20. Surah Taha, Verse 20
فَاَلْقٰيهَا فَاِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعٰى
Faalqaha fa-itha hiya hayyatuntasAAa
He threw it down and suddenly it was a slithering snake.
- Progressive Muslims
So he cast it down, and it became a moving serpent!
- Shabbir Ahmed
He felt that the Message given to him was vibrant with life.
- Sam Gerrans
And he cast it down, and then was it a serpent moving.
- The Monotheist Group
So he cast it down, and it became a moving serpent!
- Edip-Layth
So he cast it down, and it became a moving serpent!
- Aisha Bewley
He threw it down and suddenly it was a slithering snake.
- Rashad Khalifa
He threw it down, whereupon it turned into a moving serpent.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
So he threw it down, and lo, it became a running serpent.
- Sahih International
So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.
- Muhammad Asad
So he threw it - and lo! it was a snake, moving rapidly.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
So he cast it down, and lo! it was a serpent, gliding.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And when Mussa did, the staff was instantaneously transformed into a serpent in motion.
- Bijan Moeinian
When he threw it down, the staff turned into an active snake.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
He cast it down, and behold! It was a snake, moving quickly.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He threw it, and behold! It was a snake, active in motion.
- Mustafa Khattab
So he did, then—behold!—it became a serpent, slithering.
- Taqi Usmani
So, he threw it down, and suddenly it was a snake, running around.
- Abdul Haleem
He threw it down and- lo and behold!- it became a fast-moving snake.
- Arthur John Arberry
and he cast it down, and behold it was a serpent sliding.
- E. Henry Palmer
and he threw it down, and behold! it was a snake that moved about.
- Hamid S. Aziz
Allah said, "Throw it down, O Moses!"
- Mahmoud Ghali
So he cast it down, then, only then was it a living snake, gliding along.
- George Sale
And he cast it down, and behold, it became a serpent, which ran about.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
He threw it, and look! It was a snake, actively in motion.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
So he cast it down and lo! it was (like) a serpent; running about.
- Ali Quli Qarai
So he threw it down, and behold, it was a snake, moving swiftly.