Quran 28:24 — Al-Qasas, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He watered their flocks for them, withdrew into the shade, and prayed, ‘My Lord, I am in dire need of whatever good thing You may send me,’
فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰ إِلَى الظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ
fasaqā lahumā thumma tawallā ilā l-ẓili faqāla rabbi innī limā anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So he drew water for them; then he turned away to the shade, and he said, 'O my Lord, surely I have need of whatever good Thou shalt have sent down upon me.
- Muhammad Asad
- So he watered [their flock] for them: and when he withdrew into the shade and prayed: “O my Sustainer! Verily, in dire need am I of any good which Thou mayest bestow upon me!”
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَسَقَىٰfasaqā | So he watered | سقي |
| 2 | لَهُمَاlahumā | for them | — |
| 3 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 4 | تَوَلَّىٰٓtawallā | he turned back | ولي |
| 5 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 6 | ٱلظِّلِّl-ẓili | the shade | ظلل |
| 7 | فَقَالَfaqāla | and said | قول |
| 8 | رَبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 9 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, I am | — |
| 10 | لِمَآlimā | of whatever | — |
| 11 | أَنزَلْتَanzalta | You send | نزل |
| 12 | إِلَىَّilayya | to me | — |
| 13 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 14 | خَيْرٍۢkhayrin | good | خير |
| 15 | فَقِيرٌۭfaqīrun | (in) need | فقر |