Surah 28 Al-Qasas — Ayah 36
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ قَالُوا۟ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّفْتَرًۭى وَمَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِىٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Pa pošto im dođe Musa sa znakovima Našim jasnim, rekoše: "Ovo je samo sihr izmišljeni, i nismo mi ovo čuli u očeva naših ranijih."
falammā jāahum mūsā biāyātinā bayyinātin qālū mā hādhā illā siḥ'run muf'taran wamā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī ābāinā l-awalīna
Word by word
- فَلَمَّا falammā But when
- جَآءَهُم jāahum came to them
- مُّوسَىٰ mūsā Musa
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا biāyātinā with Our Signs
- بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ bayyinātin clear
- قَالُوا۟ qālū they said
- مَا mā Not
- هَـٰذَآ hādhā (is) this
- إِلَّا illā except
- سِحْرٌۭ siḥ'run a magic
- مُّفْتَرًۭى muf'taran invented
- وَمَا wamā and not
- سَمِعْنَا samiʿ'nā we heard
- بِهَـٰذَا bihādhā of this
- فِىٓ fī among
- ءَابَآئِنَا ābāinā our forefathers
- ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ l-awalīna our forefathers
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Musa before Fir`awn and His People
Allah tells us how Musa and his brother Harun came before Fir`awn and his chiefs, and showed them the clear miracles and overwhelming proof that Allah had given them to confirm the truth of what they were saying about Allah being One and that His commandments were to be followed. Fir`awn and his chiefs saw that with their own eyes and realized that it was certainly from Allah, but because of their disbelief and sin they resorted to stubbornness and false arguments. This was because they were too evil and arrogant to follow the truth. They said:
(This is nothing but invented magic.) meaning, fabricated and made up. They wanted to oppose him by means of their own tricks and their position and power, but this did not work.
(Never did we hear of this among our fathers of old.) They were referring worshipping Allah Alone, with no partner or associate. They said: "We have never seen anyone among our forefathers following this religion; we have only ever seen people associating other gods in worship with Allah. Musa said in response to them:
(My Lord knows best him who came with guidance from Him,) meaning, `of me and you, and He will decide between me and you.' So he said:
(and whose will be the happy end in the Hereafter. ) meaning, who will be supported and will prevail.
(Verily, the wrongdoers will not be successful.) refers to the idolators who associate others in worship with Allah.