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Quran-27:12 Surah An-naml English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

وَأَدۡخِلۡ يَدَكَ فِي جَيۡبِكَ تَخۡرُجۡ بَيۡضَآءَ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ سُوٓءٖۖ فِي تِسۡعِ ءَايَٰتٍ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَقَوۡمِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ

Transliteration:( Wa adkhil yadaka fee jaibika takhruj baidaaa'a min ghairisooo'in feetis'i Aayaatin ilaa Fir'awna wa qawmih; innahum kaanoo qawman faasiqeen )

12. And put your hand into your bosom; it will come out white without any defect [23], among nine signs [24] to Pharaoh and his people [25]. Indeed, they are a people defiantly disobedient. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(12) And put your hand into the opening of your garment [at the breast]; it will come out white without disease. [These are] among the nine signs [you will take] to Pharaoh and his people. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient." (Saheen International Translation)

Surah An-Naml Ayat 12 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

12. And put your hand into your bosom; it will come out white without any defect [23], among nine signs [24] to Pharaoh and his people [25]. Indeed, they are a people defiantly disobedient.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Naml verse 12 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Naml ayat 7 which provides the complete commentary from verse 7 through 14.

(27:12) Now put your hand into your bosom, and it will come forth shining without any blemish. (These are two of the) nine Signs[16] to be carried to Pharaoh and his people. They are surely a wicked people.”

Ala-Maududi

(27:12) Now put your hand into your bosom, and it will come forth shining without any blemish. (These are two of the) nine Signs[16] to be carried to Pharaoh and his people. They are surely a wicked people.”


16. According to (Surah Bani-Israil, Ayat 101), the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) had been granted nine clearly visible signs, which according to the details given in Surah Al-Aaraf were the following: (1) The staff’s turning into a serpent, (2) the shining hand when it was drawn out of the armpit, (3) public triumph over the magicians, (4) occurrence of a widespread famine in the land as foretold by the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him), (5) the storm, (6) the locusts, (7) the incidence of weevils in the grain stores and of lice among human beings and animals, (8) the frogs, and (9) the rain of blood. See (Surah Az-Zukhruf, ayat 48) note 43.

(12) And put your hand into the opening of your garment [at the breast]; it will come out white without disease. [These are] among the nine signs [you will take] to Pharaoh and his people. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."

Surah An-Naml All Ayat (Verses)

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