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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 116

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قال القوا فلما القوا سحروا اعين الناس واسترهبوهم وجاءوا بسحر عظيم

Said Moses: "Throw ye (first)." So when they threw, They bewitched the eyes Of the people, and struck Terror into them: for they Showed a great (feat of) magic.

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  • Verse 116 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 164

Word by word

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. أَلْقُوا۟ ۖThrowalqū
  3. فَلَمَّآThen whenfalammā
  4. أَلْقَوْا۟they threwalqaw
  5. سَحَرُوٓا۟they bewitchedsaḥarū
  6. أَعْيُنَ(the) eyesaʿyuna
  7. ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the peoplel-nāsi
  8. وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْand terrified themwa-is'tarhabūhum
  9. وَجَآءُوand came (up)wajāū
  10. بِسِحْرٍwith a magicbisiḥ'rin
  11. عَظِيمٍۢgreatʿaẓīmin

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