Quran 27:10 — An-Naml, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Throw down your staff,’ but when he saw it moving like a snake, he turned and fled. ‘Moses, do not be afraid! The messengers need have no fear in My presence,
وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَآهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَانٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَا مُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفْ إِنِّي لَا يَخَافُ لَدَيَّ الْمُرْسَلُونَ
wa-alqi ʿaṣāka falammā raāhā tahtazzu ka-annahā jānnun wallā mud'biran walam yuʿaqqib yāmūsā lā takhaf innī lā yakhāfu ladayya l-mur'salūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Cast down thy staff.' And when he saw it quivering like a serpent he turned about, retreating, and turned not back. 'Moses, fear not; surely the Envoys do not fear in My presence,
- Muhammad Asad
- [And then He said:] “Now throw down thy staff!” But when he saw it move rapidly, as if it were a serpent, he drew back [in terror], and did not [dare to] return. [And God spoke to him again:] O Moses! Fear not - for, behold, no fear need the message-bearers have in My Presence,
- Sahih International
- And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allāh said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in My presence the messengers do not fear.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَلْقِwa-alqi | And, "Throw | لقي |
| 2 | عَصَاكَ ۚʿaṣāka | your staff | عصو |
| 3 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | But when | — |
| 4 | رَءَاهَاraāhā | he saw it | رأي |
| 5 | تَهْتَزُّtahtazzu | moving | هزز |
| 6 | كَأَنَّهَاka-annahā | as if it | — |
| 7 | جَآنٌّۭjānnun | (were) a snake | جنن |
| 8 | وَلَّىٰwallā | he turned back | ولي |
| 9 | مُدْبِرًۭاmud'biran | (in) flight | دبر |
| 10 | وَلَمْwalam | and (did) not | — |
| 11 | يُعَقِّبْ ۚyuʿaqqib | look back | عقب |
| 12 | يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā | O Musa | — |
| 13 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 14 | تَخَفْtakhaf | fear | خوف |
| 15 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, [I] | — |
| 16 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 17 | يَخَافُyakhāfu | fear | خوف |
| 18 | لَدَىَّladayya | (in) My presence | — |
| 19 | ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūna | the Messengers | رسل |