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Lam-Qaf-Fa
To catch up hurriedly, seize, swallow up quickly, destroy, undo, eat up, catch and retain, collapse, fall upon the enemy, crumble down.
laqifa
vb. (1) impf. act.
7:117
وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
Wa 'Awĥaynā 'Ilá Mūsá 'An 'Alqi `Aşāka Fa'idhā Hiya Talqafu Mā Ya'fikūna
And We inspired Moses: "Throw down your staff;" and it swallowed what they invented.
20:69
وَأَلْقِ مَا فِي يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوا إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا كَيْدُ سَاحِر ٍ وَلاَ يُفْلِحُ السَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَى
Wa 'Alqi Mā Fī Yamīnika Talqaf Mā Şana`ū 'Innamā Şana`ū Kaydu Sāĥirin Wa Lā Yufliĥu As-Sāĥiru Ĥaythu 'Atá
"And cast down what is in your right hand it will consume what they have made. They have only made the plans of a magician, and the magician will not succeed no matter what he does."
26:45
فَأَلْقَى مُوسَى عَصَاه ُُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
Fa'alqá Mūsá `Aşāhu Fa'idhā Hiya Talqafu Mā Ya'fikūna
So Moses cast down his staff, then it was eating-up all that they showed!
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