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قَالَتْ اِحْدٰيهُمَا يَٓا اَبَتِ اسْتَأْجِرْهُۘ اِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ اسْتَأْجَرْتَ الْقَوِيُّ الْاَم۪ينُ

Qalat ihdahuma yaabati ista/jirhu inna khayra mani ista/jarta alqawiyyu al-ameen

One of them said, ‘Hire him, father. The best person to hire is someone strong and trustworthy.’

  • Progressive Muslims

    One of the two women said: "O my father, hire him. For the best to be hired is one who is strong and honest."

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Said one of the two maidens, "O My father! Hire him! For, the best one you can hire is the competent, the trustworthy. "

  • Sam Gerrans

    One of the two said: “O my father: hire thou him; the best thou canst hire is the strong and the trustworthy.”

  • The Monotheist Group

    One of the two women said: "O my father, hire him. For the best to be hired is one who is strong and honest."

  • Edip-Layth

    One of the two women said, "O my father, hire him. For the best to be hired is one who is strong and honest."

  • Aisha Bewley

    One of them said, ‘Hire him, father. The best person to hire is someone strong and trustworthy.’

  • Rashad Khalifa

    One of the two women said, "O my father, hire him. He is the best one to hire, for he is strong and honest."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Said one of the maidens: "O father, employ him. Surely the best (man) to employ is one who is strong and honest."

  • Sahih International

    One of the women said, "O my father, hire him. Indeed, the best one you can hire is the strong and the trustworthy."

  • Muhammad Asad

    Said one of the two [daughters]: "O my father! Hire him: for, behold, the best [man] that thou couldst hire is one who is [as] strong and worthy of trust [as he]!"

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    One of the two women said: O my father! Hire him! For the best (man) that thou canst hire in the strong, the trustworthy.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    And there, said one of the women to her father: "Would you hire him O father, for the best you can hire is the reliable man who is rather strong and worthy of trust".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    One of those two women said: "Father, hire this man as he is strong and trustworthy. "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And said one of them (the two women): "O my father! Hire him! Verily, the best of men for you to hire is the strong, the trustworthy."

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Said one of the (damsels): "O my (dear) father! engage him on wages: truly the best of men for thee to employ is the (man) who is strong and trusty"....

  • Mustafa Khattab

    One of the two daughters suggested, "O my dear father! Hire him. A strong, trustworthy person is definitely the best to hire."

  • Taqi Usmani

    One of the two women said, "Dear father, hire him; the best man you can hire is someone who is strong, trustworthy."

  • Abdul Haleem

    One of the women said, ‘Father, hire him: a strong, trustworthy man is the best to hire.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Said one of the two women, 'Father, hire him; surely the best man thou canst hire is the one strong and trusty. '

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Said one of them, 'O my sire! hire him; verily, the best of those whom thou canst hire is the strong and faithful. '

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And one of the two women came to him walking shyly; said she, "Verily, my father calls you, to reward you with a payment for that you did water our flocks for us. " And when he came to him and related to him his whole story, he said, "Fear not, you are safe here from the unjust people."

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    One of the two women said, "O my father, hire him; surely the most charitable (man) you (can) hire is the one powerful (and) trustworthy. "

  • George Sale

    And one of the damsels said, my father, hire him for certain wages: The best servant thou canst hire, is an able and trusty person.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And one of the (two women) said: "O my father! Hire him on wages: Truly, the best of men to work for you is the (man) who is strong and trustworthy. "

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    One of the two ladies said, `My dear father! take him into your service. You cannot do better than employ a man who is strong and trustworthy.'

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    One of the two women said, ‘Father, hire him. Indeed the best you can hire is a powerful and trustworthy man.’