قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ ٣٤

[Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] said to the chiefs around him: "Verily! This is indeed a well-versed sorcerer.

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ

said to the chiefs around him

إِنَّ هَٰذَا

Verily! This is indeed

لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

a well-versed sorcerer

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ ٣٥

"He wants to drive you out of your land by his sorcery, then what is it your counsel, and what do you command?"

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم

He wants to drive you out

مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم

of your land

بِسِحْرِهِ

by his sorcery

فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

then what is it your counsel, and what do you command?

قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ ٣٦

They said: "Put him off and his brother (for a while), and send callers to the cities

قَالُوا

They said

أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ

Put him off and his brother (for a while)

وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ

and send callers to the cities

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ ٣٧

"To bring up to you every well-versed sorcerer."

يَأْتُوكَ

To bring up to you

بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ

every well-versed sorcerer

عَلِيمٍ

فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ٣٨

So the sorcerers were assembled at a fixed time on a day appointed.

فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ

So the sorcerers were assembled

لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

at a fixed time on a day appointed

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ ٣٩

And it was said to the people: "Are you (too) going to assemble?

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ

And it was said to the people

هَلْ أَنتُم

Are you (too)

مُّجْتَمِعُونَ

going to assemble?

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ ٤٠

"That we may follow the sorcerers [who were on Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) religion of disbelief] if they are the winners."

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ

That we may follow

السَّحَرَةَ

the sorcerers

إِن كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ

if they are the winners

فَلَمَّا جَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ ٤١

So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Fir'aun (Pharaoh): "Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners?"

فَلَمَّا جَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ

So when the sorcerers arrived,

قَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ

they said to Fir'aun (Pharaoh):

أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا

Will there surely be a reward for us

إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ

if we are the winners?

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ ٤٢

He said: "Yes, and you shall then verily be of those brought near (to myself)."

قَالَ نَعَمْ

He said: 'Yes,'

وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا

and you shall then

لَّمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ

verily be of those brought near (to myself).