Quran 7:117 — Al-A'raaf, verse 117
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Then We inspired Moses, ‘Throw your staff,’ and- lo and behold!––it devoured their fakery.
وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an alqi ʿaṣāka fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā yafikūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We revealed to Moses: 'Cast thy staff!' And lo, it forthwith swallowed up their lying invention.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [then] We inspired Moses, "Throw down thy staff!" -and lo! it swallowed up all their deceptions:
- Sahih International
- And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynā | And We inspired | وحي |
| 2 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 3 | مُوسَىٰٓmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 5 | أَلْقِalqi | Throw | لقي |
| 6 | عَصَاكَ ۖʿaṣāka | your staff | عصو |
| 7 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | and suddenly | — |
| 8 | هِىَhiya | it | — |
| 9 | تَلْقَفُtalqafu | swallow(ed) | لقف |
| 10 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 11 | يَأْفِكُونَyafikūna | they (were) falsifying | أفك |