Quran 20 : 63

They said, "Indeed, these two [two] magicians they intend that they drive you out of your land with their magic and do away with your way the exemplary.
قَالُوٓا۟
Qāluwa
إِنْ
Iin
هَٰذَٰنِ
Haādhaāni
لَسَٰحِرَٰنِ
Lasaāḥiraāni
يُرِيدَانِ
Yurīdāni
أَن
Aan
يُخْرِجَاكُم
Yukhrijākum
مِّنْ
Mmin
أَرْضِكُم
Aarḍikum
بِسِحْرِهِمَا
Bisiḥrihimā
وَيَذْهَبَا
Wayadhhabā
بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ
Biṭarīqatikumu
ٱلْمُثْلَىٰ
Almuthlaāā

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

They said: "These are but two magicians who want to take you out of your land with their magic, and they want to do away with your ideal way."

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to do away with your most cherished institutions

Wahiduddin Khan

They said, Certainly they are both magicians who want to drive you out of your land by their magic, and destroy your best traditions

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

They said, "Indeed, these are two magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and do away with your most exemplary way

The Wise Quran

They said, 'These two are certainly two magicians, they wish to turn you out of your land with their magic, and to remove your exemplary way.

The Study Quran

They said, “These two are sorcerers who wish to expel you from your land with their sorcery and to do away with your exemplary way of life

Talal Itani (2012)

They said, 'These two are magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic, and to abolish your exemplary way of life

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

They declared, “These two are magicians who intend to expel you from your land with their magic and abolish your exemplary way of life.

T.B.Irving

They said: "These are both magicians who want to expel you from your land by means of their magic, and do away with your exemplary ways.

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They (Pharaoh and his people) said: "Surely, these two are truly (top) magicians: Their idea is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to get rid of your most respected customs

Sher Ali

They said, `Certainly these two are magicians who seek to drive you out from your land by their magic and to destroy your best way of life

Shakir

They said: These are most surely two magicians who wish to turn you out from your land by their magic and to take away your best traditions

Shabbir Ahmed

The chiefs, seeing their hesitation, said to the debaters, "Behold, these two are wizards of logic, capable of carrying the masses with them, destroying your time-honored traditions, and thus estranging you in your own country or causing a great rebellion that drives you out of the land."

Samy Mahdy

They said, “That these two magicians are wanting to exit you out of your land with their magic and go with your exemplary manner.

Safi Kaskas

They said, "these are two magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and to abolish your most exemplary way of life.

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "These two are no more than magicians who wish to take you out of your land with their magic, and to destroy your ideal way of life.

N J Dawood 2014

They said: ‘These two are sorcerers who intend to drive you from your land by their sorcery and do away with your best traditions

Mustaqim

They said: these are two magicians who want to expel you from your land with their magic and take away your traditions.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

They concluded, “These two are only magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic, and do away with your most cherished traditions.

Musharraf Hussain

They said, “These two magicians want to drive you out of your country with their magic, and put an end to your cherished lifestyle.”

MunirMezyed2023

They said: "Well, these two are (expert) sorcerers, who intend to drive you out from your land with their sorcery and eradicate your exemplary way of life.

Munir Mezyed

They said: "Well, these two are (expert) sorcerers, who intend to drive you out from your land with their sorcery and eradicate your exemplary way of life.

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Said they, .Certainly, these two are sorcerers who wish to drive you out from your land, and do away with your excellent way of life

Muhammad Sarwar

and said, "These two people are magicians. They want to expel you from your land through their magic and to destroy your own tradition

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

They said: Lo! these are two wizards who would drive you out from your country by their magic, and destroy your best traditions

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

They said, "Decidedly these two (men) are indeed (both) sorcerers; they would (like) to drive you out of your land by their sorcery, and go away with your exemplary mode (of life)

Muhammad Asad

saying [to one another]: "These two are surely sorcerers intent on driving you from your land by their sorcery, and on doing away with your time-honoured way of life

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

They said: "That those two (are) two magicians/sorcerers (E), they (B) want/intend that they (B) bring you out from your land/Earth with their (B)'s magic/sorcery, and they (B) go/eliminate with your way/religious approach/habit the best example

Mohammad Shafi

They said (among themselves), "Indeed, these two are just magicians. They wish to turn you out of your land by their magic and to deprive you of your best traditions."

Mir Aneesuddin

They said, "These two are surely magicians who intend to drive you out of your land by their magic and do away with your exemplary traditions.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They said: These are surely two enchanters who would drive you out from your land by their enchantment, and destroy your excellent institutions

Maududi

Some of them said: "These two are magicians, who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and to destroy your excellent way of life

Linda "iLham" Barto

They said, “These two are magicians. Their objective is to drive you from your land with magic. They want to destroy your cherished traditions.

John Medows Rodwell

They said, "These two are surely sorcerers: fain would they drive you from your land by their sorceries, and lead away in their paths your chiefest men

Irving/Hegab

They said: "These are both magicians who want to expel you from your land by means of their magic, and do away with your exemplary ways.

Hilali - Khan

They said: "Verily! These are two magicians. Their object is to drive you out from your land with magic, and overcome your chiefs and nobles

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

saying: 'These two are sorcerers whose aim is to drive you from your land by their sorcery and destroy your noble ways

Hamid S. Aziz

Said they, "These two are certainly two expert magicians, who wish to turn you out of (authority in) the land by their magic, and to remove your most cherished (or exemplary) traditions (doctrines, institutions)

George Sale

And they said, these two are certainly magicians: They seek to dispossess you of your land by their sorcery, and to lead away with them your chiefest and most considerable men

Fode Drame

They said, “These two are surely sorcerers. They intend to drive you out from your land with their magic and [they intend] to do away with your way, the most exemplary.”

Faridul Haque

They said, "Undoubtedly these two are magicians for sure, who wish to expel you from your land by the strength of their magic, and destroy your exemplary religion!"

Edward Henry Palmer

Said they, 'These twain are certainly two magicians, who wish to turn you out of your land by their magic, and to remove your most exemplary doctrine

Dr. Munir Munshey

At length they said, "These two are just magicians trying to evict you from your land by their spells. They want to deprive you of your exemplary way of life."

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

They said: ‘These two are really magicians who have the intention to drive you out of your land with sorcery, and put an end to your exemplary culture and religion

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

They said: Truly, these two are the ones who are sorcerers who want to drive you out from your region with their sorcery and take away your most ideal behavior.

Dr. Kamal Omar

They said: “Verily, these are two persons, definitely, two magicians, both intend that they both may drive you out from your land (country) through the sorcery of the two, and they both may vanish tahead of state away your cherished way of life

Corpus.Quran

They said Indeed these two [two] magicians they intend that they drive you out of your land with their magic and do away with your way the exemplary

Bilal Muhammad 2018

They said, “These two are certainly illusionists. Their object is to drive you out from your land with their illusions, and to do away with your most cherished institutions

Bijan Moeinian

They said: “These are only two magicians who would like to take your properties and destroy your way of life.”

Bakhtiari Nejad

They said: “These are two magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic, and do away with your outstanding (religious) way.

Arthur John Arberry

saying, 'These two men are sorcerers and their purpose is to expel you out of your land by their sorcery, and to extirpate your justest way

Amatul Rahman Omar

They said, `Surely, these two (brothers, Moses and Aaron) are sorcerers who seek to drive you out of your country by dint of their sorcery and to do away with your ideal religious traditions

Ali Ünal

(The Pharaoh’s men spoke to the sorcerers, and) they said: "These two men are surely sorcerers intent on driving you out of your land with their sorcery, and doing away with your exemplary way of life

Ali Quli Qara'i

They said, ‘These two are indeed magicians who intend to expel you from your land with their magic, and to abolish your excellent tradition

Aisha Bewley

They said, ´These two magicians desire by their magic to expel you from your land and abolish your most excellent way of life,

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

They said, 'undoubtedly, these both are necessarily, magicians, they desire to drive you out from your land by the strength of their magic and take away your good religion.`

Ahmed Hulusi

(Pharaoh’s magicians) said, “These two are nothing but magicians... They want to drive you out of your land with their magic and destroy your exemplary lifestyle.”

Ahmed Ali

(And) said: "These two are surely magicians. They want to deprive you of your land with their magic, and eradicate your distinct way (of life)

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

They said: verily these two are magicians, intending to drive you forth from your land by their magic and to do away with your superior way

Abdul Hye

They said: “Surely! These 2 magicians intend that they drive you out from your land with their magic, and take away from your superior way.

Abdel Haleem

saying, ‘These two men are sorcerers. Their purpose is to drive you out of your land with their sorcery and put an end to your time-honoured way of life