Surah 26 · verse 46

Ash-Shu'ara 26:46

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فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ

fa-ulqiya as-saharatu sajidin

So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah].

Saheeh International translation

Context in the surah

Verse 43

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ أَلْقُوا مَا أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."

Verse 44

فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ

So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."

Verse 45

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.

Verse 46

فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ

So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah].

Verse 47

قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

Verse 48

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ

The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

Verse 49

قَالَ آمَنتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

[Pharaoh] said, "You believed Moses before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all."