وَمَا

تِلۡكَ

بِيَمِينِكَ

يَٰمُوسَىٰ

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˹Allah added,˺ “And what is that in your right hand, O  Moses?”

He replied, “It is my staff! I lean on it, and with it I beat down ˹branches˺ for my sheep, and have other uses for it.”¹

Allah said, “Throw it down, O  Moses!”

So he did, then—behold!—it became a serpent, slithering.

Allah said, “Take it, and have no fear. We will return it to its former state.

And put your hand under your armpit, it will come out ˹shining˺ white, unblemished,¹ as another sign,

so that We may show you some of Our greatest signs.