Tafseer of The Poets · Ash-Shu'araa · 26:33
And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.
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And His word: وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ (And he drew forth his hand, and behold, it was white) — He said: Mūsā drew his hand out from the opening of his garment, and behold, it was white and shining لِلنَّاظِرِينَ (to the beholders) — to whoever looked at it and saw it.
Abū Kurayb related to us, saying: ʿUthām ibn ʿAlī related to us, saying: al-Aʿmash related to us, on the authority of al-Minhāl, who said: the serpent rose up into the sky over a distance of a mile, then descended until the head of Pharaoh was between its two fangs, while it kept saying: "O Mūsā, command me whatever you wish." Pharaoh began to say: "O Mūsā, I implore you by the One Who sent you." He said: thus the pain in his belly seized him.
