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Surah Al-A'raf — 7:117

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

Wa awhainaaa ilaa Moosaaa an alqi 'asaaka fa izaa hiya talqafu maa yaafikoon

I objawiliśmy Mojżeszowi: "Rzuć twoją laskę!" I oto ona połknęła to, co oni oszukańczo uczynili.

And we inspired Musa: "Throw your staff." At once, it swallowed up what they had faked.

Reflection

Ifk names a thing turned from its proper direction, the word that names slander at 24:11, so what the sorcerers produced gets classed as distortion. One verb covers both throws, theirs and Musa's, which puts the contest on identical terms and leaves the difference in who gave the order. The Arabic marks the swallowing with its particle for something happening abruptly in front of you.

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