَٰحِرَٰنِ يُرِيدَانِ أَن يُخۡرِجَاكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِمَا وَيَذۡهَبَا بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ ٱلۡمُثۡلَىٰ ٦٣
They said, "Indeed, these are two magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and do away with your most exemplary way [i.e., religion or tradition].
20:64
فَأَجۡمِعُواْ كَيۡدَكُمۡ ثُمَّ ٱئۡتُواْ صَفّٗاۚ وَقَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ مَنِ ٱسۡتَعۡلَىٰ ٦٤
So resolve upon your plan and then come [forward] in line. And he has succeeded today who overcomes."