Quran 26:45 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 45
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But Moses threw his staff and- lo and behold!- it swallowed up their trickery
فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
fa-alqā mūsā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā yafikūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then Moses cast his staff and lo, it forthwith swallowed up their lying invention;
- Muhammad Asad
- [But] then Moses threw his staff - and lo! it swallowed up all their deceptions.
- Sahih International
- Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَلْقَىٰfa-alqā | Then threw | لقي |
| 2 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |
| 3 | عَصَاهُʿaṣāhu | his staff | عصو |
| 4 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | and behold | — |
| 5 | هِىَhiya | It | — |
| 6 | تَلْقَفُtalqafu | swallowed | لقف |
| 7 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 8 | يَأْفِكُونَyafikūna | they falsified | أفك |