Tafsir of verse 111
Al-Mukhtasar
They said: 'Delay their case, Moses and his brother Aaron, and send people to the cities of Egypt to call all the magicians.'
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Other translations of verse 111
They said, “Let him and his brother wait for a while and send heralds to the cities
They said: "Put him and his brother off (for a time), and send callers to the cities to collect -
They said (unto Pharaoh): Put him off (a while) - him and his brother - and send into the cities summoners,
They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while); and send to the cities men to collect-
They said: Put him off and his brother, and send collectors into the cities:
They said, "Put him off, and his brother, (a while) and send among the cities mutterers.
Verse 111 word by word
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū They said ق و ل
أَرْجِهْ
arjih Postpone him ر ج و
وَأَخَاهُ
wa-akhāhu and his brother أ خ و
وَأَرْسِلْ
wa-arsil and send ر س ل
فِى
fī in
ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ
l-madāini the cities م د ن
حَٰشِرِينَ
ḥāshirīna gatherers ح ش ر
Verses related to verse 111
Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
Al-Qasas 28:6
وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنُرِىَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَحْذَرُونَ
And establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Hāmān and their soldiers through them that which they had feared.
Taha 20:57–60
قَالَ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا بِسِحْرِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ …
He said, "Have you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses? …
Taha 20:65
قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ
They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."
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