وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ ۖ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا ۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِى حَتَّىٰ يُصْدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخٌۭ كَبِيرٌۭ
Translation
Sahih International
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."
Word-by-Word Translation
وَلَمَّا
And when
وَرَدَ
he came
مَآءَ
(to the) water
مَدْيَنَ
(of) Madyan
وَجَدَ
he found
عَلَيْهِ
on it
أُمَّةًۭ
a group
مِّنَ
of
ٱلنَّاسِ
men
يَسْقُونَ
watering
وَوَجَدَ
and he found
مِن
besides them
دُونِهِمُ
besides them
ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ
two women
تَذُودَانِ ۖ
keeping back
قَالَ
He said
مَا
What
خَطْبُكُمَا ۖ
(is the) matter with both of you
قَالَتَا
They said
لَا
We cannot water
نَسْقِى
We cannot water
حَتَّىٰ
until
يُصْدِرَ
take away
ٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖ
the shepherds
وَأَبُونَا
and our father
شَيْخٌۭ
(is) a very old man
كَبِيرٌۭ
(is) a very old man
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