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Verse (28:26) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 26th verse of chapter 28 (sūrat l-qaṣaṣ). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories)

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."

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.

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"....

Shakir: Said one of them: O my father! employ him, surely the best of those that you can employ is the strong man, the faithful one.

Muhammad Sarwar: One of the women said to her father, "Father, hire him; the best whom you may hire is a strong and trustworthy one."

Mohsin 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."

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

See Also

Language Research Group
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