Tafsir Ibn Kathir on Ash-Shu`ara' 26:34

Surah Ash-Shu`ara' 26:34

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[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.

قال للمﻼ حوله

He said to the chiefs around him: Since Fir`awn was already doomed, he hastened to stubborn denial, and said to the chiefs around him:

إن هذا لساحر عليم

Verily, this is indeed a well-versed sorcerer. One who knows a great deal of magic or witchcraft. Fir`awn was trying to convince them that this was sorcery, not a miracle. Then he provoked them against Musa, trying to make them oppose him and disbelieve in him, and said:

Tafsir of Ash-Shu`ara' 26:34

Tafsir Ibn Kathir