سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ
Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 32
فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿32﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
So [Mûsâ (Moses)] threw his stick, and behold, it was a serpent, manifest.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَأَلْقَىٰ
fa-alqā
So he threw
عَصَاهُ
ʿaṣāhu
his staff
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
and behold
هِىَ
hiya
It
ثُعْبَانٌۭ
thuʿ'bānun
(was) a serpent
مُّبِينٌۭ
mubīnun
manifest
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
32-1. In some places, ثعبان is called حیۃ and in some places جان. ثعبان refers to a snake that is large, and جان refers to a small snake, while حیۃ is used for both small and large snakes. Fath al-Qadeer. It is as if the staff first took the form of a small snake, then, before their eyes, it became a python. And Allah knows best.
