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| 1. [28:23] | Walamma warada maa madyanawajada AAalayhi ommatan mina alnnasi yasqoonawawajada min doonihimu imraatayni tathoodani qalama khatbukuma qalata lanasqee hatta yusdira alrriAAaowaaboona shaykhun kabeerun |  ولما ورد ماء مدين وجد عليه أمة من الناس يسقون ووجد من دونهم امرأتين تذودان قال ما خطبكما قالتا لا نسقي حتى يصدر الرعاء وأبونا شيخ كبيروَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَاءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةً مِّنَ النَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِي حَتَّى يُصْدِرَ الرِّعَاءُ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | اور جب وہ مَدْيَنَْ کے پانی (کے کنویں) پر پہنچے تو انہوں نے اس پر لوگوں کا ایک ہجوم پایا جو (اپنے جانوروں کو) پانی پلا رہے تھے اور ان سے الگ ایک جانب دو عورتیں دیکھیں جو (اپنی بکریوں کو) روکے ہوئے تھیں (موسٰی علیہ السلام نے) فرمایا: تم دونوں اس حال میں کیوں (کھڑی) ہو؟ دونوں بولیں کہ ہم (اپنی بکریوں کو) پانی نہیں پلا سکتیں یہاں تک کہ چرواہے (اپنے مویشیوں کو) واپس لے جائیں، اور ہمارے والد عمر رسیدہ بزرگ ہیں | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | And when he arrived at the watering (place) in Madyan, he found there a group of men watering (their flocks), and besides them he found two women who were keeping back (their flocks). He said: "What is the matter with you?" They said: "We cannot water (our flocks) until the shepherds take back (their flocks): And our father is a very old man."
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| Ahmed Ali | اور جب مدین کے پانی پر پہنچا وہاں لوگوں کی ایک جماعت کو پانی پلاتے ہوئے پایا اور ان سے ورے دو عورتوں کو پایا جو اپنے جانور روکے ہوئے کھڑی تھیں کہا تمہارا کیا حال ہے بولیں جب تک چرواہے نہیں ہٹ جاتے ہم نہیں پلاتیں اور ہمارا باپ بوڑھابڑی عمر کا ہے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اور جب مدین کے پانی پر آیا وہاں لوگوں کے ایک گروہ کو دیکھا کہ اپنے جانوروں کو پانی پلارہے ہیں، اور ان سے اس طرف دو عورتیں دیکھیں کہ اپنے جانوروں کو روک رہی ہیں موسیٰ نے فرمایا تم دونوں کا کیا حال ہے وہ بولیں ہم پانی نہیں پلاتے جب تک سب چرواہے پلاکر پھیر نہ لے جائیں اور ہمارے باپ بہت بوڑھے ہیں | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | اور جب پہنچے مدین کے کنویں پر تو پایا وہاں لوگوں کی ایک جماعت کو کہ پانی پلارہے تھے (اپنے جانوروں کو) اور دیکھا موسیٰ نے اُن سے الگ ایک طرف دوعورتوں کو جو اپنی بکریوں کو روکے کھڑی تھیں، پُوچھا تمہیں کیا پریشانی ہے؟ اُنہوں نے کہا: ہم نہیں پلاسکتیں پانی (اپنے جانوروں کو) جب تک کہ نہ نکال لے جائیں اپنے جانوروں کو چرواہے اور ہمارے والد، بہت بُوڑھے ہیں۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | اور جب مدین کے پانی (کے مقام) پر پہنچے تو دیکھا کہ وہاں لوگ جمع ہو رہے (اور اپنے چارپایوں کو) پانی پلا رہے ہیں اور ان کے ایک طرف دو عورتیں (اپنی بکریوں کو) روکے کھڑی ہیں۔ موسٰی نے (اُن سے) کہا تمہارا کیا کام ہے۔ وہ بولیں کہ جب تک چرواہے (اپنے چارپایوں کو) لے نہ جائیں ہم پانی نہیں پلا سکتے اور ہمارے والد بڑی عمر کے بوڑھے ہیں | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | اور جب پہنچا مدین کے پانی پر پایا وہاں ایک جماعت کو لوگوں کی پانی پلاتے ہوئے اور پایا ان سے ورے دو عورتوں کو کہ روکے ہوئے کھڑی تھیں اپنی بکریاں بولا تمہارا کیا حال ہے وہ بولیں ہم نہیں پلاتیں پانی چرواہوں کے پھیر لیجانے تک اور ہمارا باپ بوڑھا ہے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اور جب وہ مَدیَن کے کنوئیں پر پہنچا تو اُس نے دیکھا کہ بہت سے لوگ اپنے جانوروں کو پانی پلا رہے ہیں اور ان سے الگ ایک طرف دو عورتیں اپنے جانوروں کو روک رہی ہیں موسیٰؑ نے اِن عورتوں سے پوچھا "تمہیں کیا پریشانی ہے؟" انہوں نے کہا "ہم اپنے جانوروں کو پانی نہیں پلا سکتیں جب تک یہ چرواہے اپنے جانور نکال کر نہ لے جائیں، اور ہمارے والد ایک بہت بوڑھے آدمی ہیں" | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | And when he neared/approached Madya's water he found at it a nation/generation from the people, they water/irrigate and he found from other than them two women, (B) pushing/defending , he said: "What (is) your matter/concern ." They (B) said: "We do not water/irrigate until the shepherds/protectors return from the water/proceed , and our father (is) an old aged old ." | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | And when he arrived at the watering (place) in Madyan, he found there a group of men watering (their flocks), and besides them he found two women who were keeping back (their flocks). He said: "What is the matter with you?" They said: "We cannot water (our flocks) until the shepherds take back (their flocks): And our father is a very old man." | ||||||
| Pickthal | And when he came unto the water of Midian he found there a whole tribe of men, watering. And he found apart from them two women keeping back (their flocks). He said: What aileth you? The two said: We cannot give (our flocks) to drink till the shepherds return from the water; and our father is a very old man. | ||||||
| Arberry | On the right way. And when he came to the waters of Midian he found a company of the people there drawing water, and he found, apart from them, two women holding back their flocks. He said, 'What is your business?' They said, 'We may not draw water until the shepherds drive off; and our father is passing old.' | ||||||
| Shakir | And when he came to the water of Madyan, he found on it a group of men watering, and he found besides them two women keeping back (their flocks). He said: What is the matter with you? They said: We cannot water until the shepherds take away (their sheep) from the water, and our father is a very old man. | ||||||
| Sarwar | When he arrived at the well of Midian, he found some people watering (their sheep) and two women keeping the sheep away from the others. He asked the two women, "What is the matter with you?" They replied, "We cannot water our sheep until all the shepherds have driven away their flocks. Our father is an old man". | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | And when he came to the well of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering [their flocks], and he found aside from them two women driving 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. | ||||||
| Malik | When he arrived at the well of Madyan, he saw a multitude of men watering their flocks, and besides them two women who were keeping their flocks back. He asked: "What is the problem?" They replied: "We cannot water our flocks until the shepherds take away their flocks from the water, because we are weak and our father is a very old man."[23] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | And when he came to the water of Midian, he found there a group of men watering, and he found besides them two women keeping back (their flocks). He said: What is the matter with you? They said: We cannot water until the shepherds take away (their sheep) from the water; and our father is a very old man. | ||||||
| Free Minds | When he arrived at the watering hole of Midyan, he found a crowd of people watering, and he noticed two women waiting on the side. He said: "What is holding you back." They said: "We cannot draw water until the shepherds finish, and our father is an old man." | ||||||
| Qaribullah | When he came to the water wells of Midian he found there some people drawing water, and he found two women apart from them who were keeping back (their flocks). 'What is your business? ' he asked. They replied: 'We cannot draw water until the shepherds have driven away (their flocks), and our father is an elderly man. ' | ||||||
| George Sale | And when he arrived at the water of Madian, he found about the well a company of men, who were watering their flocks. And he found, besides them, two women, who kept off their sheep at a distance. And he said unto them, what is the matter with you? They answered, we shall not water our flock, until the shepherds shall have driven away theirs; for our father is an old man, stricken in years. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | And when he arrived at the water of Madian, he found at it a company of men watering. And he found beside them, two women keeping back their flock: "Why do ye," said he, "thus?" They said "We shall not water till the shepherds shall have driven off; for ou | ||||||
| Asad | NOW WHEN he arrived at the wells [Lit., "water" or "waters".] of Madyan, he found there a large group of men who were watering [their herds and flocks]; and at some distance from them he came upon two women who were keeping back their flock. He asked [them]: "What is the matter with you?" They answered: "We cannot water [our animals] until the herdsmen drive [theirs] home - for [we are weak and] our father is a very old man." | ||||||
| Khalifa** | When he reached Midyan's water, he found a crowd of people watering, and noticed two women waiting on the side. He said, "What is it that you need?" They said, "We are not able to water, until the crowd disperses, and our father is an old man." | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | And when he arrived at the water of Madyan (Midian) he found there a group of men watering (their flocks), and besides them he found two women who were keeping back (their flocks). He said: "What is the matter with you?" They said: "We cannot water (our flocks) until the shepherds take (their flocks). And our father is a very old man." | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Now when he arrived at the wells of Midyan, he found a crowd of people watering their herds and flocks. And he found two women who were keeping away their flocks. He asked, "What is the matter with you?" They said, "We cannot water our flocks until the shepherds take back their flocks. And our father is a very old man." | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
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| ** - Read with caution - These Translations, specially those which are marked here with **, are considered either incorrect, far-fetched, non-conforming or misleading. For all translations, care must be exercised for certain verses or an alternate translation should be considered. | |||||||
| Verse(s): 1 | Surah : 28 - Al-Qasas | Showing verse 23 of 88 in chapter 28 | |||||
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