Surah Al-Qasas, ayah 23
وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةً مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ ۖ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا ۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِى حَتَّىٰ يُصْدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ
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."
Al-Qasas · 28:23
Word by word
- وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
- وَرَدَwaradahe came
- مَآءَmāa(to the) water
- مَدْيَنَmadyana(of) Madyan
- وَجَدَwajadahe found
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
- أُمَّةًۭummatana group
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsimen
- يَسْقُونَyasqūnawatering
- وَوَجَدَwawajadaand he found
- مِنminbesides them
- دُونِهِمُdūnihimubesides them
- ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِim'ra-ataynitwo women
- تَذُودَانِ ۖtadhūdānikeeping back
- قَالَqālaHe said
- مَاmāWhat
- خَطْبُكُمَا ۖkhaṭbukumā(is the) matter with both of you
- قَالَتَاqālatāThey said
- لَاlāWe cannot water
- نَسْقِىnasqīWe cannot water
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يُصْدِرَyuṣ'diratake away
- ٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖl-riʿāuthe shepherds
- وَأَبُونَاwa-abūnāand our father
- شَيْخٌۭshaykhun(is) a very old man
- كَبِيرٌۭkabīrun(is) a very old man
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