7:109
قَالَٱلْمَلَأُمِنقَوْمِفِرْعَوْنَإِنَّهَٰذَالَسَٰحِرٌعَلِيمٌ١٠٩
qāla l-mala-u min qawmi fir'ʿawna inna hādhā lasāḥirun ʿalīmun
Said the eminent among the people of Pharaoh, "Indeed, this is a learned magician(109)
Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 109 (7:109)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ
Quran 7:109 is ayah 109 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 164 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 9
- Hizb 17
- Page 164
- Ruku 14
- Revealed Mecca
Word by word
- قَالَqālaSaid
- ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs
- مِنminof
- قَوْمِqawmi(the) people
- فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- هَٰذَاhādhāthis
- لَسَٰحِرٌlasāḥirun(is) surely a magician
- عَلِيمٌʿalīmunlearned
Tafsir (commentary) of 7:109
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This commentary explains ayahs 7:109–110 together.
Fir`awn's People say that Musa is a Magician!
The chiefs and noblemen of the people of Fir`awn agreed with Fir`awn's statement about Musa. After Fir`awn felt safe and returned to his throne, he said to the chiefs of his people,
إِنَّ هَـذَا لَسَـحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ
(This is indeed a well-versed sorcerer) and they agreed. They held counsel to decide what they should do about Musa. They conspired to extinguish the light that he brought and bring down his word. They plotted to portray Musa as a liar and fake. They feared that he might lure people to his side by his magic, they claimed, and thus prevail over them and drive them away from their land. What they feared occured, just as Allah said,
وَنُرِىَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَـمَـنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يَحْذَرونَ
(And We let Fir`awn and Haman and their hosts receive from them that which they feared.) 28:6 After they conferred about Musa, they agreed on a plot, as Allah said about them,