۞ وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَلۡقِ عَصَاكَۖ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَأۡفِكُونَ ١١٧
And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- ۞ وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآAnd We inspiredwa-awḥaynā
- إِلَىٰtoilā
- مُوسَىٰٓMusamūsā
- أَنۡthatan
- أَلۡقِThrowalqi
- عَصَاكَۖyour staffʿaṣāka
- فَإِذَاand suddenlyfa-idhā
- هِيَithiya
- تَلۡقَفُswallow(ed)talqafu
- مَاwhatmā
- يَأۡفِكُونَthey (were) falsifyingyafikūna
Tafsir
Allah then inspired Prophet Moses (peace be upon him): 'Throw your stick O Moses!' So he threw it and the stick changed into a snake and swallowed the ropes and sticks the magicians were using instead of real snakes; destroying for the people the illusion that these were crawling snakes.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran