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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 108

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7:108 Juz 9 Hizb 17 Page 164 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:108

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ۝١٠٨

Transliteration

wanazaʿa yadahu fa-idhā hiya bayḍāu lilnnāẓirīna

Translation

And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white [with radiance] for the observers.

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Verse 108 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:108), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 164 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 108

Al-Mukhtasar

Then he drew out his hand from his shirt, near to his chest or under his arm, and it appeared completely white, not because of illness, but radiating brilliantly to all who saw it because of its extreme whiteness.

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Other translations of verse 108

And he drew out his hand, and it was shining white43 to the beholders.

Notes

[43] As a miracle from Allah. The hands of the Children of Israel used to be rough and scratchy out of labor and toil for their masters, for they were bondsmen and slaves.

And he drew out his hand, and behold! it was white (with radiance) for the beholders.

And he drew forth his hand (from his bosom), and lo! it was white for the beholders.

And he drew out his hand, and behold! it was white to all beholders!

And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it was white to the beholders.

And he drew out his hand, and only then was it white to the on-lookers.

Verse 108 word by word

  1. وَنَزَعَ wanazaʿa And he drew out ن ز ع
  2. يَدَهُۥ yadahu his hand ي د ي
  3. فَإِذَا fa-idhā and suddenly
  4. هِىَ hiya it
  5. بَيْضَآءُ bayḍāu (was) white ب ي ض
  6. لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ lilnnāẓirīna for the observers ن ظ ر

Verses related to verse 108

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Naml 27:12

    وَأَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فِى جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ فِى تِسْعِ ءَايَٰتٍ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    And put your hand into the opening of your garment [at the breast]; it will come out white without disease. [These are] among the nine signs [you will take] to Pharaoh and his people. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."

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  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:33

    وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

    And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.

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