وَأَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّۭ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًۭا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْءَامِنِينَ
Translation
Sahih International
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. [Allah said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure.
Word-by-Word Translation
وَأَنْ
And [that]
أَلْقِ
throw
عَصَاكَ ۖ
your staff
فَلَمَّا
But when
رَءَاهَا
he saw it
تَهْتَزُّ
moving
كَأَنَّهَا
as if it
جَآنٌّۭ
(were) a snake
وَلَّىٰ
he turned
مُدْبِرًۭا
(in) flight
وَلَمْ
and (did) not
يُعَقِّبْ ۚ
return
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ
O Musa
أَقْبِلْ
Draw near
وَلَا
and (do) not
تَخَفْ ۖ
fear
إِنَّكَ
Indeed, you
مِنَ
(are) of
ٱلْـَٔامِنِينَ
the secure
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