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Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi translation for Surah Al-Qasas — Ayah 32

28:32
ٱسۡلُكۡ يَدَكَ فِي جَيۡبِكَ تَخۡرُجۡ بَيۡضَآءَ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ سُوٓءٖ وَٱضۡمُمۡ إِلَيۡكَ جَنَاحَكَ مِنَ ٱلرَّهۡبِۖ فَذَٰنِكَ بُرۡهَٰنَانِ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ ٣٢
Put your hand into your bosom, and it will come out shining without any blemish;1 and draw your hand close to your body to still your fear.2 Those are the two clear Signs from your Lord for Pharaoh and his chiefs, for truly they are a disobedient people."3
Footnotes
  • [1] These two miracles were shown to the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) at that time so that, firstly, he himself is fully convinced that the same Being Who is speaking to him is, in fact, the Creator and Master and Ruler of the whole system of the universe and secondly, he should have full satisfaction that he was not going unarmed before Pharaoh, to perform the dangerous mission assigned to him, but would go well armed with the two powerful weapons.
  • [2] That is, “Whenever you experience the fear of any danger, fold back your arm to yourself: this will strengthen your heart and will deliver you completely from every feeling of fear and dread.”
  • [3] The arm probably implies the right arm. The arm can be folded back in two ways: either by bringing the arm and pressing it against the side, or by pressing one hand under the armpit of the other. Probably the first way was implied, for in that case the other person cannot perceive that one is specially doing so in order to ward off fear.
  • [4] Qira’at: Yaʻqub read it as: “Who saves you . . .”
  • [5] Qira’at: All except for ʻAsem, Hamza, Al-Kesa’i and Khalaf read it as: “If You save us . . .”
  • [6] Qira’at: Nafieʻ, Ibn Kathir, Abu ʻAmr, Ibn Zekwan and Yaʻqub read it as: “It is Allah Who saves you . . .”