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Surah Al-Qasas, ayah 23

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28:23

وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَٓاءَ مَدْیَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَیْهِ اُمَّةً مِنَ النَّاسِ یَسْقُونَؗ وَوَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمُ امْرَاَتَیْنِ تَذُودَانِۚ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَاؕ قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقٖی حَتّٰى یُصْدِرَ الرِّعَٓاءُ وَاَبُونَا شَیْخٌ كَبٖیرٌ

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

Translations

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

Saheeh International

And when he came unto the water of Midian he found there a whole tribe of men, watering. And he found apart from them two women keeping back (their flocks). He said: What aileth you? The two said: We cannot give (our flocks) to drink till the shepherds return from the water; and our father is a very old man

Marmaduke Pickthall