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Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 24

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28:24 Juz 20 Hizb 39 Page 388 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 28:24

فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ ۝٢٤

Transliteration

fasaqā lahumā thumma tawallā ilā l-ẓili faqāla rabbi innī limā anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqīrun

Translation

So he watered [their flocks] for them; then he went back to the shade and said, "My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need."

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Verse 24 of Surah Al-Qasas (28:24), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 388 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 24

Al-Mukhtasar

So he felt pity for them and watered their livestock for them. He then took shelter in the shade and rested there, beseeching Allah and presenting his need to him, saying, “O my Lord! Indeed I am for any and every goodness you send down to me in dire need for and it is my only recourse.”

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Other translations of verse 24

So he watered [their flocks] for them, then he turned to the shade and said, “My Lord, I am desperately in need of whatever good You may send down to me11.”

Notes

[11] Moses left Egypt having nothing until he arrived in Midian. As soon as he sought Allah's help, Allah gave him a wife, a livelihood, and a home.

So he watered (their flocks) for them, then he turned back to shade, and said: "My Lord! truly, I am in need of whatever good that You bestow on me!"

So he watered (their flock) for them. Then he turned aside into the shade, and said: My Lord! I am needy of whatever good Thou sendest down for me.

So he watered (their flocks) for them; then he turned back to the shade, and said:"O my Lord! truly am I in (desperate) need of any good that Thou dost send me!"

So he watered (their sheep) for them, then went back to the shade and said: My Lord! surely I stand in need of whatever good Thou mayest send down to me.

So he watered (their flocks) for them. Thereafter he turned away to the shade. Then he said, "Lord! Surely I have need (Literally: I am poor) of whatever charity You will have sent down to me."

Verse 24 word by word

  1. فَسَقَىٰ fasaqā So he watered س ق ي
  2. لَهُمَا lahumā for them
  3. ثُمَّ thumma Then
  4. تَوَلَّىٰٓ tawallā he turned back و ل ي
  5. إِلَى ilā to
  6. ٱلظِّلِّ l-ẓili the shade ظ ل ل
  7. فَقَالَ faqāla and said ق و ل
  8. رَبِّ rabbi My Lord ر ب ب
  9. إِنِّى innī Indeed, I am
  10. لِمَآ limā of whatever
  11. أَنزَلْتَ anzalta You send ن ز ل
  12. إِلَىَّ ilayya to me
  13. مِنْ min of
  14. خَيْرٍ khayrin good خ ي ر
  15. فَقِيرٌ faqīrun (in) need ف ق ر

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