﴿ فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ ﴾

“[But] then Moses threw his staff - and lo! it swallowed up all their deceptions.”

Thereat Moses cast his staff and lo! it was swallowing talqafu one of the original two tā’ letters of taltaqifu has been assimilated what they had faked what they had transformed through illusion making their ropes and staffs appear to be moving serpents.