Tafheem ul Quran

Surah 27 An-Naml, Ayat 12-12

وَاَدۡخِلۡ يَدَكَ فِىۡ جَيۡبِكَ تَخۡرُجۡ بَيۡضَآءَ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ سُوۡٓءٍ​ فِىۡ تِسۡعِ اٰيٰتٍ اِلٰى فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَقَوۡمِهٖؕ اِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوۡا قَوۡمًا فٰسِقِيۡنَ‏  ﴿27:12﴾

(27:12) Now put your hand into your bosom, and it will come forth shining without any blemish. (These are two of the) nine Signs16 to be carried to Pharaoh and his people. They are surely a wicked people."


Notes

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 (E.N. 43 of Surah Az- Zukhruf).