Surah 20 · verse 18
Taha 20:18
Sign in to listenقَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ
qala hiya 'asaya atawaka'u 'alayha wa-ahushshu biha 'ala ghanami wa-liya fiha ma'aribu ukhra
He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰ
Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives.
Verse 16فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ
So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.
Verse 17وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ
And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?"
قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ
He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."
قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَا مُوسَىٰ
[Allah] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."
Verse 20فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ
So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.
Verse 21قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا الْأُولَىٰ
[Allah] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.