{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/02803.htm","path":"isl/quran/02803.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/02803.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n22. Walamma tawajjaha tilqaa madyana qala AAasa rabbee an yahdiyanee sawaa alssabeeli\n22. When, when he turned his face\n Towards (the land of) Madyan,\n He said: \"I do hope\n That my Lord will show me\n The smooth and straight Path.\"\n23. Walamma warada maa madyana wajada AAalayhi ommatan mina alnnasi yasqoona wawajada min doonihimu imraatayni tathoodani qala ma khatbukuma qalata la nasqee hatta yusdira alrriAAao waaboona shaykhun kabeerun\n23. And when he arrived at\n The watering (place) in Madyan;\n He found there a group\n Of men watering (their flocks),\n And besides them he found\n Two women who were keeping\nBack (their flocks). He said:\n \"What is the matter with you?\"\n They said: \"We cannot water\n (Our flocks) until the shepherds\n Take back (their flocks):\n And our father is\n A very old man.\"\n24. Fasaqa lahuma thumma tawalla ila alththilli faqala rabbi innee lima anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqeerun\n24. So he watered (their flocks)\n For them; then he turned back\n To the shade, and said:\n \"O my Lord!\n Truly am I\n In (desperate) need\n Of any good\n That Thou dost send me!\"\n25. Fajaat-hu ihdahuma tamshee AAala istihya-in qalat inna abee yadAAooka liyajziyaka ajra ma saqayta lana falamma jaahu waqassa AAalayhi alqasasa qala la takhaf najawta mina alqawmi alththalimeena\n25. Afterwards one of the (damsels)\n Came (back) to him, walking\n Bashfully. She said: \"My father\n Invites thee that he may\n Reward thee for having watered\n (Our flocks) for us.\" So when\n He came to him and narrated\n The story, he said:\n\"Fear thou not: (well) hast thou\n Escaped from unjust people.\"\n26. Qalat ihdahuma ya abati ista/jirhu inna khayra mani ista/jarta alqawiyyu al-ameenu\n26. Said one of the (damsels):\n \"O my (dear) father! engage\n Him on wages: truly the best\n Of men for thee to employ is\n The (man) who is strong and trusty\"\u2026\n27. Qala innee oreedu an onkihaka ihda ibnatayya hatayni AAala an ta/juranee thamaniya hijajin fa-in atmamta AAashran famin AAindika wama oreedu an ashuqqa AAalayka satajidunee in shaa Allahu mina alssaliheena\n27. He said: \"I intend to wed\n One of these my daughters\n To thee, on, condition that\n Thou serve me for eight years;\n But if thou complete ten years,\n It will be (grace) from thee.\n But I intend not to place\n Thee under a difficulty:\nThou wilt find me,\n Indeed, if God wills,\n One of the righteous.\"\n28. Qala thalika baynee wabaynaka ayyama al-ajalayni qadaytu fala AAudwana AAalayya waAllahu AAala ma naqoolu wakeelun\n28. He said: \"Be that (the agreement)\n Between me and thee:\n Whichever of the two terms\n I fulfil, let there be\n No ill-will to me.\n Be God a witness\n To what we say.\"","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XXVIII.: Qa\u1e63a\u1e63, or the Narration.: Section 3 (22-28)","type":"page"}