Al-Jalalayn

Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn

So do not let him bar you distract you from it that is from believing in it who believes not in it but follows his own whim in denying the truth of it lest you perish that is lest you be ruined if you are barred from remembering it.

Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn

And what is that that happens to be in your right hand O Moses?’ the interrogative is meant as an affirmative but it is expressed as an interrogative in order that the miracle to be manifested in it be shown as consequent upon it.

Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn

He said ‘It is my staff. I lean I support myself upon it when I leap across something or walk and I beat down leaves I strike the leaves on trees with it so that they fall for my sheep which then consume them; and I have uses for it ma’ārib ‘uses’ is the plural of ma’ruba with the rā’ taking any one of the three vowels sc. ma’ruba ma’raba or ma’riba meaning ‘needs’ in other ways such as using it to carry food supplies and waterskins as well as to drive away undesirable animals. He Moses gives an extensive response to indicate his many needs for it.

Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn

He said ‘Cast it down O Moses!’

Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn

And he cast it down and lo! it was a serpent a giant snake moving swiftly moving about on its belly swiftly with the speed of a small snake — which is called al-jānn and which is also used to refer to this serpent in another verse Q. 2710; Q. 2831.