سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 10
وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفْ إِنِّى لَا يَخَافُ لَدَىَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿10﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"And throw down your stick!" But when he saw it moving as if it were a snake, he turned in flight, and did not look back. (It was said:) "O Mûsâ (Moses)! Fear not: verily the Messengers fear not in front of Me.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَأَلْقِ
wa-alqi
And, "Throw
عَصَاكَ ۚ
ʿaṣāka
your staff
فَلَمَّا
falammā
But when
رَءَاهَا
raāhā
he saw it
تَهْتَزُّ
tahtazzu
moving
كَأَنَّهَا
ka-annahā
as if it
جَآنٌّۭ
jānnun
(were) a snake
وَلَّىٰ
wallā
he turned back
مُدْبِرًۭا
mud'biran
(in) flight
وَلَمْ
walam
and (did) not
يُعَقِّبْ ۚ
yuʿaqqib
look back
يَـٰمُوسَىٰ
yāmūsā
O Musa
لَا
lā
(Do) not
تَخَفْ
takhaf
fear
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, [I]
لَا
lā
(do) not
يَخَافُ
yakhāfu
fear
لَدَىَّ
ladayya
(in) My presence
ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
l-mur'salūna
the Messengers
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.
10-1. From this it is understood that prophets are not 'Alim al-Ghaib (knowers of the unseen), otherwise Musa ؑ would not have been afraid of his own staff. Secondly, natural fear can also befall a prophet because, after all, they are also human beings.
