The Stories
28. Al-Qaṣaṣ
القصص
Page #386
28:12
وَحَرَّمْنَا
عَلَيْهِ
الْمَرَاضِعَ
مِن
قَبْلُ
فَقَالَتْ
هَلْ
أَدُلُّكُمْ
عَلَى
أَهْلِ
بَيْتٍ
يَكْفُلُونَهُ
لَكُمْ
وَهُمْ
لَهُ
نَاصِحُونَ
wa-ḥarramnā ʿalayhi l-marāḍiʿa min qablu fa-qālat hal ʾadullukum ʿalā ʾahli baytin yakfulūnahū lakum wa-hum lahū nāṣiḥūna
And we ordained that he refused suck at first, until (His sister came up and) said: "Shall I point out to you the people of a house that will nourish and bring him up for you and be sincerely attached to him?"...
— Abdullah Yusufali
Since before We had forbidden him to be suckled by any nurse. So she said, ‘Shall I show you a household that will take care of him for you and they will be his well-wishers?’
