Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:10

27:10

وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفْ إِنِّى لَا يَخَافُ لَدَىَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

wa-alqi ʿaṣāka falammā raāhā tahtazzu ka-annahā jānnun wallā mud'biran walam yuʿaqqib yāmūsā lā takhaf innī lā yakhāfu ladayya l-mur'salūna

And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allāh said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in My presence the messengers do not fear.

— Saheeh International

Throw down your staff,’ but when he saw it moving like a snake, he turned and fled. ‘Moses, do not be afraid! The messengers need have no fear in My presence,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And throw down your stick!" But when he saw it moving as if it were a snake, he turned in flight, and did not look back. (It was said:) "O Mûsâ (Moses)! Fear not: verily the Messengers fear not in front of Me.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 19Page 377meccan

Word by Word

وَأَلْقِwa-alqiAnd, "Throw
عَصَاكَۚʿaṣākayour staff
فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
رَءَاهَاraāhāhe saw it
تَهْتَزُّtahtazzumoving
كَأَنَّهَاka-annahāas if it
جَآنٌّۭjānnun(were) a snake
وَلَّىٰwallāhe turned back
مُدْبِرًۭاmud'biran(in) flight
وَلَمْwalamand (did) not
يُعَقِّبْۚyuʿaqqiblook back
يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa
لَاlā(Do) not
تَخَفْtakhaffear
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
لَاlā(do) not
يَخَافُyakhāfufear
لَدَىَّladayya(in) My presence
ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūnathe Messengers