The Holy Quran 43:49 — Surah Az-Zukhruf

Arabic text

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ

Translation

)As each punishment afflicted them,) They said (to Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام), "O magician (used as a title of honour in those days)! On our behalf, pray to your Rabb for the covenant He has made with you (that He would remove the punishment if we accept Imaan). Then (when the punishment is removed) we will surely be rightly guided."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

in their idiom “sahir” (sorcerer) was the word for a learned man, because in their view the great knowledge was precisely this sorcery. Perhaps, at this moment of flattery and pleading, they outwardly addressed Musa ﵇ by a title of respect, while out of the wickedness of their hearts also hinting that even now we do not regard you as a prophet, only as a…

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