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Surah 28 al-Qaṣaṣ (The Narrative)
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(28:23)

وَلَمَّا  وَرَدَ  مَآءَ  مَدْيَنَ  وَجَدَ  عَلَيْهِ  أُمَّةً  مِّنَ  ٱلنَّاسِ  يَسْقُونَ  وَوَجَدَ  مِن  دُونِهِمُ  ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ  تَذُودَانِ  قَالَ  مَا  خَطْبُكُمَا  قَالَتَا  لَا  نَسْقِى  حَتَّىٰ  يُصْدِرَ  ٱلرِّعَآءُ  وَأَبُونَا  شَيْخٌ  كَبِيرٌ wa‑lammā warada māa madyana wajada ʿalayhi ummatan mina l‑nāsi yasqūna wa‑wajada min dūnihimu mraatayni tadhūdāni qalā khaṭbukumā qālatā nasqī ḥattā yuṣdira l‑riʿāʾu wa‑abūnā shaykhun kabīrun
And when he arrived at the watering (place) in Madyan, he found there a group of men watering (their flocks), and besides them he found two women who were keeping back (their flocks). He said: "What is the matter with you?" They said: "We cannot water (our flocks) until the shepherds take back (their flocks): And our father is a very old man."