Surah An-Naml Ayah 10

وَأَلۡقِ عَصَاكَۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهۡتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنّٞ وَلَّىٰ مُدۡبِرٗا وَلَمۡ يُعَقِّبۡۚ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفۡ إِنِّي لَا يَخَافُ لَدَيَّ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ١٠

Wa alqi ʿaṣāk, falammā raʾāhā tahtazzu kaʾannahā jānnuw wallā mudbiraw wa lam yuʿaqqib, yāmūsā lā takhaf innī lā yakhāfu ladayyal-mursalūn.

And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return.¹ [Allāh said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in My presence the messengers do not fear.

Translation: Sahih International