Al-Qasas 28:25
The Stories · Juz 20 · Page 388
فَجَآءَتۡهُ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا تَمۡشِي عَلَى ٱسۡتِحۡيَآءٖ قَالَتۡ إِنَّ أَبِي يَدۡعُوكَ لِيَجۡزِيَكَ أَجۡرَ مَا سَقَيۡتَ لَنَاۚ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُۥ وَقَصَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقَصَصَ قَالَ لَا تَخَفۡۖ نَجَوۡتَ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٥
Then one of the two women came to him walking with shyness. She said, "Indeed, my father invites you that he may reward you for having watered for us." So when he came to him1 and related to him the story, he said, "Fear not. You have escaped from the wrongdoing people."
1 translator’s note
- Prophet Shuʿayb, the father of the two women. ↩
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Commentary on 28:25–26
﴿فَجاءَتْهُ إحْداهُما تَمْشِي عَلى اسْتِحْياءٍ﴾ أيْ مُسْتَحْيِيَةً مُتَخَفِّرَةً. قِيلَ كانَتِ الصُّغْرى مِنهُما وقِيلَ الكُبْرى واسْمُها صَفُوراءُ أوْ صَفْراءُ وهي الَّتِي تَزَوَّجَها مُوسى عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ. ﴿قالَتْ إنَّ أبِي يَدْعُوكَ لِيَجْزِيَكَ﴾ لِيُكافِئَكَ.
﴿أجْرَ ما سَقَيْتَ لَنا﴾ جَزاءَ سِقْيِكَ لَنا، ولَعَلَّ مُوسى عَلَيْهِ الصَّلاةُ والسَّلامُ إنَّما أجابَها لِيَتَبَرَّكَ بِرُؤْيَةِ الشَّيْخِ ويَسْتَظْهِرَ بِمَعْرِفَتِهِ لا طَمَعًا في الأجْرِ، بَلْ رُوِيَ أنَّهُ لَمّا جاءَهُ قَدَّمَ إلَيْهِ طَعامًا فامْتَنَعَ عَنْهُ وقالَ: إنّا أهْلُ بَيْتٍ لا نَبِيعُ دِينَنا بِالدُّنْيا حَتّى قالَ لَهُ شُعَيْبٌ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلاةُ والسَّلامُ: هَذِهِ عادَتُنا مَعَ كُلِّ مَن يَنْزِلُ بِنا. هَذا وأنَّ كُلَّ مَن فَعَلَ مَعْرُوفًا فَأُهْدِيَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَحْرُمْ أخْذُهُ.
﴿فَلَمّا جاءَهُ وقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ القَصَصَ قالَ لا تَخَفْ نَجَوْتَ مِنَ القَوْمِ الظّالِمِينَ﴾ يُرِيدُ فِرْعَوْنَ وقَوْمَهُ.
﴿قالَتْ إحْداهُما﴾ يَعْنِي الَّتِي اسْتَدْعَتْهُ. ﴿يا أبَتِ اسْتَأْجِرْهُ﴾ لِرَعْيِ الغَنَمِ. ﴿إنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ اسْتَأْجَرْتَ القَوِيُّ الأمِينُ﴾ تَعْلِيلٌ شائِعٌ يَجْرِي مَجْرى الدَّلِيلِ عَلى أنَّهُ حَقِيقٌ بِالِاسْتِئْجارِ ولِلْمُبالَغَةِ فِيهِ، جَعَلَ ( خَيْرَ ) اسْمًا وذَكَرَ الفِعْلَ بِلَفْظِ الماضِي لِلدَّلالَةِ عَلى أنَّهُ امْرُؤٌ مُجَرَّبٌ مَعْرُوفٌ.
رُوِيَ أنَّ شُعَيْبًا قالَ لَها وما أعْلَمَكِ بِقُوَّتِهِ وأمانَتِهِ فَذَكَّرَتْ إقْلالَ الحَجَرِ وأنَّهُ صَوَّبَ رَأْسَهُ حَتّى بَلَّغَتْهُ رِسالَتَهُ وأمَرَها بِالمَشْيِ خَلْفَهُ.
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28:22
وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلۡقَآءَ مَدۡيَنَ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبِّيٓ أَن يَهۡدِيَنِي سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ٢٢
And when he directed himself toward Madyan, he said, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to the sound way."
28:23
وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدۡيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيۡهِ أُمَّةٗ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمۡرَأَتَيۡنِ تَذُودَانِۖ قَالَ مَا خَطۡبُكُمَاۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسۡقِي حَتَّىٰ يُصۡدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُۖ وَأَبُونَا شَيۡخٞ كَبِيرٞ ٢٣
And when he came to the water [i.e., well] of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering [their flocks], and he found aside from them two women holding 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."
28:24
فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَآ أَنزَلۡتَ إِلَيَّ مِنۡ خَيۡرٖ فَقِيرٞ ٢٤
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."
28:25
فَجَآءَتۡهُ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا تَمۡشِي عَلَى ٱسۡتِحۡيَآءٖ قَالَتۡ إِنَّ أَبِي يَدۡعُوكَ لِيَجۡزِيَكَ أَجۡرَ مَا سَقَيۡتَ لَنَاۚ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُۥ وَقَصَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقَصَصَ قَالَ لَا تَخَفۡۖ نَجَوۡتَ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٥
Then one of the two women came to him walking with shyness. She said, "Indeed, my father invites you that he may reward you for having watered for us." So when he came to him1 and related to him the story, he said, "Fear not. You have escaped from the wrongdoing people."
1 translator’s note
- Prophet Shuʿayb, the father of the two women. ↩
28:26
قَالَتۡ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱسۡتَـٔۡجِرۡهُۖ إِنَّ خَيۡرَ مَنِ ٱسۡتَـٔۡجَرۡتَ ٱلۡقَوِيُّ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ٢٦
One of the women said, "O my father, hire him. Indeed, the best one you can hire is the strong and the trustworthy."
28:27
قَالَ إِنِّيٓ أُرِيدُ أَنۡ أُنكِحَكَ إِحۡدَى ٱبۡنَتَيَّ هَٰتَيۡنِ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَأۡجُرَنِي ثَمَٰنِيَ حِجَجٖۖ فَإِنۡ أَتۡمَمۡتَ عَشۡرٗا فَمِنۡ عِندِكَۖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنۡ أَشُقَّ عَلَيۡكَۚ سَتَجِدُنِيٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٢٧
He said, "Indeed, I wish to wed you one of these, my two daughters, on [the condition] that you serve me for eight years; but if you complete ten, it will be [as a favor] from you. And I do not wish to put you in difficulty. You will find me, if Allāh wills, from among the righteous."
28:28
قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكَۖ أَيَّمَا ٱلۡأَجَلَيۡنِ قَضَيۡتُ فَلَا عُدۡوَٰنَ عَلَيَّۖ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٞ ٢٨
[Moses] said, "That is [established] between me and you. Whichever of the two terms I complete - there is no injustice to me, and Allāh, over what we say, is Witness."