Surah Al-A'raf 7:117 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 117 / 206 · Page 164
ۖ وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
Word by Word
ۖ
وَأَوْحَيْنَا
wa-awhayna
And We inspired
إِلَى
ila
to
مُوسَى
musa
Musa
أَنْ
an
that
أَلْقِ
alqi
Throw
عَصَاكَ
asaka
your staff
فَإِذَا
fa-idha
and suddenly
هِيَ
hiya
it
تَلْقَفُ
talqafu
swallow(ed)
مَا
ma
what
يَأْفِكُونَ
yafikuna
they (were) falsifying
Transliteration
Wa awhainaaa ilaa Moosaaa an alqi 'asaaka fa izaa hiya talqafu maa yaafikoon
Translation
And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Allah then inspired Prophet Moses (peace be upon him): 'Throw your stick O Moses!' So he threw it and the stick changed into a snake and swallowed the ropes and sticks the magicians were using instead of real snakes; destroying for the people the illusion that these were crawling snakes.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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