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“And send to the cities men” It means that delegate some of your people to go forth through all city and countrywide your kingdom.
“to collect” It Means that they go out to gather sorcerer from over the length and breadth of your lands . 32
And cited in Tafseer Jalalain: 1.
Who would expel you from your land. So what do you command?’ 2.
They said, ‘Put him and his brother off a while, postpone [any decision regarding] their affair,
and send into the towns summoners, gatherers, to bring you every cunning sorcerer’ sāhir: a variant reading has sahhār to outdo Moses in the art of
magic. And so they summoned [them].
7: 110-111 Implicature
1. [I feared, people are attracted to what Musa brought through his miracle]
[I feared, Musa will expel you and us from our land] 2.
[you do not kill Musa and his brother] [You must imprison Musa and his brother]
[You must order your people to gather all sorcerers from over the length and breadth of your lands]
7: 110-111 The way of the speaker implied the implicature
1. Directly
2. Directly
This part is the continuation of previous verses. In the verse 110, the speaker, the chiefs of the people of Fir’aun, commended to what has been done by Prophet
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Musa. After watching the miracle of Prophet Musa, the chiefs of the people of Fir’aun assumes that Musa was proficient in sorcerer, who would expel Fir’aun
from his land, the land of Egypt. Thus, they speak to Fir’aun, “I feared, people are attracted to what Musa brought through his miracle, and he will expel you and us
from our land.” Based on his utterances, the way of the chiefs of the people of Fir’aun expressed his intention is directly, whenever there is relationship between
structure of sentence and its function, which declarative refers to statement. Moreover, regarding the contribution of Cooperative Principle, the speaker of
this verse breaks the maxims of quality, because he said without knowing the truth that he just using their wrong assumption and he is prejudiced against Prophet
Musa. Then, Fir’aun said to the chief of his people, such deliberate to against
Prophet Musa, by saying “What do you advise that we should do concerning this matter?” He replied, “Put him off for a while and his brother. Do not kill them.”
However, the other give argue about this verse that Prophet Musa and his brother should be have committed to prison. Therefore, the chief of Fir’aun people also
suggested collecting all sorcerers from various lands of Egypt, because at that time, magic was the trade of the day and it was widespread and popular. They
thought that what Musa did was a type of magic similar to the magic that the sorcerers of their time practiced. Because of this incorrect assumption, they asked
to take all the magicians in order to defeat the miracles that he showed them.
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The way of chief of Fir’aun people expressed his intended meaning is directly, whenever there is relationship between structure of sentence and its
function, which imperative refers to command or request. Moreover, regarding the contribution of Cooperative Principle, the chief of
the people of Fir’aun behaves cooperatively in conversation, because he replied Fir’aun’s question coherently and quite informative, so he follows the maxims of
manner and quantity.
Verse 113-114:
“So there came the sorcerers to Pharaoh: They said, “of course we shall have a
[suitable] reward if we win”
“He said: “Yea, [and more],- for ye shall in that case be [raised to posts] nearest [to my person].”
Its Tafseer is cited in Tafseer Ibn Katsir Juz 9:
1. Allah describes the conversation that took place between Fir’aun and the
sorcerers. Fir’aun collected them to defeat Prophet Musa. Fir’aun told them that if they win, he would make them at higher prestige and reward
them inexhaustibly. He promises to give what they wished for and to make them best associates. 33-34
And cited in Tafseer Jalalain: 1.
He said, ‘Yes, and indeed you shall be of those brought near’.
7: 114 Implicature
