Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:18

20:18

قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخْرَىٰ

qāla hiya ʿaṣāya atawakka-u ʿalayhā wa-ahushu bihā ʿalā ghanamī waliya fīhā maāribu ukh'rā

He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."

— Saheeh International

‘It is my staff,’ he said, ‘I lean on it; restrain my sheep with it; I also have other uses for it.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "This is my stick, whereon I lean, and wherewith I beat down branches for my sheep, and wherein I find other uses."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 16Page 313meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
هِىَhiyaIt
عَصَاىَʿaṣāya(is) my staff
أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟atawakka-uI lean
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon it
وَأَهُشُّwa-ahushuand I bring down leaves
بِهَاbihāwith it
عَلَىٰʿalāfor
غَنَمِىghanamīmy sheep
وَلِىَwaliyaand for me
فِيهَاfīhāin it
مَـَٔارِبُmaāribu(are) uses
أُخْرَىٰukh'rāother