Surah Al-A'raf 7:118 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 118 / 206 · Page 164

فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Word by Word

فَوَقَعَ
fawaqa'a
So was established
الْحَقُّ
al-haqu
the truth
وَبَطَلَ
wabatala
and became futile
مَا
ma
what
كَانُوا
kanu
they used to
يَعْمَلُونَ
ya'maluna
do

Transliteration

Fawaqa'al haqqu wa batala maa kaanoo ya'maloon

Translation

So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

In this way the truth became clear: proving the truth of what Moses was saying, and showing the falsehood of what the magicians had done.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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