قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers
Translation · Saheeh International
Tafsir
Ibn Kathīr (abridged)
أَرْجِهْ
("Put him off"), means, "delay him (for a time)."
وَأَرْسِلْ فِى الْمَدَآئِنِ
("and send to the cities"), areas and provinces of your kingdom -- O Fir`awn,
حَـشِرِينَ
("to collect") to gather magicians from various lands. At this time, magic was the trade of the day and it was widespread and popular. They had the idea that what Musa brought was a type of magic similar to the magic that the sorcerers of their time practiced. Because of this incorrect assumption, they brought all the magicians in order to defeat the miracles that he showed them. Allah said about Fir`awn,
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