Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 23 (28:23)

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وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةً مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ …

Quran 28:23 is ayah 23 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 388 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:23
وَلَمَّاوَرَدَمَآءَمَدْيَنَوَجَدَعَلَيْهِأُمَّةًمِّنَٱلنَّاسِيَسْقُونَوَوَجَدَمِندُونِهِمُٱمْرَأَتَيْنِتَذُودَانِ ۖقَالَمَاخَطْبُكُمَا ۖقَالَتَالَانَسْقِىحَتَّىٰيُصْدِرَٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖوَأَبُونَاشَيْخٌكَبِيرٌ٢٣
walammā warada māa madyana wajada ʿalayhi ummatan mina l-nāsi yasqūna wawajada min dūnihimu im'ra-atayni tadhūdāni qāla mā khaṭbukumā qālatā lā nasqī ḥattā yuṣ'dira l-riʿāu wa-abūnā shaykhun kabīrun

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."(23)

Word by word

  1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
  2. وَرَدَwaradahe came
  3. مَآءَmāa(to the) water
  4. مَدْيَنَmadyana(of) Madyan
  5. وَجَدَwajadahe found
  6. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
  7. أُمَّةًummatana group
  8. مِّنَminaof
  9. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsimen
  10. يَسْقُونَyasqūnawatering
  11. وَوَجَدَwawajadaand he found
  12. مِنminbesides them
  13. دُونِهِمُdūnihimubesides them
  14. ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِim'ra-ataynitwo women
  15. تَذُودَانِ ۖtadhūdānikeeping back
  16. قَالَqālaHe said
  17. مَاmāWhat
  18. خَطْبُكُمَا ۖkhaṭbukumā(is the) matter with both of you
  19. قَالَتَاqālatāThey said
  20. لَاlāWe cannot water
  21. نَسْقِىnasqīWe cannot water
  22. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  23. يُصْدِرَyuṣ'diratake away
  24. ٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖl-riʿāuthe shepherds
  25. وَأَبُونَاwa-abūnāand our father
  26. شَيْخٌshaykhun(is) a very old man
  27. كَبِيرٌkabīrun(is) a very old man

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