The Stories
28. Al-Qaṣaṣ
القصص
al-Qaṣaṣ (The Story)
ٱلْقَصَص
28:27
قَالَ
إِنِّي
أُرِيدُ
أَنْ
أُنكِحَكَ
إِحْدَى
ابْنَتَيَّ
هَاتَيْنِ
عَلَى
أَن
تَأْجُرَنِي
ثَمَانِيَ
حِجَجٍ
فَإِنْ
أَتْمَمْتَ
عَشْرًا
فَمِنْ
عِندِكَ
وَمَا
أُرِيدُ
أَنْ
أَشُقَّ
عَلَيْكَ
سَتَجِدُنِي
إِن
شَاءَ
اللَّهُ
مِنَ
الصَّالِحِينَ
qāla ʾinnī ʾurīdu ʾan ʾunkiḥaka ʾiḥdā bnatayya hātayni ʿalā ʾan taʾjuranī thamāniya ḥijajin fa-ʾin ʾatmamta ʿashran fa-min ʿindika wa-mā ʾurīdu ʾan ʾashuqqa ʿalayka sa-tajidunī ʾin shāʾa llāhu mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna
He (Shu'ayb) said to (Moses), "I want to give one of my daughters to you in marriage on the condition that you will work for me for eight years, but you may continue for two more years only out of your own accord. I do not want it to become a burden for you. God willing, you will find me a righteous person".
