Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:116

7:116

قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ

qāla alqū falammā alqaw saḥarū aʿyuna l-nāsi wa-is'tarhabūhum wajāū bisiḥ'rin ʿaẓīmin

He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic.

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘You throw,’ and they did, casting a spell on people’s eyes, striking fear into them, and bringing about great sorcery.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He [Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "Throw you (first)." So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them, and they displayed a great magic.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
أَلْقُوا۟ۖalqūThrow
فَلَمَّآfalammāThen when
أَلْقَوْا۟alqawthey threw
سَحَرُوٓا۟saḥarūthey bewitched
أَعْيُنَaʿyuna(the) eyes
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْwa-is'tarhabūhumand terrified them
وَجَآءُوwajāūand came (up)
بِسِحْرٍbisiḥ'rinwith a magic
عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīmingreat