وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ ١٧

"And what is that in your right hand, O Musa (Moses)?"

وَمَا تِلْكَ

And what is that

بِيَمِينِكَ

in your right hand

يَا مُوسَىٰ

O Musa (Moses)?

قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ ١٨

He said: "This is my stick, whereon I lean, and wherewith I beat down branches for my sheep, and wherein I find other uses."

قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ

He said: 'This is my stick,'

أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا

whereon I lean,

وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي

and wherewith I beat down branches for my sheep,

وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ

and wherein I find other uses.

قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَا مُوسَىٰ ١٩

(Allah) said: "Cast it down, O Musa (Moses)!"

قَالَ

Allah said:

أَلْقِهَا

Cast it down,

يَا مُوسَىٰ

O Musa (Moses)!

فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ ٢٠

He cast it down, and behold! It was a snake, moving quickly.

فَأَلْقَاهَا

He cast it down

فَإِذَا هِيَ

and behold! It was

حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ

a snake, moving quickly

قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا الْأُولَىٰ ٢١

Allah said:"Grasp it, and fear not, We shall return it to its former state,

قَالَ خُذْهَا

Allah said: 'Grasp it,'

وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ

'and fear not,'

سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا الْأُولَىٰ

'We shall return it to its former state.'

وَاضْمُمْ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَاءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوءٍ آيَةً أُخْرَىٰ ٢٢

"And press your (right) hand to your (left) side, it will come forth white (and shining), without any disease as another sign,

وَاضْمُمْ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ

And press your (right) hand to your (left) side,

تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَاءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوءٍ

it will come forth white (and shining), without any disease

آيَةً أُخْرَىٰ

as another sign,

لِنُرِيَكَ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا الْكُبْرَى ٢٣

"That We may show you (some) of Our Greater Signs.

لِنُرِيَكَ

That We may show you

مِنْ آيَاتِنَا

(some) of Our Signs

الْكُبْرَى

Greater