Surah Az-Zukhruf
وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ
Wa qālū yā ayyuhas-sāḥirud‘u lanā rabbaka bimā ‘ahida ‘indak(a), innanā lamuhtadūn(a).
And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."
📝 Footnotes
680) The word "sorcerer" was not used by them for the purpose of insulting, but rather to show respect because they highly venerated the art of sorcery.
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