Quran 20:70 — Taa-Haa, verse 70
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[So it was, and] the sorcerers threw themselves down in submission. ‘We believe,’ they said, ‘in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.’
فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَارُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ
fa-ul'qiya l-saḥaratu sujjadan qālū āmannā birabbi hārūna wamūsā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the sorcerers cast themselves down prostrating. 'We believe,' they said, 'in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [And so it happened and down fell the sorcerers, prostrating themselves in adoration, [and] exclaimed: "We have come to believe in the Sustainer of Moses and Aaron!"
- Sahih International
- So the magicians fell down in prostration. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأُلْقِىَfa-ul'qiya | So were thrown down | لقي |
| 2 | ٱلسَّحَرَةُl-saḥaratu | the magicians | سحر |
| 3 | سُجَّدًۭاsujjadan | prostrating | سجد |
| 4 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 5 | ءَامَنَّاāmannā | We believe | أمن |
| 6 | بِرَبِّbirabbi | in (the) Lord | ربب |
| 7 | هَـٰرُونَhārūna | (of) Harun | — |
| 8 | وَمُوسَىٰwamūsā | and Musa | — |