The Holy Quran 10:77 — Surah Yunus

Arabic text

قَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَتَقُولُونَ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَكُمْ ۖ أَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَا وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّـٰحِرُونَ

Translation

Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام said, "Do you say with regard to the truth when it comes to you, 'Is this magic?' (Do you not realise that when) Magicians (try to do something extraordinary to prove that they are Prophets, they) are never successful (in their attempt. I am therefore certainly a true Prophet of Allaah because I have successfully shown you miracles to prove that I am Allaah's Prophet)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, you call the truth magic — is magic like this? And can magicians, by claiming prophethood, emerge victorious from the struggle between truth and falsehood? Being unable to distinguish between magic and a miracle is the work of those dull-witted people who cannot distinguish between gold and brass.

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