They said, "Indeed for us is a reward if we are the predominant.
They said, "Indeed for us is a reward if we are the predominant."
7:114 قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
●He said, "Yes, and, [moreover], you will be among those made near [to me]."
7:115 قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ
●They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."
7:116 قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ
●He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic. 1
7:117 ۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
— And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying. 7:118 فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
— So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing. 7:119 فَغُلِبُوا۟ هُنَالِكَ وَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ صَـٰغِرِينَ
— And they [i.e., Pharaoh and his people] were overcome right there and became debased. 7:120 وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ
— And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh]. 7:121 قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
●They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,
7:122 رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ
●The Lord of Moses and Aaron."
7:123 قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَّكَرْتُمُوهُ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوا۟ مِنْهَآ أَهْلَهَا ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
— Said Pharaoh, "You believed in him 1 before I gave you permission. Indeed, this is a conspiracy which you conspired in the city to expel therefrom its people. But you are going to know. 7:124 لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
●I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."
7:125 قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ
— They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return. 7:126 وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَآءَتْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ
●And you do not resent us except because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us.
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