20. Ta Ha · verses 17–18

سورة طه
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."