The Quran

سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:45

The Poets · Verse 45 of 227

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Then Moses put down (on the ground) his staff; lo! it instantly destroyed all that they had fabricated.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then Moses threw his rod, when, behold, it straightway swallows up all the falsehoods which they fake!

Ahmed Ali

Then Moses threw down his staff, and lo, it swallowed up their conjurations.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Thereafter, Moses threw his staff, and behold, it swallowed up their false devices.

Daryabadi

Then Musa cast down his staff, and lo! it swallowed up that which they had devised.

Faridul Haque

Therefore Moosa put forth his staff – so it immediately began swallowing all their fabrications.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then Moses cast down his rod, and lo! it swallowed up their fabrication.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Then Moses threw down his rod, and lo ! it swallowed up all that which they had fabricated.

Muhammad Asad

[But] then Moses threw his staff - and lo! it swallowed up all their deceptions.

Muhammad Musin Khan

Then Musa (Moses) threw his stick, and behold, it swallowed up all the falsehoods which they showed!

Muhammad Pickthall

Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show.

Muhammad Sarwar

Then Moses cast down his staff and suddenly it swallowed up what they had falsely invented.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Then Musa cast down his staff and lo! it swallowed up the lies they told.

Rashad Khalifa

Moses threw his staff, whereupon it swallowed what they fabricated.

Shabbir Ahmed

Moses responded with the mighty truth, and right away it swallowed their false logic.