Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:12

28:12

۞ وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَكْفُلُونَهُۥ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ نَـٰصِحُونَ

waḥarramnā ʿalayhi l-marāḍiʿa min qablu faqālat hal adullukum ʿalā ahli baytin yakfulūnahu lakum wahum lahu nāṣiḥūna

And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his upbringing] sincere?"

— Saheeh International

We had ordained that he would refuse to feed from wet nurses. His sister approached them and said, ‘Shall I tell you about a household which could bring him up for you and take good care of him?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We had already forbidden (other) foster suckling mothers for him, until she (his sister came up and) said: "Shall I direct you to a household who will rear him for you, and look after him in a good manner?"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 20Page 386meccan

Word by Word

۞ وَحَرَّمْنَاwaḥarramnāAnd We had forbidden
عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
ٱلْمَرَاضِعَl-marāḍiʿathe wet nurses
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
فَقَالَتْfaqālatso she said
هَلْhalShall I
أَدُلُّكُمْadullukumdirect you
عَلَىٰٓʿalāto
أَهْلِahli(the) people
بَيْتٍۢbaytin(of) a house
يَكْفُلُونَهُۥyakfulūnahuwho will rear him
لَكُمْlakumfor you
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
لَهُۥlahuto him
نَـٰصِحُونَnāṣiḥūna(will be) sincere