Surah Al-Qashash Ayah 23

Al-Qashash · Ayah 23 · Juz 20 · Page 388

وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدۡيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيۡهِ أُمَّةٗ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمۡرَأَتَيۡنِ تَذُودَانِۖ قَالَ مَا خَطۡبُكُمَاۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسۡقِي حَتَّىٰ يُصۡدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُۖ وَأَبُونَا شَيۡخٞ كَبِيرٞ ٢٣

Wa lammā warada māʾa madyana wajada ʿalayhi ummatam minan-nāsi yasqūna wa wajada min dūnihimumraʾatayni tadhūdān, qāla mā khaṭbukumā, qālatā lā nasqī ḥattā yuṣdirar-riʿāʾ, wa abūnā shaykhun kabīr.

And when he came to the water [i.e., well] of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering [their flocks], and he found aside from them two women holding back [their flocks]. He said, "What is your circumstance?" They said, "We do not water until the shepherds dispatch [their flocks]; and our father is an old man."

Translation: Sahih International

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Word by word27 words

  • وَلَمَّاAnd when
  • وَرَدَhe came
  • مَآءَ(to the) water
  • مَدۡيَنَ(of) Madyan
  • وَجَدَhe found
  • عَلَيۡهِon it
  • أُمَّةٗa group
  • مِّنَof
  • ٱلنَّاسِmen
  • يَسۡقُونَwatering
  • وَوَجَدَand he found
  • مِنbesides them
  • دُونِهِمُbesides them
  • ٱمۡرَأَتَيۡنِtwo women
  • تَذُودَانِۖkeeping back
  • قَالَHe said
  • مَاWhat
  • خَطۡبُكُمَاۖ(is the) matter with both of you
  • قَالَتَاThey said
  • لَاWe cannot water
  • نَسۡقِيWe cannot water
  • حَتَّىٰuntil
  • يُصۡدِرَtake away
  • ٱلرِّعَآءُۖthe shepherds
  • وَأَبُونَاand our father
  • شَيۡخٞ(is) a very old man
  • كَبِيرٞ(is) a very old man

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The Stories · Meccan · 88 ayahs

Juz
20
Page
388
Hizb
39