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Surah 20. Ta-Ha, Ayah 63

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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَٰنِ لَسَـٰحِرَٰنِ يُرِيدَانِ أَن يُخْرِجَاكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِمَا وَيَذْهَبَا بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ ٱلْمُثْلَىٰ
Q a loo in h atha ni las ah ir a ni yureed a ni an yukhrij a kum min ar d ikum bisi h rihim a waya th hab a bi t areeqatikumu almuthl a
saying [to one another]: "These two are surely sorcerers intent on driving you from your land44 by their sorcery, and on doing away with your time-honoured way of life.45
  - Mohammad Asad

See note [40] above. The dual form refers to Moses and Aaron.

Lit., "your exemplary [or "ideal"] way of life (tariqah)".

Finally they said: "These two (Musa and Haroon) are certainly expert magicians who intend to drive you out from your land with their magic and to do away with your best traditions.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
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.
  - Mustafa Khattab
They said: Lo! these are two wizards who would drive you out from your country by their magic, and destroy your best traditions;
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
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. 2587
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Cf. xx. 104. 'Your most cherished institutions,' i.e.,'your ancestral and time-honoured religion and magic'. Muthla, feminine of Amthal, most distinguished, honoured, cherished. Tariqat=way of life, institutions, conduct.

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