Surah An-Naml, Ayah 10 (27:10)

ٱلنَّمْل

وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ …

Quran 27:10 is ayah 10 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 377 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:10
وَأَلْقِعَصَاكَ ۚفَلَمَّارَءَاهَاتَهْتَزُّكَأَنَّهَاجَآنٌّوَلَّىٰمُدْبِرًاوَلَمْيُعَقِّبْ ۚيَٰمُوسَىٰلَاتَخَفْإِنِّىلَايَخَافُلَدَىَّٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ١٠
wa-alqi ʿaṣāka falammā raāhā tahtazzu ka-annahā jānnun wallā mud'biran walam yuʿaqqib yāmūsā lā takhaf innī lā yakhāfu ladayya l-mur'salūna

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.(10)

Word by word

  1. وَأَلْقِwa-alqiAnd, "Throw
  2. عَصَاكَ ۚʿaṣākayour staff
  3. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
  4. رَءَاهَاraāhāhe saw it
  5. تَهْتَزُّtahtazzumoving
  6. كَأَنَّهَاka-annahāas if it
  7. جَآنٌّjānnun(were) a snake
  8. وَلَّىٰwallāhe turned back
  9. مُدْبِرًاmud'biran(in) flight
  10. وَلَمْwalamand (did) not
  11. يُعَقِّبْ ۚyuʿaqqiblook back
  12. يَٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa
  13. لَاlā(Do) not
  14. تَخَفْtakhaffear
  15. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
  16. لَاlā(do) not
  17. يَخَافُyakhāfufear
  18. لَدَىَّladayya(in) My presence
  19. ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūnathe Messengers

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