فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٠٧
So he [i.e., Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., genuine and not imagined, as a miracle from Allāh.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَأَلۡقَىٰSo he threwfa-alqā
- عَصَاهُhis staffʿaṣāhu
- فَإِذَاand suddenlyfa-idhā
- هِيَithiya
- ثُعۡبَانٞ(was) a serpentthuʿ'bānun
- مُّبِينٞmanifestmubīnun
Tafsir
So Moses threw his stick and it changed into a great snake, clear for all to see.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran