Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Ash-Shu'araa, Ayah 33

Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 33 · View Ayah
وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ
And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

Pharaoh then said: �this is a manifest sign, do you have any other signs?� (And he drew forth his hand) from his armpit (and lo! it was white to the beholders) his hand had a light like the light of the sun, and whoever looked at it liked it.

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Then he drew out his hand he brought it out of his pocket and lo! it was white glowing before the onlookers and not its usual skin colour.

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