ٱلْأَعْرَاف : ١١٦

  • قَالَ He said
  • أَلۡقُواْۖ Throw
  • فَلَمَّآ Then when
  • أَلۡقَوۡاْ they threw
  • سَحَرُوٓاْ they bewitched
  • أَعۡيُنَ (the) eyes
  • ٱلنَّاسِ (of) the people
  • وَٱسۡتَرۡهَبُوهُمۡ and terrified them
  • وَجَآءُو and came (up)
  • بِسِحۡرٍ with a magic
  • عَظِيمٖ great
He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic.1
Footnotes
1 Their staffs and ropes appeared as writhing snakes.
He said, 'Cast!', this is a command permitting them to cast first, as a means to manifesting the truth. And when they cast, their ropes and staffs, they put a spell upon the people's eyes, misleading them from perceiving the real state of these [ropes and staffs], and overawed them, scared them, by making them appear to be slithering snakes, and produced a mighty sorcery.