Surah 7 · verse 118
Al-A'raf 7:118
Sign in to listenفَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
fa-waqa'a al-haqq wa-batala ma kanu ya'malun
So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
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]."
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.
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.
فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.
فَغُلِبُوا 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].
Verse 121قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,
