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Surah al-A`raf (The Elevated Places) 7 : 116

قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(7:116:1)
qāla
He said
(7:116:2)
alqū
Throw
(7:116:3)
(7:116:4)
alqaw
they threw
(7:116:5)
saḥarū
they bewitched
(7:116:6)
aʿyuna
(the) eyes
(7:116:7)
l-nāsi
(of) the people
(7:116:8)
wa-is'tarhabūhum
and terrified them
(7:116:9)
wajāū
and came (up)
(7:116:10)
bisiḥ'rin
with a magic
(7:116:11)
ʿaẓīmin
great

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Explanatory Note

It is sufficient for us that the Qur’ān describes their work as “great sorcery” to imagine how skilful they truly were. It is also enough that we should know that they could “cast a spell upon people’s eyes”, in order to be able to imagine the nature of the situation. Indeed, the Qur’ān uses here a very vivid term to describe that the sorcerers were able to create a very real feeling of fear among all beholders. We also learn from another Qur’ānic statement that Moses himself felt fear creeping into his heart.

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A study of its contents clearly shows that the period of its revelation is about the same as that of Surah 6: al-An’am (The Grazing Livestock), i.e. the last year of the Prophet's life at Makkah, but it cannot be asserted with certainty which of these two were sent down earlier. The manner of its admonition clearly indicates that it belongs to the same period. [Ref: Mawdudi]

It is considered the longest surah revealed during the Makkan period. Some consider this surah to have been revealed after Surah 38: Sad. [Ref: Tafsir al-Maudheei, Dr. Mustafah Muslim, vol. 3, p. 2]

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