Which Surah and Juz is Quran 20:69 from?

This ayah is from Surah Taa-Haa (Taa-Haa), the 20th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 16.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 20:69?

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 20:69?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 20:69 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Miracles, Divine Power, Magic and Sorcery, Prophet Musa, Divine Judgment.

Ayah 68

قُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ...

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Q: What does Quran 20:69 mean?

Quran 20:69 (Surah Taa-Haa, Ayah 69) translates to: "And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is.""

Ayah 70

فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًۭا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَ...

وَأَلْقِ مَا فِى يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا۟ كَيْدُ سَٰحِرٍۢ ۖ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىٰ

Wa alqi maa fee yamee nika talqaf maa sana'oo; innamaa sana'oo kaidu saahir; wa laa yuflihus saahiru haisu ataa

And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."

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5 ayahs in Taa-Haa are strongly about true success. This is one of them.

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And cast that which is in your right hand — and this was his staff. It shall swallow up that which they have produced. For what they have produced is only a sorcerer’s trick that is to say a kind thereof and the sorcerer does not succeed wherever he may go’ in his sorcery. So Moses cast his staff and it swallowed up all of that which they had produced.

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever ties a know and blows on it, he has practiced magic; and whoever practices magic, he has committed Shirk; and whoever hangs up something (as an amulet) will be entrusted to it.'"

Sunan Ibn Majah #3002It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

“Let one of you eat with his right hand and drink with his right hand, and take with his right hand and give with his right hand, for Satan eats with his left hand, drinks with his left hand, gives with his left hand and takes with his left hand.”

Sunan Abu Dawud #3777Ibn ‘Umar reported the Prophet(ﷺ) as sayings:Sahih

When any of you eats, he should eat with his right hand, and when he drinks, he should drink with his right hand, for the devil eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand.