Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Taa-Haa, Ayah 17
وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ
And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?"
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And what is that that happens to be in your right hand O Moses?’ the interrogative is meant as an affirmative but it is expressed as an interrogative in order that the miracle to be manifested in it be shown as consequent upon it.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?