Quran 20:58 — Taa-Haa, verse 58
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We will confront you with sorcery to match your own: make an appointment between us which neither of us will fail to keep, in a mutually agreeable place.’
فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِثْلِهِ فَاجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَا نُخْلِفُهُ نَحْنُ وَلَا أَنْتَ مَكَانًا سُوًى
falanatiyannaka bisiḥ'rin mith'lihi fa-ij'ʿal baynanā wabaynaka mawʿidan lā nukh'lifuhu naḥnu walā anta makānan suwan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- by thy sorcery? We shall assuredly bring thee sorcery the like of it; therefore appoint a tryst between us and thee, a place mutually agreeable, and we shall not fail it, neither thou.'
- Muhammad Asad
- In that case, we shall most certainly produce before thee the like thereof! Appoint, then, a tryst between us and thee - which we shall not fail to keep, nor [mayest] thou -at a suitable place!"
- Sahih International
- Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَfalanatiyannaka | Then we will surely produce for you | أتي |
| 2 | بِسِحْرٍۢbisiḥ'rin | magic | سحر |
| 3 | مِّثْلِهِۦmith'lihi | like it | مثل |
| 4 | فَٱجْعَلْfa-ij'ʿal | So make | جعل |
| 5 | بَيْنَنَاbaynanā | between us | بين |
| 6 | وَبَيْنَكَwabaynaka | and between you | بين |
| 7 | مَوْعِدًۭاmawʿidan | an appointment | وعد |
| 8 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 9 | نُخْلِفُهُۥnukh'lifuhu | we will fail it | خلف |
| 10 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | [we] | — |
| 11 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 12 | أَنتَanta | you | — |
| 13 | مَكَانًۭاmakānan | (in) a place | كون |
| 14 | سُوًۭىsuwan | even | سوي |