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13 Jumada al-awwal 1448 AH Saturday, 24 October 2026
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Taha 20:66

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قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ

He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

أي : أنتم أولا ليرى ماذا تصنعون من السحر ، وليظهر للناس جلية أمرهم ، ( فإذا حبالهم وعصيهم يخيل إليه من سحرهم أنها تسعى ) . وفي الآية الأخرى أنهم لما ألقوا ( وقالوا بعزة فرعون إنا لنحن الغالبون ) [ الشعراء : 44 ] وقال تعالى : ( سحروا أعين الناس واسترهبوهم وجاءوا بسحر عظيم ) [ الأعراف : 116 ] ، وقال هاهنا ( فإذا حبالهم وعصيهم يخيل إليه من سحرهم أنها تسعى ) .وذلك أنهم أودعوها من الزئبق ما كانت تتحرك بسببه وتضطرب وتميد ، بحيث يخيل للناظر أنها تسعى باختيارها ، وإنما كانت حيلة ، وكانوا جما غفيرا وجمعا كبيرا فألقى كل منهم عصا وحبلا حتى صار الوادي ملآن حيات يركب بعضها بعضا .

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