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Quran 28:22

Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 22

Juz 20 · Page 388 · Ruku 336 · Meccan

وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلْقَآءَ مَدْيَنَ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِى سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

Word by word

وَلَمَّا walammā And when تَوَجَّهَ tawajjaha he turned his face تِلْقَآءَ til'qāa towards مَدْيَنَ madyana Madyan قَالَ qāla he said عَسَىٰ ʿasā Perhaps رَبِّىٓ rabbī my Lord أَن an [that] يَهْدِيَنِى yahdiyanī will guide me سَوَآءَ sawāa (to the) sound ٱلسَّبِيلِ l-sabīli way

Transliteration

Walamma tawajjaha tilqaamadyana qala AAasa rabbee an yahdiyanee sawaaassabeel

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And when he turned his face toward Midian, he said: Peradventure my Lord will guide me in the right road.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then, when he turned his face towards (the land of) Madyan, he said: "I do hope that my Lord will show me the smooth and straight Path."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( ولما توجه تلقاء مدين ) أي : أخذ طريقا سالكا مهيعا فرح بذلك ، ( قال عسى ربي أن يهديني سواء السبيل ) أي : إلى الطريق الأقوم . ففعل الله به ذلك ، وهداه إلى الصراط المستقيم في الدنيا والآخرة ، فجعل هاديا مهديا .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.