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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 118

سورة الأعراف، الآية ١١٨

7:118 Juz 9 Hizb 17 Page 164 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:118

فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ۝١١٨

Transliteration

fawaqaʿa l-ḥaqu wabaṭala mā kānū yaʿmalūna

Translation

So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.

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Verse 118 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:118), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 164 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 118

Al-Mukhtasar

In this way the truth became clear: proving the truth of what Moses was saying, and showing the falsehood of what the magicians had done.

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Other translations of verse 118

Thus the truth prevailed, and all what they did was proven to be false.

Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect.

Thus was the Truth vindicated and that which they were doing was made vain.

Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect.

So the truth was established, and what they did became null.

So the Truth came to pass, (Literally: fell "on them") and void (Literally: became untrue) was whatever they were doing.

Verse 118 word by word

فَوَقَعَ fawaqaʿa So was established و ق ع
ٱلْحَقُّ l-ḥaqu the truth ح ق ق
وَبَطَلَ wabaṭala and became futile ب ط ل
مَا mā what
كَانُوا۟ kānū they used to ك و ن
يَعْمَلُونَ yaʿmalūna do ع م ل

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