Surah Al-Qasas, ayah 31
وَأَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔامِنِينَ
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. [Allāh said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure.
Al-Qasas · 28:31
Word by word
- وَأَنْwa-anAnd [that]
- أَلْقِalqithrow
- عَصَاكَ ۖʿaṣākayour staff
- فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
- رَءَاهَاraāhāhe saw it
- تَهْتَزُّtahtazzumoving
- كَأَنَّهَاka-annahāas if it
- جَآنٌّۭjānnun(were) a snake
- وَلَّىٰwallāhe turned
- مُدْبِرًۭاmud'biran(in) flight
- وَلَمْwalamand (did) not
- يُعَقِّبْ ۚyuʿaqqibreturn
- يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
- أَقْبِلْaqbilDraw near
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَخَفْ ۖtakhaffear
- إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
- مِنَmina(are) of
- ٱلْـَٔامِنِينَl-āminīnathe secure
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