Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

One of the two said: “O my father: hire thou him; the best thou canst hire is the strong and the trustworthy.”

قَالَتْ اِحْدٰيهُمَا يَٓا اَبَتِ اسْتَأْجِرْهُۘ اِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ اسْتَأْجَرْتَ الْقَوِيُّ الْاَم۪ينُ
Qalat ihdahuma yaabati ista/jirhu inna khayra mani ista/jarta alqawiyyu al-ameen
#wordmeaningroot
1qālatSaidقول
2iḥ'dāhumāone of themاحد
3yāabatiO my fatherابو
4is'tajir'huHire himاجر
5innaIndeed
6khayra(the) bestخير
7maniwhom
8is'tajartayou (can) hireاجر
9l-qawiyu(is) the strongقوي
10l-amīnuthe trustworthyامن
  • Aisha Bewley

    One of them said, ‘Hire him, father. The best person to hire is someone strong and trustworthy.’

  • Progressive Muslims

    One of the two women said: "O my father, hire him. For the best to be hired is one who is strong and honest."

  • Shabbir Ahmed

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

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    One of the two said: “O my father: hire thou him; the best thou canst hire is the strong and the trustworthy.”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    One of the two women said: "O my father, hire him. For the best to be hired is one who is strong and honest."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    One of the two women said, "O my father, hire him. For the best to be hired is one who is strong and honest."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

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

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

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

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    One of the women said, "O my father, hire him. Indeed, the best one you can hire is the strong and the trustworthy."

  • Muhammad Asad

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

  • Marmaduke 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.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    One of the two women said: "Father, employ this man in your service. The best whom you might employ is he who is strong and trustworthy."*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And there, said one of the women to her father: "Would you hire him O father, for the best you can hire is the reliable man who is rather strong and worthy of trust".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    One of those two women said: "Father, hire this man as he is strong and trustworthy. "

  • Al-Hilali & 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."

  • 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"....

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    One of the two daughters suggested, "O my dear father! Hire him. A strong, trustworthy person is definitely the best to hire."

  • Taqi Usmani

    One of the two women said, "Dear father, hire him; the best man you can hire is someone who is strong, trustworthy."

  • Abdul Haleem

    One of the women said, ‘Father, hire him: a strong, trustworthy man is the best to hire.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

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

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Said one of them, 'O my sire! hire him; verily, the best of those whom thou canst hire is the strong and faithful. '

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And one of the two women came to him walking shyly; said she, "Verily, my father calls you, to reward you with a payment for that you did water our flocks for us. " And when he came to him and related to him his whole story, he said, "Fear not, you are safe here from the unjust people."

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    One of the two women said, "O my father, hire him; surely the most charitable (man) you (can) hire is the one powerful (and) trustworthy. "

  • George Sale

    And one of the damsels said, my father, hire him for certain wages: The best servant thou canst hire, is an able and trusty person.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And one of the (two women) said: "O my father! Hire him on wages: Truly, the best of men to work for you is the (man) who is strong and trustworthy. "

  • Amatul Rahman 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.'

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    One of the two women said, ‘Father, hire him. Indeed the best you can hire is a powerful and trustworthy man.’