Quran 10:81 — Yunus, verse 81
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When they did so, Moses said, ‘Everything you have brought is sorcery and God will show it to be false. God does not make the work of mischief-makers right;
فَلَمَّا أَلْقَوْا قَالَ مُوسَىٰ مَا جِئْتُمْ بِهِ السِّحْرُ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ
falammā alqaw qāla mūsā mā ji'tum bihi l-siḥ'ru inna l-laha sayub'ṭiluhu inna l-laha lā yuṣ'liḥu ʿamala l-muf'sidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then, when they had cast, Moses said, 'What you have brought is sorcery; God will assuredly bring it to naught. God sets not right the work of those who do corruption.
- Muhammad Asad
- And when they threw down [their staffs and cast a spell upon the people's eyes], Moses said unto them: "What you have contrived is [but] sorcery which, verily, God will bring to nought! Verily, God does not further the works of spreaders of corruption -
- Sahih International
- And when they had thrown, Moses said, "What you have brought is [only] magic. Indeed, Allāh will expose its worthlessness. Indeed, Allāh does not amend the work of corrupters.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّآfalammā | Then when | — |
| 2 | أَلْقَوْا۟alqaw | they (had) thrown | لقي |
| 3 | قَالَqāla | Musa said | قول |
| 4 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa said | — |
| 5 | مَاmā | What | — |
| 6 | جِئْتُمji'tum | you have brought | جيأ |
| 7 | بِهِbihi | [it] | — |
| 8 | ٱلسِّحْرُ ۖl-siḥ'ru | (is) the magic | سحر |
| 9 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 10 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 11 | سَيُبْطِلُهُۥٓ ۖsayub'ṭiluhu | will nullify it | بطل |
| 12 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 13 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 14 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 15 | يُصْلِحُyuṣ'liḥu | amend | صلح |
| 16 | عَمَلَʿamala | the work | عمل |
| 17 | ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīna | (of) the corrupters | فسد |