Sura 28 Al-Qasas (The Stories), ayah 23

  1. وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَاءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةً مِنَ النَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ ۖ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا ۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِي حَتَّىٰ يُصْدِرَ الرِّعَاءُ ۖ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ

    Translation by words

    وَلَمَّا
    And when
    وَرَدَ
    he came
    مَآءَ
    (to the) water
    مَدْيَنَ
    (of) Madyan,
    وَجَدَ
    he found
    عَلَيْهِ
    on it
    أُمَّةً
    a group
    مِّنَ
    of
    ٱلنَّاسِ
    men
    يَسْقُونَ
    watering,
    وَوَجَدَ
    and he found
    مِن
    besides them
    دُونِهِمُ
    besides them
    ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ
    two women
    تَذُودَانِ
    keeping back.
    قَالَ
    He said,
    مَا
    "What
    خَطْبُكُمَا
    (is the) matter with both of you?"
    قَالَتَا
    They said,
    لَا
    "We cannot water
    نَسْقِى
    "We cannot water
    حَتَّىٰ
    until
    يُصْدِرَ
    take away
    ٱلرِّعَآءُ
    the shepherds;
    وَأَبُونَا
    and our father
    شَيْخٌ
    (is) a very old man."
    كَبِيرٌ
    (is) a very old man."

    And when he came to the well of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering (their flocks), and he found aside from them two women driving 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."

    28:23

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 28 Al-Qasas (The Stories)