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Surah Taha, Verse 20

سورة طه، الآية ٢٠

20:20 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 313 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:20

فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ ۝٢٠

Transliteration

fa-alqāhā fa-idhā hiya ḥayyatun tasʿā

Translation

So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.

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Verse 20 of Surah Taha (20:20), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 313 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 20

Al-Mukhtasar

Moses threw it down and it turned into a snake moving swiftly.

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Other translations of verse 20

He threw it down, and it suddenly became a slithering snake.

He cast it down, and behold! It was a snake, moving quickly.

So he cast it down, and lo! it was a serpent, gliding.

He threw it, and behold! It was a snake, active in motion.

So he cast it down; and lo! it was a serpent running.

So he cast it down, then, only then was it a living snake, gliding along.

Verse 20 word by word

فَأَلْقَىٰهَا fa-alqāhā So he threw it down ل ق ي
فَإِذَا fa-idhā and behold
هِىَ hiya It
حَيَّةٌ ḥayyatun (was) a snake ح ي ي
تَسْعَىٰ tasʿā moving swiftly س ع ي

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