فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَنْ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ ١٦
"Therefore let not such as believe not therein but follow their own lusts, divert thee therefrom, lest thou perish!"..
20:17
وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ ١٧
"And what is that in the right hand, O Moses?"
20:18
قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ ١٨
He said, "It is my rod: on it I lean; with it I beat down fodder for my flocks; and in it I find other uses."
20:19
قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَا مُوسَىٰ ١٩
(Allah) said, "Throw it, O Moses!"
20:20
فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ ٢٠
He threw it, and behold! It was a snake, active in motion.