Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 32 (26:32)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

Quran 26:32 is ayah 32 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 368 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:32
فَأَلْقَىٰعَصَاهُفَإِذَاهِىَثُعْبَانٌمُّبِينٌ٣٢
fa-alqā ʿaṣāhu fa-idhā hiya thuʿ'bānun mubīnun

So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.(32)

Word by word

  1. فَأَلْقَىٰfa-alqāSo he threw
  2. عَصَاهُʿaṣāhuhis staff
  3. فَإِذَاfa-idhāand behold
  4. هِىَhiyaIt
  5. ثُعْبَانٌthuʿ'bānun(was) a serpent
  6. مُّبِينٌmubīnunmanifest

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