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فَاَلْقٰى مُوْسٰى عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُوْنَ ۚ   ( الشعراء: ٤٥ )

fa-alqā
فَأَلْقَىٰ
Then threw
mūsā
مُوسَىٰ
Musa
ʿaṣāhu
عَصَاهُ
his staff
fa-idhā
فَإِذَا
and behold!
hiya
هِىَ
It
talqafu
تَلْقَفُ
swallowed
مَا
what
yafikūna
يَأْفِكُونَ
they falsified

Fa alqaa Moosaa 'asaahu fa izaa hiya talqafu maa yaafikoon (aš-Šuʿarāʾ 26:45)

Sahih International:

Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified. (Ash-Shu'ara [26] : 45)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

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