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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-A'raf 7:117

Word by word

۞ 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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وأوحى الله إلى عبده ورسوله موسى عليه السلام في ذلك الموقف العظيم الذي فرَّق الله فيه بين الحق والباطل، يأمره بأن يُلقي ما في يمينه وهي عصاه، فألقاها فإذا هي تبلع ما يلقونه، ويوهمون الناس أنه حق وهو باطل.

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