Quran 20:58

Surah Taa-Haa, Verse 58

Juz 16 · Page 315 · Ruku 272 · Meccan

فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ فَٱجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهُۥ نَحْنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانًا سُوًى

Word by word

فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ falanatiyannaka Then we will surely produce for you بِسِحْرٍۢ bisiḥ'rin magic مِّثْلِهِۦ mith'lihi like it فَٱجْعَلْ fa-ij'ʿal So make بَيْنَنَا baynanā between us وَبَيْنَكَ wabaynaka and between you مَوْعِدًۭا mawʿidan an appointment لَّا lā not نُخْلِفُهُۥ nukh'lifuhu we will fail it نَحْنُ naḥnu [we] وَلَآ walā and not أَنتَ anta you مَكَانًۭا makānan (in) a place سُوًۭى suwan even

Transliteration

Falana/tiyannaka bisihrin mithlihi fajAAalbaynana wabaynaka mawAAidan la nukhlifuhu nahnuwala anta makanan suwa

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

But we surely can produce for thee magic the like thereof; so appoint a tryst between us and you, which neither we nor thou shall fail to keep, at a place convenient (to us both).

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a tryst between us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor thou - in a place where both shall have even chances."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

فإن عندنا سحرا مثل سحرك فلا يغرنك ما أنت فيه "فاجعل بيننا وبينك موعدا"أي يوما نجتمع نحن وأنت فيه فنعارض ما جئت به بما عندك من السحر في مكان معين ووقت معين.