The Holy Quran 7:120 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ

Translation

The magicians were thrown into prostration (in humility and submission because of the grand miracle of Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام, which they realised could have been only from Allaah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The miracle of the staff of Musa ﵇: that is, the staff of Musa ﵇, becoming a serpent, swallowed all their staffs and ropes and put an end to their whole contrived show. From this the sorcerers realised that this was some other reality, beyond sorcery.

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