28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 24
فَسَقٰى لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلّٰٓى اِلَى الظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ اِنّ۪ي لِمَٓا اَنْزَلْتَ اِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَق۪يرٌ
Fasaqa lahuma thumma tawallaila aththilli faqala rabbiinnee lima anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqeer
So he drew water for them and then withdrew into the shade and said, ‘My Lord, I am truly in need of any good You have in store for me. ’
- Progressive Muslims
So he drew water for them, then he turned to a shaded area, and he said: "My Lord, I am poor, lacking any provisions You may have sent down. "
- Shabbir Ahmed
So he watered their flocks for them; then he turned back to the shade (of the tree he had been relaxing under). And he said, "My Lord! I am in dire need of any good that You bestow upon me and any opportunity that You provide me for doing good."
- Sam Gerrans
So he watered for them; then he turned away to the shade and said: “My Lord: I am in need of what Thou hast sent down to me of good.”
- The Monotheist Group
So he drew water for them, then he turned to a shaded area, and he said: "My Lord, I am poor, lacking any provisions You may have sent down."
- Edip-Layth
So he drew water for them, then he turned to a shaded area, and he said, "My Lord, I am poor, lacking any provisions You may have sent down."
- Aisha Bewley
So he drew water for them and then withdrew into the shade and said, ‘My Lord, I am truly in need of any good You have in store for me. ’
- Rashad Khalifa
He watered for them, then turned to the shade, saying, "My Lord, whatever provision you send to me, I am in dire need for it."
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
So he watered (their flock), and moved into the shade and prayed: "My Lord, I have need of whatever good you send 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. "
- 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!"
- Marmaduke Pickthall
So he watered (their flock) for them. Then he turned aside into the shade, and said: My Lord! I am needy of whatever good Thou sendest down for me.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Mussa watered for them their flocks then assumed a place in the shade and prayed: "O Allah, my Creator," "with all Your grace that abounds in me I am indigent and-lonely".
- Bijan Moeinian
Moses then stepped in and helped them to water their animals. Then he retired to a shady place to relax and said: "O my Lord, this poor creature of yours will appreciate any provision that you send down to him."
- Al-Hilali & Khan
So he watered (their flocks) for them, then he turned back to shade, and said: "My Lord! truly, I am in need of whatever good that You bestow on me!"
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
So he watered (their flocks) for them; then he turned back to the shade, and said:"O my Lord! truly am I in (desperate) need of any good that Thou dost send me!"
- Mustafa Khattab
So he watered ˹their herd˺ for them, then withdrew to the shade and prayed, "My Lord! I am truly in ˹desperate˺ need of whatever provision You may have in store for me."[1]
- Taqi Usmani
So he (Mūsā) watered (their animals) for them, then he turned to a shade and said, "My Lord, I am in need of whatever good you send down to me."
- Abdul Haleem
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,’
- Arthur John 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.
- E. Henry Palmer
So he watered for them; then he turned back towards the shade and said, 'My Lord! verily, I stand in need of what Thou sendest down to me of good. '
- Hamid S. Aziz
And when he came unto the water of Midian he found thereat a group of people watering their flocks. And he found apart from them two women keeping back their flocks. Said he, "What is the matter with you?" They said, "We cannot water our flocks until the herdsmen have finished; for our father is a very old man."
- Mahmoud Ghali
So he watered (their flocks) for them. Thereafter he turned away to the shade. Then he said, "Lord! Surely I have need (Literally: I am poor) of whatever charity You will have sent down to me."
- George Sale
So Moses watered their sheep for them; and afterwards retired to the shade, saying, O Lord, verily I stand in need of the good which thou shalt send down unto me.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
So, he watered (their herds) for them; Then he turned back to the shade, and said: "O my Lord! Truly, I am in need of any good that you will send me!"
- Amatul Rahman Omar
So (Moses) watered (their flock) for them. Then he retired to (a place with) the shade and said, `My Lord! I stand in need of whatever good You may bestow on me.'
- Ali Quli Qarai
So he watered [their flock] for them. Then he withdrew toward the shade and said, ‘My Lord! I am indeed in need of any good You may send down to me!’