"And I have chosen you. So listen to that which will be revealed (to you). (13) "Verily! I am Allâh! Lâ ilâha illa Ana (none has the right to be worshipped but I), so worship Me, and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) for My Remembrance. (14) "Verily, the Hour is coming and I am almost hiding it from myself - that every person may be rewarded for that which he strives. (15) "Therefore, let not the one who believes not therein (i.e. in the Day of Resurrection, Reckoning, Paradise and Hell), but follows his own lusts,[] divert you therefrom, lest you perish. (16) "And what is that in your right hand, O Mûsa (Moses)?" (17) He said: "This is my stick, whereon I lean, and wherewith I beat down branches for my sheep, and wherein I find other uses." (18) (Allâh) said: "Cast it down, O Mûsa (Moses)!" (19) He cast it down, and behold! It was a snake, moving quickly. (20) Allâh said:"Grasp it, and fear not, We shall return it to its former state, (21) "And press your (right) hand to your (left) side, it will come forth white (and shining), without any disease as another sign,— (22) "That We may show you (some) of Our Greater Signs, (23) "Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh)! Verily, he has transgressed (all bounds in disbelief and disobedience, and has behaved as an arrogant, and as a tyrant)." (24) [Mûsa (Moses)] said: "O my Lord! Open for me my chest (grant me self-confidence, contentment, and boldness) (25) "And ease my task for me; (26) "And loose the knot (the defect) from my tongue, (i.e. remove the incorrectness from my speech) [That occurred as a result of a brand of fire which Mûsa (Moses) put in his mouth when he was an infant]. [Tafsir At-Tabarî] (27) "That they understand my speech, (28) "And appoint for me a helper from my family, (29) "Hârûn (Aaron), my brother; (30) "Increase my strength with him, (31) "And let him share my task (of conveying Allâh's Message and Prophethood), (32) "That we may glorify You much, (33) "And remember You much, (34) "Verily! You are Ever a Well-Seer of us." (35) (Allâh) said: "You are granted your request, O Mûsa (Moses)! (36) "And indeed We conferred a favour on you another time (before). (37)