Surah 7 · verse 115
Al-A'raf 7:115
Sign in to listenقَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِمَّا أَن تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِينَ
qalu ya Musa imma an tulqiya wa-imma an nakuna nahn al-mulqin
They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."
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Context in the surah
يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَاحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ
Who will bring you every learned magician."
Verse 113وَجَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوا إِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ
And the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, "Indeed for us is a reward if we are the predominant."
Verse 114قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ
He said, "Yes, and, [moreover], you will be among those made near [to me]."
قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِمَّا أَن تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِينَ
They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."
قَالَ أَلْقُوا ۖ فَلَمَّا أَلْقَوْا سَحَرُوا أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَاءُوا بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ
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.
Verse 117وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.
Verse 118فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.