Tafseer of Taa-Haa · Taa-Haa · 20:61
Moses said to the magicians summoned by Pharaoh, "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allah or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."
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فَتَوَلَّى فِرْعَوْنُ — Allah the Exalted says: Pharaoh turned away and turned himself from the Truth that had been brought to him. فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُ — He says: he gathered his cunning — and that was the gathering of his sorcerers after he had compelled them to acquire their knowledge. ثُمَّ أَتَى — He says: then he came at the appointed time that Mūsā had promised him, and he brought his sorcerers with him.
