طه

135 Ayahs

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰ (15)

The Hour is sure to come. My Will is to keep it hidden, so that every soul may be rewarded according to their efforts.

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ (16)

So do not let those who disbelieve in it and follow their desires distract you from it, or you will be doomed.’”

وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ (17)

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

قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخْرَىٰ (18)

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

قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰ (19)

Allah said, “Throw it down, O Moses!”

فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ (20)

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

قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ (21)

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