قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَٰنِ لَسَـٰحِرَٰنِ يُرِيدَانِ أَن يُخْرِجَاكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِمَا وَيَذْهَبَا بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ ٱلْمُثْلَىٰ Qur’an Ta-Ha (20:63)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
See note [40] above. The dual form refers to Moses and Aaron.
Lit., "your exemplary [or "ideal"] way of life (tariqah)".
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.