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Verse 27of 88

قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُنكِحَكَ إِحْدَى ٱبْنَتَىَّ هَٰتَيْنِ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَأْجُرَنِى ثَمَٰنِىَ حِجَجٍۢ ۖ فَإِنْ أَتْمَمْتَ عَشْرًۭا فَمِنْ عِندِكَ ۖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَيْكَ ۚ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ﴿٢٧

Translation (Sahih International)

He said, "Indeed, I wish to wed you one of these, my two daughters, on [the condition] that you serve me for eight years; but if you complete ten, it will be [as a favor] from you. And I do not wish to put you in difficulty. You will find me, if Allah wills, from among the righteous."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
أُرِيدُurīdu[I] wish
أَنْanto
أُنكِحَكَunkiḥakamarry you to
إِحْدَىiḥ'dāone
ٱبْنَتَىَّib'natayya(of) my daughters
هَـٰتَيْنِhātayni(of) these two
عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
أَنanthat
تَأْجُرَنِىtajuranīyou serve me
ثَمَـٰنِىَthamāniya(for) eight
حِجَجٍۢ ۖḥijajinyears
فَإِنْfa-inbut if
أَتْمَمْتَatmamtayou complete
عَشْرًۭاʿashranten
فَمِنْfaminthen from
عِندِكَ ۖʿindikayou
وَمَآwamāAnd not
أُرِيدُurīduI wish
أَنْanto
أَشُقَّashuqqamake it difficult
عَلَيْكَ ۚʿalaykafor you
سَتَجِدُنِىٓsatajidunīYou will find me
إِنinif
شَآءَshāaAllah wills
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah wills
مِنَminaof
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Musa, the Father of the Two Women, and His Marriage to One of ThemWhen the two women came back quickly with the sheep, their father was surprised that they returned so soon. He asked them what had happened, and they told him what Musa, peace be upon him, had done. So he sent one of them to call him to meet her father. Allah says:فَجَآءَتْهُ إِحْدَاهُمَا تَمْشِى عَلَى اسْتِحْيَآءٍ(Then there came to him one of them, walking shyly.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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