Quran 28:31 — Al-Qasas, verse 31
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Throw down your staff.’ When he saw his staff moving like a snake, he fled in fear and would not return. Again [he was called]: ‘Moses! Draw near! Do not be afraid, for you are one of those who are safe.
وَأَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَآهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَانٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَا مُوسَىٰ أَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الْآمِنِينَ
wa-an alqi ʿaṣāka falammā raāhā tahtazzu ka-annahā jānnun wallā mud'biran walam yuʿaqqib yāmūsā aqbil walā takhaf innaka mina l-āminīna
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, come forward, and fear not; for surely thou art in security.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [then He said]: “Throw down thy staff!” But as soon as [Moses] saw it move rapidly, as if it were a snake, he drew back [in terror], and did not [dare to] return. [And God spoke to him again:] “O Moses! Draw near, and have no fear - for, behold, thou art of those who are secure [in this world and in the next]!
- Sahih International
- 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. [Allāh said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَنْwa-an | And [that] | — |
| 2 | أَلْقِalqi | throw | لقي |
| 3 | عَصَاكَ ۖʿaṣāka | your staff | عصو |
| 4 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | But when | — |
| 5 | رَءَاهَاraāhā | he saw it | رأي |
| 6 | تَهْتَزُّtahtazzu | moving | هزز |
| 7 | كَأَنَّهَاka-annahā | as if it | — |
| 8 | جَآنٌّۭjānnun | (were) a snake | جنن |
| 9 | وَلَّىٰwallā | he turned | ولي |
| 10 | مُدْبِرًۭاmud'biran | (in) flight | دبر |
| 11 | وَلَمْwalam | and (did) not | — |
| 12 | يُعَقِّبْ ۚyuʿaqqib | return | عقب |
| 13 | يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsā | O Musa | — |
| 14 | أَقْبِلْaqbil | Draw near | قبل |
| 15 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 16 | تَخَفْ ۖtakhaf | fear | خوف |
| 17 | إِنَّكَinnaka | Indeed, you | — |
| 18 | مِنَmina | (are) of | — |
| 19 | ٱلْـَٔامِنِينَl-āminīna | the secure | أمن |