Surah Ta-Ha 20:20 — translation and meaning

طه · Verse 20 / 135 · Page 313

فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَى

Word by Word

فَأَلْقَاهَا
fa-alqaha
So he threw it down
فَإِذَا
fa-idha
and behold!
هِيَ
hiya
It
حَيَّةٌ
hayyatun
(was) a snake
تَسْعَى
tas'a
moving swiftly

Transliteration

Fa-alqaahaa fa -izaa hiya haiyatun tas'aa

Translation

So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Moses threw it down and it turned into a snake moving swiftly.

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

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