Quran 28:12 — Al-Qasas, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We had ordained that he would refuse to feed from wet nurses. His sister approached them and said, ‘Shall I tell you about a household which could bring him up for you and take good care of him?’
وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَرَاضِعَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَكْفُلُونَهُ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُ نَاصِحُونَ
waḥarramnā ʿalayhi l-marāḍiʿa min qablu faqālat hal adullukum ʿalā ahli baytin yakfulūnahu lakum wahum lahu nāṣiḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Now We had forbidden to him aforetime to be suckled by any foster-mother; therefore she said, 'Shall I direct you to the people of a household who will take charge of him for you and look after him?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Now from the very beginning We caused him to refuse the breast of [Egyptian] nurses; and [when his sister came to know this,] she said: “Shall I guide you to a family that might rear him for you, and look after him with good will?”
- Sahih International
- And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his upbringing] sincere?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَحَرَّمْنَاwaḥarramnā | And We had forbidden | حرم |
| 2 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | for him | — |
| 3 | ٱلْمَرَاضِعَl-marāḍiʿa | the wet nurses | رضع |
| 4 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 5 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 6 | فَقَالَتْfaqālat | so she said | قول |
| 7 | هَلْhal | Shall I | — |
| 8 | أَدُلُّكُمْadullukum | direct you | دلل |
| 9 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | to | — |
| 10 | أَهْلِahli | (the) people | أهل |
| 11 | بَيْتٍۢbaytin | (of) a house | بيت |
| 12 | يَكْفُلُونَهُۥyakfulūnahu | who will rear him | كفل |
| 13 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 14 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 15 | لَهُۥlahu | to him | — |
| 16 | نَـٰصِحُونَnāṣiḥūna | (will be) sincere | نصح |