Surat Al-Qasas Verse No. 26: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 26 from Surah Al-Qasas : Number of verses 88 - - page 388 - Part 20.
﴾قَالَتۡ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱسۡتَـٔۡجِرۡهُۖ إِنَّ خَيۡرَ مَنِ ٱسۡتَـٔۡجَرۡتَ ٱلۡقَوِيُّ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ﴿
[ القصص: 26]
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."
English - Sahih International
One of the women said, "O my father, hire him. Indeed, the best one you can hire is the strong and the trustworthy."
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(28:26) One of the two women said to her father, "Dear father, employ this man as a servant, for the best man for you to employ as a servant can be the one who is strong and trustworthy. " *37
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*37) It is not necessary that the girl said this to her father in his very first meeting with Moses. Most probably her father made the traveller stay with him fo a couple of days, and the girl counseled him thus during that time. What she meant by this counsel was: "Father, you are old, and therefore, we girls have to go out to perfom outdoor duties. We have no brother either, who could take up these chores. You thay, therefore, employ this man as a servant: he is strong and will be able to face all kind of rigours, and he is also trustworthy. He helped us only due to his noble nature when he found us standing helpless, but he never raised his eyes at us."