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Surah An-Naml, Verse 12

سورة النمل، الآية ١٢

27:12 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 377 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 27:12

وَأَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فِى جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ فِى تِسْعِ ءَايَٰتٍ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ ۝١٢

Transliteration

wa-adkhil yadaka fī jaybika takhruj bayḍāa min ghayri sūin fī tis'ʿi āyātin ilā fir'ʿawna waqawmihi innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

Translation

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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Verse 12 of Surah An-Naml (27:12), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 377 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 12

Al-Mukhtasar

And put your hand in the opening of your shirt; it will come out after entering it white like snow without being due to leprosy, as part of nine signs which testify to your truthfulness. Along with the hand, they are: the staff, famine, loss of fruits, floods, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood, towards Pharaoh and his people. They were a people left the obedience of Allah by disbelieving in him.

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Other translations of verse 12

Put your hand into your garment, it will come out shining white without blemish, as one of nine signs to Pharaoh and his people4, for they are indeed a rebellious people.”

Notes

[4] See footnote 23:45.

"And put your hand into your bosom, it will come forth white without hurt. (These are) among the nine signs (you will take) to Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and his people. Verily they are a people who are Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).

And put thy hand into the bosom of thy robe, it will come forth white but unhurt. (This will be one) among nine tokens unto Pharaoh and his people Lo! they were ever evil-living folk.

"Now put thy hand into thy bosom, and it will come forth white without stain (or harm): (these are) among the nine Signs (thou wilt take) to Pharaoh and his people: for they are a people rebellious in transgression."

And enter your hand into the opening of your bosom, it shall come forth white without evil; among nine signs to Firon and his people, surely they are a transgressing people.

And put your hand into your bosom, (i.e., the bosom of your robe) it will come out (Literally: go out) white without any odious (imperfection) among nine signs to Firaawn (Pharaoh) and his people. Surely they have been an immoral people."

Verse 12 word by word

  1. وَأَدْخِلْ wa-adkhil And enter د خ ل
  2. يَدَكَ yadaka your hand ي د ي
  3. فِى fī into
  4. جَيْبِكَ jaybika your bosom ج ي ب
  5. تَخْرُجْ takhruj it will come forth خ ر ج
  6. بَيْضَآءَ bayḍāa white ب ي ض
  7. مِنْ min without
  8. غَيْرِ ghayri without غ ي ر
  9. سُوٓءٍ sūin harm س و أ
  10. فِى fī (These are) among
  11. تِسْعِ tis'ʿi nine ت س ع
  12. ءَايَٰتٍ āyātin signs أ ي ي
  13. إِلَىٰ ilā to
  14. فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna Firaun
  15. وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ waqawmihi and his people ق و م
  16. إِنَّهُمْ innahum Indeed, they
  17. كَانُوا۟ kānū are ك و ن
  18. قَوْمًا qawman a people ق و م
  19. فَٰسِقِينَ fāsiqīna defiantly disobedient ف س ق

Verses related to verse 12

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Isra 17:101

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍ فَسْـَٔلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِذْ جَآءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُۥ فِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ مَسْحُورًا

    And We had certainly given Moses nine evident signs, so ask the Children of Israel [about] when he came to them and Pharaoh said to him, "Indeed I think, O Moses, that you are affected by magic."

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-Qasas 28:32

    ٱسْلُكْ يَدَكَ فِى جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ وَٱضْمُمْ إِلَيْكَ جَنَاحَكَ مِنَ ٱلرَّهْبِ فَذَٰنِكَ بُرْهَٰنَانِ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦٓ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    Insert your hand into the opening of your garment; it will come out white, without disease. And draw in your arm close to you [as prevention] from fear, for those are two proofs from your Lord to Pharaoh and his establishment. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."

  • Taha 20:22

    وَٱضْمُمْ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ ءَايَةً أُخْرَىٰ

    And draw in your hand to your side; it will come out white without disease - another sign,

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:54

    فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].

  • Adh-Dhariyat 51:46

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

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