Tafsir for verse: 10:79
وَقَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ ٱئۡتُونِي بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٖ ٧٩ ﴿79
79And Pharaoh said, “Bring to me every knowledgeable magician.”
AI-Assisted Translation: This translation was produced by AI agents carefully trained over several months and thoroughly reviewed. It does NOT replace the scholarship of traditional scholars and is intended as a step in the right direction to make classical tafsir more accessible. There may still be inaccuracies—please report them promptly so we can improve the translation quality.

Commentary

And when they cloaked themselves with his description by that which they are characterized, they intended to increase the deception by that which suggests that what he brought is magic that can be opposed, stopping the people from following him. So Allah, the Most High, said, recounting in connection to His saying: "They said, 'Have you come to us'" [Yunus: 78]. And Pharaoh said, intending to debate regarding what Moses, blessings and peace be upon him, brought: "Bring me every knowledgeable magician" (p-174), meaning: one who is proficient in the knowledge of magic so that nothing of the magic is missed due to the delay of some. [And the reading of Hamzah and Al-Kisai with the form of 'Fa'al' indicates an increase in his claim, less than the context of the poets, as mentioned in Al-A'raf].

Explore Other Scholars on This Verse

Compare different scholarly perspectives on Surah Yunus verse 79

Al-Biqa'iBurhān ad-Dīn Ibrāhīm al-Biqāʿī
Learn more about Al-Biqa'i
1420 / 6181