Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 45 (26:45)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

Quran 26:45 is ayah 45 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 369 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:45
فَأَلْقَىٰمُوسَىٰعَصَاهُفَإِذَاهِىَتَلْقَفُمَايَأْفِكُونَ٤٥
fa-alqā mūsā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā yafikūna

Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.(45)

Word by word

  1. فَأَلْقَىٰfa-alqāThen threw
  2. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
  3. عَصَاهُʿaṣāhuhis staff
  4. فَإِذَاfa-idhāand behold
  5. هِىَhiyaIt
  6. تَلْقَفُtalqafuswallowed
  7. مَاmāwhat
  8. يَأْفِكُونَyafikūnathey falsified

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