Surah Taha, Ayah 18 (20:18)

طه

قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مََٔارِبُ …

Quran 20:18 is ayah 18 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 313 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:18
قَالَهِىَعَصَاىَأَتَوَكَّؤُا۟عَلَيْهَاوَأَهُشُّبِهَاعَلَىٰغَنَمِىوَلِىَفِيهَامََٔارِبُأُخْرَىٰ١٨
qāla hiya ʿaṣāya atawakka-u ʿalayhā wa-ahushu bihā ʿalā ghanamī waliya fīhā maāribu ukh'rā

He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."(18)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. هِىَhiyaIt
  3. عَصَاىَʿaṣāya(is) my staff
  4. أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟atawakka-uI lean
  5. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon it
  6. وَأَهُشُّwa-ahushuand I bring down leaves
  7. بِهَاbihāwith it
  8. عَلَىٰʿalāfor
  9. غَنَمِىghanamīmy sheep
  10. وَلِىَwaliyaand for me
  11. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  12. مََٔارِبُmaāribu(are) uses
  13. أُخْرَىٰukh'rāother

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