فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.
fa-alqā mūsā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā yafikūna
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Ash-Shu'ara · verse 45 of 227
Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 45
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8 words1فَأَلْقَىٰfa-alqāThen threw
2مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
3عَصَاهُʿaṣāhuhis staff
4فَإِذَاfa-idhāand behold
5هِىَhiyaIt
6تَلْقَفُtalqafuswallowed
7مَاmāwhat
8يَأْفِكُونَyafikūnathey falsified
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Read the whole surahقَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ
Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."
فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ
So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."
فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.
فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ
So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].
قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,