فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنۡهَا مَن لَّا يُؤۡمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرۡدَىٰ
So do not let those who disbelieve in it and follow their desires distract you from it, or you will be doomed.’”
وَمَا تِلۡكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ
˹Allah added,˺ “And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?”
قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّؤُاْ عَلَيۡهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخۡرَىٰ
He replied, “It is my staff! I lean on it, and with it I beat down ˹branches˺ for my sheep, and have other uses for it.”1
قَالَ أَلۡقِهَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ
Allah said, “Throw it down, O Moses!”
فَأَلۡقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٞ تَسۡعَىٰ
So he did, then—behold!—it became a serpent, slithering.
قَالَ خُذۡهَا وَلَا تَخَفۡۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
Allah said, “Take it, and have no fear. We will return it to its former state.
وَٱضۡمُمۡ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخۡرُجۡ بَيۡضَآءَ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ سُوٓءٍ ءَايَةً أُخۡرَىٰ
And put your hand under your armpit, it will come out ˹shining˺ white, unblemished,1 as another sign,