The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:117

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Arabic English Morphology
And We inspired V
to Prep
Musa Noun
that Prep
Throw V
عَصَاكَ ʿaṣāka
your staff Noun
فَإِذَا fa-idhā
and suddenly Prep
هِىَ hiya
it Noun
swallow(ed) V
مَا
what Noun
they (were) falsifying V

Then We inspired Moses, ‘Throw your staff,’ and- lo and behold!––it devoured their fakery

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

۞ وَأَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰۤ أَنۡ أَلۡقِ عَصَاكَۖ فَإِذَا هِیَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا یَأۡفِكُونَ ۝١١٧

wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an alqi ʿaṣāka fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā yafikūn