Al-Quran 20:18 - Surah Ta-Ha Ayah #18 - English Translation

20:17

وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ

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

20:18

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

He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."

20:19

قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَا مُوسَىٰ

[Allāh] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."

20:20

فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ

So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.

20:21

قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا الْأُولَىٰ

[Allāh] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.

Surah Ta-Ha Ayahs #21 Translated in English