Sura 20: TA-HA (TA-HA) - Juz' 16 - Translation Pickthall

فَلَمَّا أَتَاهَا نُودِيَ يَا مُوسَى ﴿۱۱﴾
And when he reached it, he was called by name: O Moses! (11)
إِنِّي أَنَا رَبُّكَ فَاخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ إِنَّكَ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ﴿۱۲﴾
Lo! I, even I, am thy Lord, So take off thy shoes, for lo! thou art in the holy valley of Tuwa. (12)
وَأَنَا اخْتَرْتُكَ فَاسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَى ﴿۱۳﴾
And I have chosen thee, so hearken unto that which is inspired. (13)
إِنَّنِي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدْنِي وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِي ﴿۱۴﴾
Lo! I, even I, am Allah, There is no Allah save Me. So serve Me and establish worship for My remembrance. (14)
إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعَى ﴿۱۵﴾
Lo! the Hour is surely coming. But I will to keep it hidden, that every soul may be rewarded for that which it striveth (to achieve). (15)
فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَنْ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَتَرْدَى ﴿۱۶﴾
Therefor, let not him turn thee aside from (the thought of) it who believeth not therein but followeth his own desire, lest thou perish. (16)
وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَى ﴿۱۷﴾
And what is that in thy right hand, O Moses? (17)
قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَى غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَى ﴿۱۸﴾
He said: This is my staff whereon I lean, and wherewith I bear down branches for my sheep, and wherein I find other uses. (18)
قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَا مُوسَى ﴿۱۹﴾
He said: Cast it down, O Moses! (19)
فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَى ﴿۲۰﴾
So he cast it down, and lo! it was a serpent, gliding. (20)