Surah 20 · verse 19
Taha 20:19
Sign in to listenقَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَا مُوسَىٰ
qala alqiha ya Musa
[Allah] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ
So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.
Verse 17وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ
And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?"
Verse 18قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ
He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."
قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَا مُوسَىٰ
[Allah] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."
فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ
So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.
Verse 21قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا الْأُولَىٰ
[Allah] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.
Verse 22وَاضْمُمْ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَاءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوءٍ آيَةً أُخْرَىٰ
And draw in your hand to your side; it will come out white without disease - another sign,
