Surah Taha, Ayah 66 (20:66)

طه

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

Quran 20:66 is ayah 66 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 316 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:66
قَالَبَلْأَلْقُوا۟ ۖفَإِذَاحِبَالُهُمْوَعِصِيُّهُمْيُخَيَّلُإِلَيْهِمِنسِحْرِهِمْأَنَّهَاتَسْعَىٰ٦٦
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].(66)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. بَلْbalNay
  3. أَلْقُوا۟ ۖalqūyou throw
  4. فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen behold
  5. حِبَالُهُمْḥibāluhumTheir ropes
  6. وَعِصِيُّهُمْwaʿiṣiyyuhumand their staffs
  7. يُخَيَّلُyukhayyaluseemed
  8. إِلَيْهِilayhito him
  9. مِنminby
  10. سِحْرِهِمْsiḥ'rihimtheir magic
  11. أَنَّهَاannahāthat they
  12. تَسْعَىٰtasʿā(were) moving

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