Surah An-Naml 27:10 — translation and meaning

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ۚ ۚ وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَلَمَّا رَآهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَانٌّ وَلَّى مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ يَامُوسَى لَا تَخَفْ إِنِّي لَا يَخَافُ لَدَيَّ الْمُرْسَلُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۚ
وَأَلْقِ
wa-alqi
And Throw
عَصَاكَ
asaka
your staff
فَلَمَّا
falamma
But when
رَآهَا
raaha
he saw it
تَهْتَزُّ
tahtazzu
moving
كَأَنَّهَا
ka-annaha
as if it
جَانٌّ
jannun
(were) a snake
وَلَّى
walla
he turned back
مُدْبِرًا
mud'biran
(in) flight
وَلَمْ
walam
and (did) not
يُعَقِّبْ
yu'aqqib
look back
يَامُوسَى
yamusa
O Musa!
لَا
la
(Do) not
تَخَفْ
takhaf
fear
إِنِّي
inni
Indeed [I]
لَا
la
(do) not
يَخَافُ
yakhafu
fear
لَدَيَّ
ladayya
(in) My presence
الْمُرْسَلُونَ
al-mur'saluna
the Messengers

Transliteration

Wa alqi 'asaak; falammmaa ra aahaa tahtazzu ka annahaa jaaannunw wallaa mudbiranw wa lam yu'aqqib; yaa Moosaa laa takhaf innee laa yakhaafu ladaiyal mursaloon

Translation

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. [Allah said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in My presence the messengers do not fear.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And throw down your staff”. Moses obeyed. Then when Moses saw it moving and shaking like a snake, he fled turning his back to it and did not return. So Allah said to him: “Do not be scared of it. The Messengers do not fear snakes or anything else in my presence.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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