۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
Wa awhainaaa ilaa Moosaaa an alqi 'asaaka fa izaa hiya talqafu maa yaafikoon
And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.
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Lessons from past peoples
7:117Ayah 1206
88 ayahs in Al-A'raaf are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.
← Previous on Lessons from past peoples7:116He 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.Next on Lessons from past peoples →7:118So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.
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And We revealed to Moses saying ‘Cast your staff.’ And lo! it swallowed up read talaqqafu with one of the original tā’ letters of tatalaqqafu omitted the illusion they were creating that which they were transforming by delusion.
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