Surah Taha, Ayah 69 (20:69)

طه

وَأَلْقِ مَا فِى يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا۟ كَيْدُ سَٰحِرٍ ۖ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ …

Quran 20:69 is ayah 69 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 316 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:69
وَأَلْقِمَافِىيَمِينِكَتَلْقَفْمَاصَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖإِنَّمَاصَنَعُوا۟كَيْدُسَٰحِرٍ ۖوَلَايُفْلِحُٱلسَّاحِرُحَيْثُأَتَىٰ٦٩
wa-alqi mā fī yamīnika talqaf mā ṣanaʿū innamā ṣanaʿū kaydu sāḥirin walā yuf'liḥu l-sāḥiru ḥaythu atā

And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."(69)

Word by word

  1. وَأَلْقِwa-alqiAnd throw
  2. مَاmāwhat
  3. فِىfī(is) in
  4. يَمِينِكَyamīnikayour right hand
  5. تَلْقَفْtalqafit will swallow up
  6. مَاmāwhat
  7. صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖṣanaʿūthey have made
  8. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  9. صَنَعُوا۟ṣanaʿūthey (have) made
  10. كَيْدُkaydua trick
  11. سَٰحِرٍ ۖsāḥirin(of) a magician
  12. وَلَاwalāand not
  13. يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuwill be successful
  14. ٱلسَّاحِرُl-sāḥiruthe magician
  15. حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
  16. أَتَىٰatāhe comes

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