Quran 26:41 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 41
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we be rewarded if we win?’
فَلَمَّا جَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ
falammā jāa l-saḥaratu qālū lifir'ʿawna a-inna lanā la-ajran in kunnā naḥnu l-ghālibīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then, when the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, 'Shall we indeed have a wage, if we should be the victors?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Now when the sorcerers came, they said unto Pharaoh: “Verily, we ought to have a great reward if it is we who prevail.
- Sahih International
- And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | So when | — |
| 2 | جَآءَjāa | came | جيأ |
| 3 | ٱلسَّحَرَةُl-saḥaratu | the magicians | سحر |
| 4 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 5 | لِفِرْعَوْنَlifir'ʿawna | to Firaun | — |
| 6 | أَئِنَّa-inna | Is there | — |
| 7 | لَنَاlanā | for us | — |
| 8 | لَأَجْرًاla-ajran | a reward | أجر |
| 9 | إِنin | if | — |
| 10 | كُنَّاkunnā | we are | كون |
| 11 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | we are | — |
| 12 | ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَl-ghālibīna | the victorious | غلب |