Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:31

28:31

وَأَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔامِنِينَ

wa-an alqi ʿaṣāka falammā raāhā tahtazzu ka-annahā jānnun wallā mud'biran walam yuʿaqqib yāmūsā aqbil walā takhaf innaka mina l-āminīna

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.

— Saheeh International

Throw down your staff.’ When he saw his staff moving like a snake, he fled in fear and would not return. Again [he was called]: ‘Moses! Draw near! Do not be afraid, for you are one of those who are safe.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And throw your stick!" But when he saw it moving as if it were a snake, he turned in flight, and looked not back. (It was said:) "O Mûsâ (Moses)! Draw near, and fear not. Verily, you are of those who are secure.

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

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Word by Word

وَأَنْwa-anAnd [that]
أَلْقِalqithrow
عَصَاكَۖʿaṣākayour staff
فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
رَءَاهَاraāhāhe saw it
تَهْتَزُّtahtazzumoving
كَأَنَّهَاka-annahāas if it
جَآنٌّۭjānnun(were) a snake
وَلَّىٰwallāhe turned
مُدْبِرًۭاmud'biran(in) flight
وَلَمْwalamand (did) not
يُعَقِّبْۚyuʿaqqibreturn
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
أَقْبِلْaqbilDraw near
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَخَفْۖtakhaffear
إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
مِنَmina(are) of
ٱلْـَٔامِنِينَl-āminīnathe secure