Qur'an / Al-A'raf / 117

Al-A'raf · 7:117

In context

1. قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَإِنَّكُمۡ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ

   7:114He said, "Yes, and, [moreover], you will be among those made near [to me]

2. قَالُواْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلۡقِيَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُلۡقِينَ

   7:115They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]

3. قَالَ أَلۡقُواْۖ فَلَمَّآ أَلۡقَوۡاْ سَحَرُوٓاْ أَعۡيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسۡتَرۡهَبُوهُمۡ وَجَآءُو بِسِحۡرٍ عَظِيمٖ

   7:116He 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

4. ۞وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَلۡقِ عَصَاكَۖ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَأۡفِكُونَ

   7:117And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying

5. فَوَقَعَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ

   7:118So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing

6. فَغُلِبُواْ هُنَالِكَ وَٱنقَلَبُواْ صَٰغِرِينَ

   7:119And Pharaoh and his people were overcome right there and became debased

7. وَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ

   7:120And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah]