وَمَا تِلْکَ بِیَمِینِکَ یَا مُوسَى(( 17 ))
17- AND WHAT IS THAT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND, O, MOSES?
قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَکَّأُ عَلَیْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَى غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِیهَا مَئَارِبُ أُخْرَى(( 18 ))
18- HE SAID:ِ ``IT IS MY STICK ON WHICH I LEAN, AND WITH IT I BEAT DOWN THE LEAVES FOR MY SHEEP, AND FOR ME IT HAS OTHER USES TOO.''
قَالَ أَلْقِهَا یَا مُوسَى(( 19 ))
19- HE SAID; THROW IT DOWN O, MOSES!
فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَیَّةٌ تَسْعَى(( 20 ))
20- HE CAST IT DOWN, THEN IT BECAME A SERPENT MOVING FAST!
قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلاَ تَخَفْ سَنُعِیدُهَا سِیرَتَهَا الاُْولَى(( 21 ))
21- HE SAID:ِ ``TAKE IT, AND DO NOT BE AFRAID. SOON SHALL WE RESTORE IT TO ITS FIRST STATE.
وَاضْمُمْ یَدَکَ إِلَى جَنَاحِکَ تَخْرُجْ بَیْضَاءَ مِنْ غَیْرِ سُوء آیَةً أُخْرَى(( 22 ))
22- AND THRUST YOUR HAND INTO YOUR ARM-PIT, IT SHALL COME OUT WHITE (SHINING) WITHOUT ANY FAULT, AS ANOTHER SIGN.
لِنُرِیَکَ مِنْ آیَاتِنَا الْکُبْرَى(( 23 ))
23- WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU SOME OF OUR GREAT SIGNS.