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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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But Moses threw his staff and- lo and behold!- it swallowed up their tricker

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
Then threw	فَأَلْقَىٰ (fa-alqā)	ل ق ي	Verb V
Musa	مُوسَىٰ (mūsā)	م و س ى	Noun Noun
his staff	عَصَاهُ (ʿaṣāhu)	ع ص و	Noun Noun
and behold	فَإِذَا (fa-idhā)	إ ذ ا	Noun Noun
It	هِىَ (hiya)	—	Noun Noun
swallowed	تَلْقَفُ (talqafu)	ل ق ف	Verb V
what	مَا (mā)	م ا	Noun Noun
they falsified	يَأْفِكُونَ (yafikūna)	أ ف ك	Verb V

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7:117 27%

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

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

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

7:107 17%

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

fa-alqā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya thuʿ'bānun mubīnu

So Moses threw his staff and- lo and behold!- it was a snake, clear to all

26:32 17%

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

fa-alqā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya thuʿ'bānun mubīnu

So Moses threw down his staff and- lo and behold!- it became a snake for everyone to see