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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 111

سورة الأعراف، الآية ١١١

7:111 Juz 9 Hizb 17 Page 164 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:111

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ۝١١١

Transliteration

qālū arjih wa-akhāhu wa-arsil fī l-madāini ḥāshirīna

Translation

They said,393 "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

Notes

[393] After mutual consultation and agreement.

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Verse 111 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:111), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 164 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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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

  1. قَالُوٓا۟ qālū They said ق و ل
  2. أَرْجِهْ arjih Postpone him ر ج و
  3. وَأَخَاهُ wa-akhāhu and his brother أ خ و
  4. وَأَرْسِلْ wa-arsil and send ر س ل
  5. فِى fī in
  6. ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ l-madāini the cities م د ن
  7. 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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  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:53

    فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

    Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers

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