Al-Qur'an Surah Taha Verse 58

Mufti Taqi Usmani

We will, then, bring to you a similar sorcery. So, make an appointment between you and us for an even place, not to be backed out, neither by us nor by you.”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

We can surely meet you with similar magic. So set for us an appointment that neither of us will fail to keep, in a central place.”

Ruwwad Translation Center

We will surely bring you similar magic. So appoint a day between us that neither you nor we will fail to keep, in a convenient place.”

A. J. Arberry

by thy sorcery? We shall assuredly bring thee sorcery the like of it; therefore appoint a tryst between us and thee, a place mutually agreeable, and we shall not fail it, neither thou.'

Abdul Haleem

We will confront you with sorcery to match your own: make an appointment between us which neither of us will fail to keep, in a mutually agreeable place.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

So We shall surely bring unto thee a magic the like thereof; so Make between us and thee an appointment which neither we nor thou shall fail in some open space.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a tryst between us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor thou - in a place where both shall have even chances."

Abul Ala Maududi

We shall confront you with a sorcery like your own. So appoint a day when both of us might meet face to face in an open space; an appointment which neither we nor you shall fail to keep."

Ahmed Ali

We shall certainly meet you with like magic. So make an appointment when we and you could meet on common ground, which neither we nor you should fail to keep."

Ahmed Raza Khan

“So we will also produce before you a similar magic, therefore set up an agreed time between us and you, from which neither we nor you shall turn away, at a level place.”

Ali Quli Qarai

Yet we [too] will bring you a magic like it! So fix a tryst between us and you, which neither we shall fail nor you, at a middle place.’

Ali Ünal

"Then, We will most certainly produce before you sorcery like it. So appoint a meeting between us and you, which neither we nor you will fail to keep, in an open, level place convenient (to both of us)."

Amatul Rahman Omar

`But we (too) shall certainly meet you with a matching sorcery. Make an appointment of time and place between us, which (appointment) neither we nor you shall fail to keep, (let the meeting be) at a place fair (for us both).´

English Literal

So we will come to you, with magic/sorcery equal/alike to it, so make/put between us and between you an appointment we do not break it, we and nor you, a place/position equally distanced/just .

Faridul Haque

"So we will also produce before you a similar magic, therefore set up an agreed time between us and you, from which neither we nor you shall turn away, at a level place."

Hamid S. Aziz

Said he, "Have you come to us, to turn us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?

Hilali & Khan

"Then verily, we can produce magic the like thereof; so appoint a meeting between us and you, which neither we, nor you shall fail to keep, in an open wide place where both shall have a just and equal chance (and beholders could witness the competition)."

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Said he: Hast thou come to us to turn us out of our land by thy enchantment, O Moses?

Mohammad Habib Shakir

So we too will produce before you magic like it, therefore make between us and you an appointment, which we should not break, (neither) we nor you, (in) a central place.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

But we surely can produce for thee magic the like thereof; so appoint a tryst between us and you, which neither we nor thou shall fail to keep, at a place convenient (to us both).

Muhammad Sarwar

We shall also answer you by magic. Let us make an appointment for a contest among us and let each of us be present at a certain time in the appointed place".

Qaribullah & Darwish

We will indeed bring sorcery similar to yours. Appoint a meeting place between us and you, in a place which is agreeable to both which neither we nor you shall not fail (to keep)'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

"Then verily, we can produce magic the like thereof; so appoint a meeting between us and you, which neither we nor you shall fail to keep, in an open place where both shall have a just and equal chance."

Wahiduddin Khan

We will certainly bring you magic to match it. So appoint a time between us and you, in an open space, which neither we nor you will fail to keep."

Talal Itani

We will produce for you magic like it; so make an appointment between us and you, which we will not miss—neither us, nor you—in a central place.”

Tafsir jalalayn

Yet We [too] shall produce for you a sorcery like it, [one] which will counter it. So fix a tryst between us and you, for that [purpose], [a tryst] which neither we nor you shall fail to keep, [at] a place (maknan is in the accusative because the genitive-operator preposition [f, `at'] has been removed) of equal distance (read siwn or suwn), in other words, in the middle, equidistant for a person coming from either side.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

He (Fir`awn) said;"Have you come to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Musa! Then verily, we can produce magic the like thereof; so appoint a meeting between us and you, which neither we nor you shall fail to keep, in an open place where both shall have a just and equal chance."

Allah, the Exalted, informs of what Fir`awn said to Musa when he showed him the great proof. This great sign to Fir`awn was Musa casting down his stick which became a huge snake, and his pulling his hand out from under his arm while it was glowing white without any illness.

At this, Fir`awn said, "This is magic that you have brought to us to bewitch us and conquer the people, so that they will follow you. Then you will outnumber us."

Fir`awn then said, "Your plan will not work. We have magic just like yours, so do not let yourself be deceived by that what you are doing."

فَاجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا

so appoint a meeting between us and you,

Meaning, `a day that we can come together to present some of our magic to confront yours. It will be at a specified place and time.'

With this, Musa said to them