﴿ وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ﴾

“"Now, what is this in thy right hand, O Moses?"”

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.