Meccan·Surah 20

طه

Surah Ta-Ha — Ayah 18

Ta-Ha

135 Ayahs·Verse 20:18
20:18

قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ 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."

Context in Surah Ta-Ha

Nearby ayahs help place verse 20:18 in sequence and meaning.

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ 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.

وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

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

قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

[Allah] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."

فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ

So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.