Surah Al-A'raf Ayah 116

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قَالَ أَلۡقُواْۖ فَلَمَّآ أَلۡقَوۡاْ سَحَرُوٓاْ أَعۡيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسۡتَرۡهَبُوهُمۡ وَجَآءُو بِسِحۡرٍ عَظِيمٖ ١١٦

Qāla alqū, falammā alqaw saḥarū aʿyunan-nāsi wastarhabūhum wa jāʾū bisiḥrin ʿaẓīm.

He 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.1

Translation: Sahih International

Footnotes (1)
  1. Their staffs and ropes appeared as writhing snakes.

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Word by word11 words

  • قَالَHe said
  • أَلۡقُواْۖThrow
  • فَلَمَّآThen when
  • أَلۡقَوۡاْthey threw
  • سَحَرُوٓاْthey bewitched
  • أَعۡيُنَ(the) eyes
  • ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the people
  • وَٱسۡتَرۡهَبُوهُمۡand terrified them
  • وَجَآءُوand came (up)
  • بِسِحۡرٍwith a magic
  • عَظِيمٖgreat

Repeated phrases

  • قَالَ بَلۡ أَلۡقُواْۖ

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164
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