فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ
20
Transliteration
fa-alqāhā fa-idhā hiya ḥayyatun tasʿā
Saheeh International
So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.
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Quran 20:20 · 20th verse of 135
Ta-Ha

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فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ
20
Transliteration
fa-alqāhā fa-idhā hiya ḥayyatun tasʿā
Saheeh International
So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.
Comparative Study
16 scholarly English translations of verse 20 from Surah Taha, presented for comparative study.
He threw it, and behold! It was a snake, active in motion.
He cast it down, and behold! It was a snake, moving quickly.
So he threw it down, and lo, it became a running serpent.
So Moosa put it down – thereupon it became a fast moving serpent.
and he cast it down, and behold it was a serpent sliding.
So he cast it down, and lo! it was a serpent running along.
So he threw it—thereupon it became a moving serpent.
So he threw it down, and lo! it was a rapidly moving 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.
So he threw it down, and behold, it was a snake, moving swiftly.
So he cast it down, and thereupon it turned into a sliding serpent.
Moses threw it on the ground and suddenly he saw that it was a moving serpent.
So he cast it down; and lo! it was a serpent running.
So he threw it down, and all of a sudden, it turned into a fast-moving serpent.