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Surah Al-Qasas Verse 23

Quran 28:23 · The Stories · Meccan · Juz 20

28:23

Arabic

وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَاۤءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ اُمَّةً مِّنَ النَّاسِ يَسْقُوْنَ ەۖ وَوَجَدَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِمُ امْرَاَتَيْنِ تَذُوْدٰنِۚ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا ۗقَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِيْ حَتّٰى يُصْدِرَ الرِّعَاۤءُ وَاَبُوْنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيْرٌ ۝٢٣

Transliteration

Wa lammā waroda mā-a madyana wajada ‘alaihi ummatam minan-nāsi yasqūn, wa wajada min dūnihimumro'ataini tażūdān, qōla mā khoṭbukumā, qōlatā lā nasqī ḥattā yuṣdiror-ri‘ā-u wa abūnā syaikhun kabīr

Meaning

And when he arrived at the waters of Midian, he found there a crowd of people drawing water, and he noticed two women waiting on the side. He said, “What is the matter with you?” They said, “We cannot draw water until the shepherds depart, and our father is a very old man.”

Surah Al-Qasas verse 23 (Quran 28:23) is verse 23 of the 88 verses of Surah Al-Qasas (The Stories), a Meccan surah that is number 28 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 20.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).