Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 117·Makkī

117

إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ فَإِذَا هِىَ مَا ﴿١١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 5 roots in 5 of 11 words

Rarest here: ل-ق-ف — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 8 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Iẓhār1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

11 words · 41 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 117 of 206

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 26:45 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

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

  • Quran 26:46 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ

    So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah].

  • Quran 10:80 · Yunusclose

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

    So when the magicians came, Moses said to them, "Throw down whatever you will throw."

  • Quran 26:64 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

    And We advanced thereto the pursuers.

  • Quran 28:36 · Al-Qasasclose

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ قَالُوا۟ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّفْتَرًى وَمَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِىٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, "This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers."

  • Quran 23:48 · Al-Muminoonclose

    فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُهْلَكِينَ

    So they denied them and were of those destroyed.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:454 shared roots

    فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

    ل-ق-فع-ص-وأ-ف-كل-ق-ي

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1072 shared roots

    فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

    ع-ص-ول-ق-ي

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:322 shared roots

    فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

    ع-ص-ول-ق-ي

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1072 shared roots

    فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

    ع-ص-ول-ق-ي

  • Taa-Haa 20:692 shared roots

    وَأَلْقِ مَا فِى يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا۟ كَيْدُ سَٰحِرٍ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىٰ

    ل-ق-فل-ق-ي

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:442 shared roots

    فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

    ع-ص-ول-ق-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:117?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:117 include Quran 26:45 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:46 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 10:80 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 26:64 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 26:45 reads: “Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 7:117 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:117 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.”

Which surah is verse 7:117 in?

Quran 7:117 is āyah 117 of Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), chapter 7 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 206 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 7:117?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:117 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.