Al-Qur'an Surah Ash-Shu'ara Verse 41

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So, when the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, “Will there be a sure reward for us, if we are the victorious?”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

When the magicians came, they asked Pharaoh, “Shall we have a ˹suitable˺ reward if we prevail?”

Ruwwad Translation Center

When the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh, “Will there be a reward for us if we are victorious?”

A. J. Arberry

Then, when the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, 'Shall we indeed have a wage, if we should be the victors?'

Abdul Haleem

When the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we be rewarded if we win?’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then when the magicians came, they said unto Fir'awn: will there surely be a big hire for us if we are the winners?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh; "Of course - shall we have a (suitable) reward if we win?

Abul Ala Maududi

When the magicians came forth (for the encounter) they said to Pharaoh: "Is there a reward for us if we triumph?"

Ahmed Ali

When the magicians arrived, they said to the Pharaoh: "Is there a reward for us if we are victorious?" --

Ahmed Raza Khan

So when the magicians came, they said to Firaun, “Will we get some reward if we are victorious?”

Ali Quli Qarai

So when the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we have a reward if we were to be the victors?’

Ali Ünal

So then the sorcerers came forth (for the encounter) and said to the Pharaoh: "We shall surely have a reward, if we are the victors, shall we?"

Amatul Rahman Omar

So when all the sorcerers came they said to Pharaoh, `Shall we be really and richly rewarded if we gain clear supremacy?´

English Literal

So when the magicians/sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh: "Is for us a reward/wage/fee (E) if we, we were the defeaters ?"

Faridul Haque

So when the magicians came, they said to Firaun, “Will we get some reward if we are victorious?”

Hamid S. Aziz

(They said), "Aye, so that we may follow the magicians if they win."

Hilali & Khan

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

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Haply may we follow the enchanters, if they are the vanquishers.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And when the magicians came, they said to Firon: Shall we get a reward if we are the vanquishers?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners?

Muhammad Sarwar

When the magicians came, they asked the Pharaoh, "Will there be any reward for us if we win?"

Qaribullah & Darwish

Then, when the sorcerers came to Pharaoh, they said: 'Shall we receive a wage if we win'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

So, when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Fir`awn: "Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners"

Wahiduddin Khan

When the magicians came, they asked Pharaoh, "Shall we have a reward, if we are the winners?"

Talal Itani

When the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, “Is there a reward for us, if we are the winners?”

Tafsir jalalayn

So when the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, `Shall we indeed (read a-inna either by pronouncing both hamzas, or by not pronouncing the second, but in both cases inserting an alif) have a reward if we were to be the victors?'

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

فَلَمَّا جَاء السَّحَرَةُ

So, when the sorcerers arrived,

means, when they reached the court of Fir`awn, and a pavilion had been erected for him. There he gathered his servants, followers, administrators, and provincial leaders, and the soldiers of his kingdom. The sorcerers stood before Fir`awn, asking him to treat them well and bring them closer to him if they prevailed in this matter which he had brought them together for. They said;

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قَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَيِنَّ لَنَا لَااَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ

"Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners!"

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِين