The Quran

سورة القَصَص

Surah Al-Qasas 28:26

Narrative · Verse 26 of 88

قَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا يَا أَبَتِ اسْتَأْجِرْهُ ۖ إِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ اسْتَأْجَرْتَ الْقَوِيُّ الْأَمِينُ

Abdul Mannan Omar

One of the two ladies said, `My dear father! take him into your service. You cannot do better than employ a man who is strong and trustworthy.´

Abdullah 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"....

Ahmed Ali

Said one of the maidens: "O father, employ him. Surely the best (man) to employ is one who is strong and honest."

12 more translations

Ali Unal

One of the two daughters said: "Father, employ him, for the best whom you could employ should be one strong and trustworthy (as he is)."

Daryabadi

And said one of the twain: O my father! hire him, for the best that thou canst hire is the strong and trustworthy one.

Faridul Haque

One of the two women said, “O my father! Employ him – indeed a strong and trustworthy employee is better.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

One of them said: O my father, employ him; surely the best of those that thou canst employ is the strong, the faithful one.

Maulvi Sher Ali

One of the two women said, `O my father, take him into thy service; for the best man that thou canst employ is the one who is strong and trustworthy.'

Muhammad Asad

Said one of the two [daughters]: "O my father! Hire him: for, behold, the best [man] that thou couldst hire is one who is [as] strong and worthy of trust [as he]!"

Muhammad Musin 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."

Muhammad 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.

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."

Muhammed ali 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.

Rashad Khalifa

One of the two women said, "O my father, hire him. He is the best one to hire, for he is strong and honest."

Shabbir Ahmed

One of the two maidens said, "O My father! Hire him! For, the best one you can hire is the competent, the trustworthy."