Surah Taha, ayah 66
قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ
He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].
Taha · 20:66
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- بَلْbalNay
- أَلْقُوا۟ ۖalqūyou throw
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen behold
- حِبَالُهُمْḥibāluhumTheir ropes
- وَعِصِيُّهُمْwaʿiṣiyyuhumand their staffs
- يُخَيَّلُyukhayyaluseemed
- إِلَيْهِilayhito him
- مِنminby
- سِحْرِهِمْsiḥ'rihimtheir magic
- أَنَّهَاannahāthat they
- تَسْعَىٰtasʿā(were) moving
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