سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 18
قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخْرَىٰ ﴿18﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He said: "This is my stick, whereon I lean, and wherewith I beat down branches for my sheep, and wherein I find other uses."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
هِىَ
hiya
It
عَصَاىَ
ʿaṣāya
(is) my staff
أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟
atawakka-u
I lean
عَلَيْهَا
ʿalayhā
upon it
وَأَهُشُّ
wa-ahushu
and I bring down leaves
بِهَا
bihā
with it
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
for
غَنَمِى
ghanamī
my sheep
وَلِىَ
waliya
and for me
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
مَـَٔارِبُ
maāribu
(are) uses
أُخْرَىٰ
ukh'rā
other
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18. He said, "It is my staff [14]; I lean on it, and with it I beat down leaves for my goats, and I have other uses [15] for it as well."
[14]
The Delight of Divine Revelation:
The answer to Allah’s question was sufficiently complete with just “This is my staff,” but there was such delight in that voice that Musa ؑ wished to prolong those moments of pleasure. Therefore, he mentioned several other related things as well, so that he might enjoy the honor of conversing a little longer.
[15] For example, “I drive my goats with it, protect the flock, defend them from the attack of wild beasts, and pursue them,” and so on.
[14]
The Delight of Divine Revelation:
The answer to Allah’s question was sufficiently complete with just “This is my staff,” but there was such delight in that voice that Musa ؑ wished to prolong those moments of pleasure. Therefore, he mentioned several other related things as well, so that he might enjoy the honor of conversing a little longer.
[15] For example, “I drive my goats with it, protect the flock, defend them from the attack of wild beasts, and pursue them,” and so on.
