قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌۭ
[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.
qāla lil'mala-i ḥawlahu inna hādhā lasāḥirun ʿalīmun
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Ash-Shu'ara · verse 34 of 227
Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 34
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7 words1قَالَqālaHe said
2لِلْمَلَإِlil'mala-ito the chiefs
3حَوْلَهُۥٓḥawlahuaround him
4إِنَّinnaIndeed
5هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
6لَسَـٰحِرٌlasāḥirun(is) surely a magician
7عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunlearned
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So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.
وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ
And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.
قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌۭ
[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.
يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ
He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"
قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ
They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers