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Taha 18

Ayah 18 of 135 · Meccan

قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّؤُاْ عَلَيۡهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخۡرَىٰ ١٨

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. هِيَIthiya
  3. عَصَايَ(is) my staffʿaṣāya
  4. أَتَوَكَّؤُاْI leanatawakka-u
  5. عَلَيۡهَاupon itʿalayhā
  6. وَأَهُشُّand I bring down leaveswa-ahushu
  7. بِهَاwith itbihā
  8. عَلَىٰforʿalā
  9. غَنَمِيmy sheepghanamī
  10. وَلِيَand for mewaliya
  11. فِيهَاin itfīhā
  12. مَـَٔارِبُ(are) usesmaāribu
  13. أُخۡرَىٰotherukh'rā

Tafsir

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.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran