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Tafsir

Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Taha 20:21

Word by word

قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ

[Allāh] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

قال الله لموسى: خذ الحية، ولا تَخَفْ منها، سوف نعيدها عصًا كما كانت في حالتها الأولى. واضمم يدك إلى جنبك تحت العَضُد تخرج بيضاء كالثلج من غير برص; لتكون لك علامة أخرى.

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