Ayah ash-Shu`ara` (The Poets) 26:45

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Muhammad Asad

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

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Then Moses threw down his staff, and—behold!—it devoured the objects of their illusion!

Safi Kaskas

Then Moses threw down his staff, and it devoured their deceptions.

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فَأَلۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِیَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا یَأۡفِكُونَ ۝٤٥

Transliteration (2021)

fa-alqā mūsā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā yafikūn

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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

Then threw Musa his staff and behold! It swallowed what they falsified.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

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

M. M. Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

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

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Then Moses threw down his staff, and—behold!—it devoured the objects of their illusion!

Safi Kaskas

Then Moses threw down his staff, and it devoured their deceptions.

Wahiduddin Khan

Then Moses threw down his staff, and it swallowed up all that they had conjured into being

Shakir

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

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Then, Moses cast down his staff. That is when it swallows what they faked.

T.B.Irving

So Moses cast his staff and imagine, it swallowed up what they were shamming about!

Abdul Hye

Then Moses threw his stick, and behold, it swallowed up all that they falsely showed!

The Study Quran

Then Moses cast his staff, and behold, it devours what they make falsely

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Then Moses threw his staff, and behold, it started swallowing what they had fabricated.

Talal Itani (2012)

Then Moses threw his staff, and behold, it began swallowing their trickery

Dr. Kamal Omar

Then Musa dropped his rod, so instantly it swallows all the falsehood which they indulge in

M. Farook Malik

Then Moses threw down his staff, and lo! It swallowed their false devices

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then Musa cast down his staff, then, only then did it gulp whatever falshood they (showed)

Muhammad Sarwar

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

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Then Musa threw down his staff, and in no time it started swallowing the falsehood they invented

Shabbir Ahmed

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

Dr. Munir Munshey

Musa, too, threw his stick and it gobbled up all the illusions they had conjured up

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then (Musa) threw his rod, when, look! It right away swallows up all the lies that they make up

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

So Moses cast down his staff, then it was eating-up all that they showed

Abdel Haleem

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

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

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

Ahmed Ali

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

Aisha Bewley

But Musa threw down his staff and at once it swallowed up what they had fabricated.

Ali Ünal

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

Ali Quli Qara'i

Thereat Moses threw down his staff, and behold, it was swallowing what they had faked

Hamid S. Aziz

And Moses threw down his rod, and, lo, it swallowed up what they had falsely devised

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

Then Moses threw his cane, and it immediately swallowed whatever they had faked.

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Then Moses threw his staff, and behold, it instantly swallowed up all the falsehood they faked

Musharraf Hussain

Then Musa threw down his staff, and at once it swallowed up their trickery.

Maududi

Thereafter, Moses threw down his rod and behold, it went about swallowing up all the false devices they had contrived

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

So Moses cast down his staff, then it was eating-up all that they showed

Mohammad Shafi

And then Moses threw his staff. And lo! It swallowed up all their deceptions

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Then Musa cast his staff, henceforth it began to swallow their fabrications.

Rashad Khalifa

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

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Then Moses cast down his staff and it swallowed up their lying invention

Maulana Muhammad Ali

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

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So Moses threw/threw away his stick/cane, so then it snatches/swallows quickly what they lie/falsify

Bijan Moeinian

Then Moses threw his staff which started to swallow all their tricks

Faridul Haque

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

Sher Ali

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

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Then Musa (Moses) cast down his staff which, (changing into a serpent,) began swallowing up those things which they had made look different (from reality) through trickery

Amatul Rahman Omar

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

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

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

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

Then Moses cast his staff and lo, it forthwith swallowed up their lying invention

George Sale

And Moses cast down his rod, and behold, it swallowed up that which they had caused falsely to appear changed into serpents

Edward Henry Palmer

And Moses threw down his rod, and, lo, it swallowed up what they falsely devised

John Medows Rodwell

Then Moses threw down his rod, and lo! it swallowed up their cheating wonders

N J Dawood (2014)

Then Moses threw down his staff, and it swallowed up their false devices

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Fode Drame

And Moses threw his stick and Lo! It was swallowing all the falsehoods which they fake!

Munir Mezyed

Then Moses threw his staff and suddenly it swallowed up what they simulated.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Then Musa (Moses) threw his stick, then it took over what they invented.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Then Moses threw his rod. Behold, it swallowed (the illusions) they faked.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

Then Moses threw his staff, and thereupon it swallowed what they had fabricated.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

So Moses cast his staff and imagine, it swallowed up what they were shamming about!

Samy Mahdy

So, Moses threw his staff, so then, it is swallowing what they are faking.

Sayyid Qutb

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

Ahmed Hulusi

Then Moses threw his staff, and alas, at once it devoured their apparitions!

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

Then Moses cast down his rod, when, behold, it swallowed up that which they falsely displayed

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

And when Mussa cast his staff, it counter-worked their ingenious expedience and swallowed all that they cast upon the ground of fraudulent devices of a mean and deceptive kind

Mir Aneesuddin

So they cast down their ropes and their rods and said, "By the might of Firawn we will certainly be winners."

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

OLD Literal Word for Word

Then threw Musa his staff and behold! It swallowed what they falsified

OLD Transliteration

Faalqa moosa AAasahu fa-itha hiya talqafu ma ya/fikoona

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