وَأَنَا ٱخۡتَرۡتُكَ فَٱسۡتَمِعۡ لِمَا يُوحَىٰٓ ١٣
I have chosen you, so listen ˹carefully˺ to what is revealed:
20:13
إِنَّنِيٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعۡبُدۡنِي وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكۡرِيٓ ١٤
‘It is truly I. I am Allah! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Me. So worship Me ˹alone˺, and establish prayer for My remembrance.
20:14
إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخۡفِيهَا لِتُجۡزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا تَسۡعَىٰ ١٥
The Hour is sure to come. My Will is to keep it hidden, so that every soul may be rewarded according to their efforts.
20:15
فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنۡهَا مَن لَّا يُؤۡمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرۡدَىٰ ١٦
So do not let those who disbelieve in it and follow their desires distract you from it, or you will be doomed.’”
20:16
وَمَا تِلۡكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ١٧
˹Allah added,˺ “And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?”
20:17
قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّؤُاْ عَلَيۡهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخۡرَىٰ ١٨
He replied, “It is my staff! I lean on it, and with it I beat down ˹branches˺ for my sheep, and I have other uses for it.”1
20:18
قَالَ أَلۡقِهَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ ١٩
Allah said, “Throw it down, O Moses!”
20:19
فَأَلۡقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٞ تَسۡعَىٰ ٢٠
So he did, then—behold!—it became a serpent, slithering.
20:20
قَالَ خُذۡهَا وَلَا تَخَفۡۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٢١
Allah said, “Take it, and have no fear. We will return it to its former state.
20:21
وَٱضۡمُمۡ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخۡرُجۡ بَيۡضَآءَ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ سُوٓءٍ ءَايَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ٢٢
And put your hand under your armpit, it will come out ˹shining˺ white, unblemished,1 as another sign,
20:22
لِنُرِيَكَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا ٱلۡكُبۡرَى ٢٣
so that We may show you some of Our greatest signs.
20:23
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ٢٤
Go to Pharaoh, for he has truly transgressed ˹all bounds˺.”
20:24
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشۡرَحۡ لِي صَدۡرِي ٢٥
Moses prayed, “My Lord! Uplift my heart for me,
20:25
وَيَسِّرۡ لِيٓ أَمۡرِي ٢٦
and make my task easy,
20:26
وَٱحۡلُلۡ عُقۡدَةٗ مِّن لِّسَانِي ٢٧
and remove the impediment from my tongue
20:27
يَفۡقَهُواْ قَوۡلِي ٢٨
so people may understand my speech,1
20:28
وَٱجۡعَل لِّي وَزِيرٗا مِّنۡ أَهۡلِي ٢٩
and grant me a helper from my family,
20:29
هَٰرُونَ أَخِي ٣٠
Aaron, my brother.
20:30
ٱشۡدُدۡ بِهِۦٓ أَزۡرِي ٣١
Strengthen me through him,
20:31
وَأَشۡرِكۡهُ فِيٓ أَمۡرِي ٣٢
and let him share my task,
20:32
كَيۡ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرٗا ٣٣
so that we may glorify You much
20:33
وَنَذۡكُرَكَ كَثِيرًا ٣٤
and remember You much,
20:34
إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرٗا ٣٥
for truly You have ˹always˺ been overseeing us.”
20:35
قَالَ قَدۡ أُوتِيتَ سُؤۡلَكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ٣٦
Allah responded, “All that you requested has been granted, O Moses!
20:36
وَلَقَدۡ مَنَنَّا عَلَيۡكَ مَرَّةً أُخۡرَىٰٓ ٣٧
And surely We had shown you favour before,
20:37