Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 116
قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ
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.
Al-A'raf · 7:116
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- أَلْقُوا۟ ۖalqūThrow
- فَلَمَّآfalammāThen when
- أَلْقَوْا۟alqawthey threw
- سَحَرُوٓا۟saḥarūthey bewitched
- أَعْيُنَaʿyuna(the) eyes
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
- وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْwa-is'tarhabūhumand terrified them
- وَجَآءُوwajāūand came (up)
- بِسِحْرٍbisiḥ'rinwith a magic
- عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīmingreat
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