[1] An allusion to both Sūrat al-Aʿrāf, verse 117: ﴿وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖفَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ﴾ ﴾And We signalled to Mūsā: ‘Throw down your staff.’ And behold, it was swallowing what they had faked.﴿ [7:117] —And Sūrat al-Shuʿarāʾ, verse 45: ﴿فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ﴾ ﴾Thereat Mūsā threw down his staff, and behold, it was swallowing what they had faked.﴿ [26:45]