فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانٞ مُّبِينٞ ٣٢
So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., clearly genuine.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَأَلۡقَىٰSo he threwfa-alqā
- عَصَاهُhis staffʿaṣāhu
- فَإِذَاand beholdfa-idhā
- هِيَIthiya
- ثُعۡبَانٞ(was) a serpentthuʿ'bānun
- مُّبِينٞmanifestmubīnun
Tafsir
So Moses threw his stick down on the ground and it suddenly became a snake for everyone to see.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran