Quran 28:11 — Al-Qasas, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and she said to his sister, ‘Follow him.’ So she watched him from a distance, without them knowing.
وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِ قُصِّيهِ ۖ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِ عَنْ جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
waqālat li-ukh'tihi quṣṣīhi fabaṣurat bihi ʿan junubin wahum lā yashʿurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and she said to his sister, 'Follow him,' and she perceived him from afar, even while they were not aware.
- Muhammad Asad
- And so she said to his sister, “Follow him” - and [the girl] watched him from afar, while they [who had taken him in] were not aware of it,
- Sahih International
- And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَتْwaqālat | And she said | قول |
| 2 | لِأُخْتِهِۦli-ukh'tihi | to his sister | أخو |
| 3 | قُصِّيهِ ۖquṣṣīhi | Follow him | قصص |
| 4 | فَبَصُرَتْfabaṣurat | So she watched | بصر |
| 5 | بِهِۦbihi | him | — |
| 6 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 7 | جُنُبٍۢjunubin | a distance | جنب |
| 8 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 9 | لَاlā | (did) not | — |
| 10 | يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna | perceive | شعر |