سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 117
۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ ﴿117﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And We revealed to Mûsâ (Moses) (saying): "Throw your stick," and behold! It swallowed up straight away all the falsehoods which they showed.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ
wa-awḥaynā
And We inspired
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
مُوسَىٰٓ
mūsā
Musa
أَنْ
an
that
أَلْقِ
alqi
Throw
عَصَاكَ ۖ
ʿaṣāka
your staff
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
and suddenly
هِىَ
hiya
it
تَلْقَفُ
talqafu
swallow(ed)
مَا
mā
what
يَأْفِكُونَ
yafikūna
they (were) falsifying
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
117. 1. But whatever this was, it was an illusion, trickery, and magic that could not stand against reality. Thus, as soon as Musa (AS) cast his staff, everything ended, and the staff took the form of a terrifying serpent and swallowed everything.
