Sura 28 Al-Qasas (The Stories), ayah 31

  1. وَأَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَآهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَانٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَا مُوسَىٰ أَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الْآمِنِينَ

    Translation by words

    وَأَنْ
    And [that]
    أَلْقِ
    throw
    عَصَاكَ
    your staff."
    فَلَمَّا
    But when
    رَءَاهَا
    he saw it
    تَهْتَزُّ
    moving
    كَأَنَّهَا
    as if it
    جَآنٌّ
    (were) a snake
    وَلَّىٰ
    he turned
    مُدْبِرًا
    (in) flight
    وَلَمْ
    and (did) not
    يُعَقِّبْ
    return.
    يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ
    "O Musa!
    أَقْبِلْ
    Draw near
    وَلَا
    and (do) not
    تَخَفْ
    fear.
    إِنَّكَ
    Indeed, you
    مِنَ
    (are) of
    ٱلْءَامِنِينَ
    the secure.

    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.

    28:31

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 28 Al-Qasas (The Stories)