Quran 20:18 — Taa-Haa, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
‘It is my staff,’ he said, ‘I lean on it; restrain my sheep with it; I also have other uses for it.’
قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ
qāla hiya ʿaṣāya atawakka-u ʿalayhā wa-ahushu bihā ʿalā ghanamī waliya fīhā maāribu ukh'rā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'Why, it is my staff,' said Moses. 'I lean upon it, and with it I beat down leaves to feed my sheep; other uses also I find in it.
- Muhammad Asad
- He answered: "It is my staff; I lean on it; and with it I beat down leaves for my sheep; and [many] other uses have I for it."
- Sahih International
- He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | هِىَhiya | It | — |
| 3 | عَصَاىَʿaṣāya | (is) my staff | عصو |
| 4 | أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟atawakka-u | I lean | وكأ |
| 5 | عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā | upon it | — |
| 6 | وَأَهُشُّwa-ahushu | and I bring down leaves | هشش |
| 7 | بِهَاbihā | with it | — |
| 8 | عَلَىٰʿalā | for | — |
| 9 | غَنَمِىghanamī | my sheep | غنم |
| 10 | وَلِىَwaliya | and for me | — |
| 11 | فِيهَاfīhā | in it | — |
| 12 | مَـَٔارِبُmaāribu | (are) uses | أرب |
| 13 | أُخْرَىٰukh'rā | other | أخر |