20. Ta Ha · verses 15–18

سورة طه
15

إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخۡفِيهَا لِتُجۡزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا تَسۡعَىٰ

Inna alssaAAata atiyatun akadu okhfeeha litujza kullu nafsin bima tasAAa

"Verily the Hour is coming - My design is to keep it hidden - for every soul to receive its reward by the measure of its Endeavour.

16

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنۡهَا مَن لَّا يُؤۡمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرۡدَىٰ

Fala yasuddannaka AAanha man la yuminu biha waittabaAAa hawahu fatarda

"Therefore let not such as believe not therein but follow their own lusts, divert thee therefrom, lest thou perish!"..

17

وَمَا تِلۡكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ

Wama tilka biyameenika ya moosa

"And what is that in the right hand, O Moses?"

18

قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّؤُاْ عَلَيۡهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخۡرَىٰ

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

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."