Surah 20 · verse 21
Taha 20:21
Sign in to listenقَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا الْأُولَىٰ
qala khudha wa-la takhaf sanu'iduha sirataha al-ula
[Allah] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
قَالَ 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."
Verse 19قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَا مُوسَىٰ
[Allah] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."
Verse 20فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ
So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.
قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا الْأُولَىٰ
[Allah] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.
وَاضْمُمْ 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,
Verse 23لِنُرِيَكَ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا الْكُبْرَى
That We may show you [some] of Our greater signs.
Verse 24اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ
Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed."
