Surah 7 · verse 117
Al-A'raf 7:117
Sign in to listenوَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
wa-awhayna ila Musa an alqi 'asaka fa-idza hiya talqafu ma ya'fikun
And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.
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Context in the surah
قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ
He said, "Yes, and, [moreover], you will be among those made near [to me]."
Verse 115قَالُوا 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]."
Verse 116قَالَ 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.
وَأَوْحَيْنَا 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.
فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.
Verse 119فَغُلِبُوا هُنَالِكَ وَانقَلَبُوا صَاغِرِينَ
And Pharaoh and his people were overcome right there and became debased.
Verse 120وَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ
And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah].