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.
20:21
قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا الْأُولَىٰ ٢١
(Allah) said, "Seize it, and fear not: We shall return it at once to its former condition"..