Surah Taha Tafseer

قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا

He said:"This is my stick, whereon I lean..."

I lean on it while I am walking.

وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَى غَنَمِي

and wherewith I beat down branches for my sheep,

This means, `I use it to shake the branches of trees so that the leaves will fall for my sheep to eat them.'

Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Qasim reported from Imam Malik that he said,

"(It is) when a man places his staff into a branch and shakes it so that its leaves and fruit will fall without breaking the stick. It is not the same as striking or beating."

Maymun bin Mahran also said the same.

Concerning his statement,

وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَأرِبُ أُخْرَى

and wherein I find other uses.

This means other benefits, services and needs besides this.

Some of the scholars took upon themselves the burden of mentioning many of these obscure uses.

Concerning Allah's statement,

قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَا مُوسَى