قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ
Qala lilmalai hawlahu inna hatha lasahirun AAaleemun
Yusuf Ali
(Pharaoh) said to the Chiefs around him: "This is indeed a sorcerer well-versed:
Recitation
Pickthall
(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard,
Shakir
(Firon) said to the chiefs around him: Most surely this is a skillful magician,
Hausa — Gumi
(Fir´auna) ya ce ga mashãwarta a għfensa, "Lalle ne, wannan haƙĩƙa, masihirci ne, mai ilmi!
Yoruba
The Yoruba translation exists only as a scanned image.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ ...
He said to the chiefs around him:
Since Fir`awn was already doomed, he hastened to stubborn denial, and said to the chiefs around him:
... إِنَّ هَذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٣٤﴾
Verily, this is indeed a well-versed sorcerer.
One who knows a great deal of magic or witchcraft.
Fir`awn was trying to convince them that this was sorcery, not a miracle. Then he provoked them against Musa, trying to make them oppose him and disbelieve in him, and said:
تفسير ابن كثير
فقال للملإ حوله " إن هذا لساحر عليم " أي فاضل بارع في السحر فروج عليهم فرعون أن هذا من قبيل السحر لا من قبيل المعجزة ثم هيجهم وحرضهم على مخالفته والكفر به .
تفسير الجلالين
"قال" فرعون "للملإ حوله إن هذا لساحر عليم" فائق في علم السحر
إعراب — grammatical analysis
«قالَ» الجملة مستأنفة «لِلْمَلَإِ» متعلقان بقال «حَوْلَهُ» ظرف متعلق بمحذوف حال «إِنَّ هذا لَساحِرٌ» إن واسمها وخبرها واللام المزحلقة «عَلِيمٌ» صفة والجملة مقول القول