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Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 117

۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.

Al-A'raf · 7:117

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  1. ۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāAnd We inspired
  2. إِلَىٰilāto
  3. مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
  4. أَنْanthat
  5. أَلْقِalqiThrow
  6. عَصَاكَ ۖʿaṣākayour staff
  7. فَإِذَاfa-idhāand suddenly
  8. هِىَhiyait
  9. تَلْقَفُtalqafuswallow(ed)
  10. مَاmāwhat
  11. يَأْفِكُونَyafikūnathey (were) falsifying

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