Ta-Ha 20:18

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ

20:16 — So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.

وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

20:17 — And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?"

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

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Ahmed Ali

"It's my staff," he answered; "I lean on it, and fell leaves for my goats with it, and I have other uses for it."

Ahmed Raza Khan

He said, “This is my staff; I support myself on it, and I knock down leaves for my sheep with it, and there are other uses for me in it.”

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.

Daryabadi

He said: it is my staff; I lean there on; and therewith beat down fodder for my sheep; and for me therein are other purposes.

Hilali & Khan

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

Itani

He said, “This is my staff. I lean on it, and herd my sheep with it, and I have other uses for it.”

Maududi

Moses answered: "This is my staff. I lean on it (when I walk), and with it I beat down leaves for my flock, and I have many other uses for it."

Mubarakpuri

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

Pickthall

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

Qarai

He said, ‘It is my staff. I lean on it, and with it I beat down leaves for my sheep; and I have other uses for it.’

Qaribullah & Darwish

'It is my staff," Moses replied, "upon it I lean and with it I beat down leaves to feed my sheep and for me there are other uses in it'

Saheeh 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."

Sarwar

He replied, "It is my staff. I lean on it, bring down leaves for my sheep with it and I need it for other reasons.

Shakir

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.

Wahiduddin Khan

He replied, "It is my staff. I lean on it, and with it, I beat down the leaves for my flock; I also have other uses for it."

Yusuf Ali

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."

Transliteration

Qala hiya AAasaya atawakkao AAalayha waahushshu biha AAala ghanamee waliya feeha maaribu okhra

قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

20:19 — [Allah] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."

فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ

20:20 — So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.

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