Surah Al-Qashash Ayah 31

Al-Qashash · Ayah 31 · Juz 20 · Page 389

وَأَنۡ أَلۡقِ عَصَاكَۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهۡتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنّٞ وَلَّىٰ مُدۡبِرٗا وَلَمۡ يُعَقِّبۡۚ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَقۡبِلۡ وَلَا تَخَفۡۖ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأٓمِنِينَ ٣١

Wa an alqi ʿaṣāk, falammā raʾāhā tahtazzu kaʾannahā jānnuw wallā mudbiraw wa lam yuʿaqqib, yāmūsā aqbil wa lā takhaf, innaka minal-āminīn.

And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return.1 [Allāh said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure.

Translation: Sahih International

Footnotes (1)
  1. Or "did not look back."

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Word by word19 words

  • وَأَنۡAnd [that]
  • أَلۡقِthrow
  • عَصَاكَۚyour staff
  • فَلَمَّاBut when
  • رَءَاهَاhe saw it
  • تَهۡتَزُّmoving
  • كَأَنَّهَاas if it
  • جَآنّٞ(were) a snake
  • وَلَّىٰhe turned
  • مُدۡبِرٗا(in) flight
  • وَلَمۡand (did) not
  • يُعَقِّبۡۚreturn
  • يَٰمُوسَىٰٓO Musa
  • أَقۡبِلۡDraw near
  • وَلَاand (do) not
  • تَخَفۡۖfear
  • إِنَّكَIndeed, you
  • مِنَ(are) of
  • ٱلۡأٓمِنِينَthe secure

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Juz
20
Page
389
Hizb
39