20. Surah Taha, Verse 18
قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَۚ اَتَوَكَّـؤُ۬ا عَلَيْهَا وَاَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلٰى غَنَم۪ي وَلِيَ ف۪يهَا مَاٰرِبُ اُخْرٰى
Qala hiya AAasaya atawakkaoAAalayha waahushshu biha AAala ghanameewaliya feeha maaribu okhra
He said, ‘It is my staff. I lean on it and beat down leaves for my sheep with it and have other uses for it.’
- Progressive Muslims
He said: "It is my staff, I lean on it, and I guide my sheep with it, and I have other uses in it. "
- Shabbir Ahmed
He said, "Your Guidance is my strength. It will help me in all walks of life. I will prove to be a competent shepherd for the Israelites, and will use it as the challenges come forth."
- Sam Gerrans
Said he: “It is my staff. I lean on it, and beat down therewith leaves for my sheep; and I have therefor other uses.”
- The Monotheist Group
He said: "It is my staff, I lean on it, and I guide my sheep with it, and I have other uses in it."
- Edip-Layth
He said, "It is my staff, I lean on it, and I guide my sheep with it, and I have other uses in it."
- Aisha Bewley
He said, ‘It is my staff. I lean on it and beat down leaves for my sheep with it and have other uses for it.’
- Rashad Khalifa
He said, "This is my staff. I lean on it, herd my sheep with it, and I use it for other purposes."
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
"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. "
- 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. "
- 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. "
- Marmaduke 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.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
"It is my staff", Mussa said, "I lean on and with it I beat the smaller bushes, the shrubs and the trees to furnish my sheep with food in addition to using it for other purposes. "
- Bijan Moeinian
Moses said: "This is my staff: I lean upon it, beat down branches for my sheep, and use it for anything else that it may become handy for. "
- Al-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."
- Abdullah 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."
- Mustafa Khattab
He replied, "It is my staff! I lean on it, and with it I beat down ˹branches˺ for my sheep, and have other uses for it."[1]
- Taqi Usmani
He said, "It is my staff. I lean on it, and I beat down leaves with it for my sheep, and I have many other uses for it."
- Abdul Haleem
‘It is my staff,’ he said, ‘I lean on it; restrain my sheep with it; I also have other uses for it.’
- Arthur John 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.
- E. Henry Palmer
Said he, 'It is my staff on which I lean, and wherewith I beat down leaves for my flocks, and for which I have other uses. '
- Hamid S. Aziz
"What is that in your right hand, O Moses?"
- Mahmoud Ghali
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."
- George Sale
He answered, it is my rod whereon I lean, and with which I beat down leaves for my flock; and I have other uses for it.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
He (Musa) said, "It is my rod: I lean on it; With it I beat down corn stalk for my cattle; And in it I find other uses. "
- Amatul Rahman Omar
(Moses) replied, `This is my staff. I lean on it, and beat down leaves for my sheep with it, and it serves (also) my many other needs.'
- Ali Quli Qarai
He said, ‘It is my staff. I lean upon it, and with it I beat down leaves for my sheep; and I have other uses for it.’