قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
"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."
Ahmed Raza Khan
He said, “This is my staff; I support myself on it, and I knock down leaves for my sheep with it, and there are other uses for me in it.”
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.
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."
Daryabadi
He said: it is my staff; I lean there on; and therewith beat down fodder for my sheep; and for me therein are other purposes.
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."
ClearQuran - God
He said, “This is my staff. I lean on it, and herd my sheep with it, and I have other uses for it.”
ClearQuran - Allah
He said, “This is my staff. I lean on it, and herd my sheep with it, and I have other uses for it.”
Community - God
He said, “It is my cane. I lean on it, and I herd my sheep with it, and I have other uses for it.”
Community - Allah
He said, “It is my cane. I lean on it, and I herd my sheep with it, and I have other uses for it.”
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.”
Maududi
Moses answered: "This is my staff. I lean on it (when I walk), and with it I beat down leaves for my flock, and I have many other uses for it."
Mubarakpuri
He said: "This is my stick, whereon I lean, and wherewith I beat down branches for my sheep, and wherein I find other uses."
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.
Qarai
He said, ‘It is my staff. I lean on it, and with it I beat down leaves for my sheep; and I have other uses for it.’
Qaribullah & Darwish
'It is my staff," Moses replied, "upon it I lean and with it I beat down leaves to feed my sheep and for me there are other uses in it'
Saheeh 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."
Sarwar
He replied, "It is my staff. I lean on it, bring down leaves for my sheep with it and I need it for other reasons.
Shakir
He said: This is my staff: I recline on it and I beat the leaves with it to make them fall upon my sheep, and I have other uses for it.
Transliteration
Qala hiya AAasaya atawakkao AAalayha waahushshu biha AAala ghanamee waliya feeha maaribu okhra
Transliteration 2
qāla hiya ʿaṣāya atawakka-u ʿalayhā wa-ahushu bihā ʿalā ghanamī waliya fīhā maāribu ukh'rā
Wahiduddin Khan
He replied, "It is my staff. I lean on it, and with it, I beat down the leaves for my flock; I also have other uses for it."
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."
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