Meccan·Surah 7

الأعراف

Surah Al-A'raf — Ayah 119

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206 Ayahs·Verse 7:119
7:119

فَغُلِبُوا۟ هُنَالِكَ وَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ صَـٰغِرِينَ

And Pharaoh and his people were overcome right there and became debased.

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۞ 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.

فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.

وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ

And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah].

قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,