وَمَا تِلۡكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ
Wama tilka biyameenika ya moosa
"And what is that in the right hand, O Moses?"
20. Ta Ha · verses 17–22
سورة طهقَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّؤُاْ عَلَيۡهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخۡرَىٰ
Qala hiya AAasaya atawakkao AAalayha waahushshu biha AAala ghanamee waliya feeha maaribu okhra
He said, "It is my rod: on it I lean; with it I beat down fodder for my flocks; and in it I find other uses."
قَالَ أَلۡقِهَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ
Qala alqiha ya moosa
(Allah) said, "Throw it, O Moses!"
فَأَلۡقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٞ تَسۡعَىٰ
Faalqaha faitha hiya hayyatun tasAAa
He threw it, and behold! It was a snake, active in motion.
قَالَ خُذۡهَا وَلَا تَخَفۡۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
Qala khuthha wala takhaf sanuAAeeduha seerataha aloola
(Allah) said, "Seize it, and fear not: We shall return it at once to its former condition"..
وَٱضۡمُمۡ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخۡرُجۡ بَيۡضَآءَ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ سُوٓءٍ ءَايَةً أُخۡرَىٰ
Waodmum yadaka ila janahika takhruj baydaa min ghayri sooin ayatan okhra
"Now draw thy hand close to thy side: It shall come forth white (and shining), without harm (or stain),- as another Sign,-
