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

Quran 7:117

7:117

۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an alqi ʿaṣāka fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā yafikūna

And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.

— Saheeh International

Then We inspired Moses, ‘Throw your staff,’ and- lo and behold!––it devoured their fakery.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We revealed to Mûsâ (Moses) (saying): "Throw your stick," and behold! It swallowed up straight away all the falsehoods which they showed.

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

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۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāAnd We inspired
إِلَىٰilāto
مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
أَنْanthat
أَلْقِalqiThrow
عَصَاكَۖʿaṣākayour staff
فَإِذَاfa-idhāand suddenly
هِىَhiyait
تَلْقَفُtalqafuswallow(ed)
مَاmāwhat
يَأْفِكُونَyafikūnathey (were) falsifying