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Surah Taha, Verse 18

سورة طه، الآية ١٨

20:18 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 313 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:18

قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخْرَىٰ ۝١٨

Transliteration

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

Translation

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

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Verse 18 of Surah Taha (20:18), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 313 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 18

Al-Mukhtasar

Moses (peace be upon him) said: It is my stick: I lean on it when walking, I beat down tree leaves with it for my sheep, and it has many other uses besides those I mentioned.

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Other translations of verse 18

He said, “It is my staff. I lean on it and beat down leaves with it for my sheep, and I have other uses for it.”6

Notes

[6] Moses could only say, “A staff.” But he instead gave details about the staff, for he was interested in prolonging the conversation with Allah.

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

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

He said, "It is my rod: on it I lean; with it I beat down fodder for my flocks; and in it I find other uses."

He said: This is my staff: I recline on it and I beat the leaves with it to make them fall upon my sheep, and I have other uses for it.

He said, "It is my staff. I lean upon it, and with it I beat down (leaves) for my sheep; and I (also) have other purposes for it."

Verse 18 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. هِىَ hiya It
  3. عَصَاىَ ʿaṣāya (is) my staff ع ص و
  4. أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ atawakka-u I lean و ك أ
  5. عَلَيْهَا ʿalayhā upon it
  6. وَأَهُشُّ wa-ahushu and I bring down leaves ه ش ش
  7. بِهَا bihā with it
  8. عَلَىٰ ʿalā for
  9. غَنَمِى ghanamī my sheep غ ن م
  10. وَلِىَ waliya and for me
  11. فِيهَا fīhā in it
  12. مَـَٔارِبُ maāribu (are) uses أ ر ب
  13. أُخْرَىٰ ukh'rā other أ خ ر

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