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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 117

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Without diacritics

واوحينا الى موسى ان الق عصاك فاذا هي تلقف ما يافكون

We put it into Moses's mind By inspiration: "Throw (now) Thy rod": and behold! It swallows up straightway All the falsehoods Which they fake!

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  • Verse 117 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 164

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآAnd We inspiredwa-awḥaynā
  2. إِلَىٰtoilā
  3. مُوسَىٰٓMusamūsā
  4. أَنْthatan
  5. أَلْقِThrowalqi
  6. عَصَاكَ ۖyour staffʿaṣāka
  7. فَإِذَاand suddenlyfa-idhā
  8. هِىَithiya
  9. تَلْقَفُswallow(ed)talqafu
  10. مَاwhatmā
  11. يَأْفِكُونَthey (were) falsifyingyafikūna

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