Quran 10:77 — Yunus, verse 77
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Moses said, ‘Is this what you say about the Truth when it comes to you? Is this sorcery? Sorcerers never prosper.’
قَالَ مُوسَىٰ أَتَقُولُونَ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَكُمْ ۖ أَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَا وَلَا يُفْلِحُ السَّاحِرُونَ
qāla mūsā ataqūlūna lil'ḥaqqi lammā jāakum asiḥ'run hādhā walā yuf'liḥu l-sāḥirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Moses said, 'What, do you say this to the truth, when it has come to you? Is this a sorcery? But sorcerers do not prosper.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said Moses: "Do you speak thus of the truth after it has been brought to you? Can this be sorcery? But sorcerers can never come to a happy end!"
- Sahih International
- Moses said, "Do you say [thus] about the truth when it has come to you? Is this magic? But magicians will not succeed."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | Musa said | قول |
| 2 | مُوسَىٰٓmūsā | Musa said | — |
| 3 | أَتَقُولُونَataqūlūna | Do you say | قول |
| 4 | لِلْحَقِّlil'ḥaqqi | about the truth | حقق |
| 5 | لَمَّاlammā | when | — |
| 6 | جَآءَكُمْ ۖjāakum | it has come to you | جيأ |
| 7 | أَسِحْرٌasiḥ'run | Is this magic | سحر |
| 8 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | Is this magic | — |
| 9 | وَلَاwalā | But (will) not | — |
| 10 | يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥu | succeed | فلح |
| 11 | ٱلسَّـٰحِرُونَl-sāḥirūna | the magicians | سحر |