The Quran

سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:155

The Poets · Verse 155 of 227

قَالَ هَٰذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(Sâlih) said, `Here is a she-camel. She will have her share of water (at the water-course), while you will have your share of water at a time appointed (for you).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He said: "Here is a she-camel: she has a right of watering, and ye have a right of watering, (severally) on a day appointed.

Ahmed Ali

(Saleh) said: "Here is a she-camel. She has a right of drinking water, and you have a right of drinking it on appointed turns.

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Ali Unal

(Salih) said: "This is a she-camel, one day is for her to drink and one day is for you to get water.

Daryabadi

He said: yonder is a she-camel; to her a drink, and to you a drink, each on a day known.

Faridul Haque

He said, “This is the she-camel – one day shall be her turn to drink, and on the other appointed day, shall be your turn.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He said: This is a she-camel; she has her portion of water, and you have your portion of water at an appointed time.

Maulvi Sher Ali

He said, `Here is a she-camel; she has her turn of drinking, and you have your turn of drinking on an appointed day;

Muhammad Asad

Replied he: "This she-camel shall have a share of water, and you shall have a share of water, on the days appointed [therefor];

Muhammad Musin Khan

He said: "Here is a she-camel; it has a right to drink (water), and you have a right to drink (water) (each) on a day, known.

Muhammad Pickthall

He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.

Muhammad Sarwar

He said, "This is a she-camel. She will have her share of water as you have your share, each on a certain day.

Muhammed ali Shakir

He said: This is a she-camel; she shall have her portion of water, and you have your portion of water on an appointed time;

Rashad Khalifa

He said, "Here is a camel that will drink only on a day that is assigned to her; a day that is different from your specified days of drinking.

Shabbir Ahmed

He said, "This she-camel (representing the weak and the poor) has the right to drink, just as you have the right to water (your flocks) at the time of watering.