Quran 28 : 26

Said one of them, "O my father! Hire him. Indeed, (the) best whom you (can) hire (is) the strong, the trustworthy."
قَالَتْ
Qālat
إِحْدَىٰهُمَا
Iiḥdaāāhumā
يَٰٓأَبَتِ
Yaāaabati
ٱسْتَـْٔجِرْهُ
Istajirhu
إِنَّ
Iinna
خَيْرَ
Khayra
مَنِ
Mani
ٱسْتَـْٔجَرْتَ
Istajarta
ٱلْقَوِىُّ
Alqawiāāu
ٱلْأَمِينُ
Alaamīnu

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

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

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

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"...

Wahiduddin Khan

One of the girls said, Father, hire him! For the best man to hire is someone strong and trustworthy

Umm Muhammad (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."

The Wise Quran

One of them said, 'O my father! Hire him; indeed, the best of those whom you can hire is the strong, the trustworthy.'

The Study Quran

One of the two said, “O my father! Hire him. Surely the best [man] you can hire is the strong, the trustworthy.

Talal Itani (2012)

One of the two women said, 'Father, hire him; the best employee for you is the strong and trustworthy.'

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

One of the women suggested, “O my father, hire him. The best one to hire is the strong and trustworthy.”

T.B.Irving

One of the two (girls) said: "My father, hire him! The best man you can hire is someone who is strong, trustworthy."

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."

Sher Ali

One of the two women said, `O my father, take him into thy service; for the best man that thou canst employ is the one who is strong and trustworthy.

Shakir

Said one of them: O my father! employ him, surely the best of those that you can employ is the strong man, the faithful one

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."

Samy Mahdy

One of them said, “O Father, hire him; the best who you are hiring is the strong, the honest.”

Safi Kaskas

One of the women said, "Father, hire him. A strong and the trustworthy man is the best that you can hire."

Rashad Khalifa

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

N J Dawood 2014

One of the girls said: ‘Father, take him into your service. A man who is strong and honest is the best that you can hire.‘

Mustaqim

One of them said: oh my father, hire him, for the best you can hire is the strong and trusted.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

One of the two daughters suggested, “O my dear father! Hire him. The best man for employment is definitely the strong and trustworthy ˹one˺.”

Musharraf Hussain

One of them said, “My dear father, why not employ him? The best person you can employ is strong and trustworthy.”

MunirMezyed2023

One of the two daughters said: "O’ my father, employ him! The best one you can employ is the strong and the trustworthy."

Munir Mezyed

One of the two daughters said: "O’ my father, employ him! The best one you can employ is the strong and the trustworthy."

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

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

Muhammad Sarwar

One of the women said to her father, "Father, hire him; the best whom you may hire is a strong and trustworthy one."

Muhammad 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

Muhammad 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."

Muhammad Asad

Said one of the two [daughters]: “O my father! Hire him: for, behold, the best [man] that thou couldst hire is one who is [as] strong and worthy of trust [as he]!&rdquo

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

One of them (B) said: "You my father, hire him, that best (of) who you hired, (is) the powerful/strong, the faithful/loyal ."

Mohammad Shafi

One of the two women said, "O my father! Hire him. It is indeed better to hire the strong, the trustworthy."

Mir Aneesuddin

One of the two (women) said, “O my father! employ him (on wages), certainly the best among those whom you can employ, is the one (who is) strong, trustworthy.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

One of them said: O my father, employ him; surely the best of those that thou canst employ is the strong, the faithful one

Maududi

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."

Linda "iLham" Barto

One of (the women) said, “O my father, hire him. Truly, the best of men for you to hire is the one who is strong and trustworthy.”

John Medows Rodwell

One of them said, "O my father, hire him: for the best thou canst hire is the strong, the trusty."

Irving/Hegab

One of the two (girls) said: "My father, hire him! The best man you can hire is someone who is strong, trustworthy."

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."

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

One of the two women said: 'Father, hire him. The best who you can hire, is the strong, the honest.

Hamid S. Aziz

One of the two women said, "O my father! Hire him; verily, the best of those whom you can hire is the strong and faithful."

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

Fode Drame

One of the two women said, “O my father! Hire him, truly the best man to hire is the strong, the trustworthy.”

Faridul Haque

One of the two women said, “O my father! Employ him – indeed a strong and trustworthy employee is better.”

Edward 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.

Dr. Munir Munshey

One of the two girls said, "Oh father, hire him! Indeed, the best person to hire is the one who is faithful and firm."

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

One of those (girls) said: ‘O (my) respectable father, take him (into your service). Surely, the best person you can employ is the one who is strong and trustworthy (and he is worthy of this assignment).

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

One of the two women said: O my father! Employ him. Truly, best is that thou wouldst employ the strong, the trustworthy.

Dr. Kamal Omar

One of those two (damsels) said: “O my father! Hire him. Verily, the best whom you hired (if you agree) is strong and trust worthy.”

Corpus.Quran

Said one of them O my father Hire him Indeed (the) best whom you (can) hire (is) the strong the trustworthy

Bilal Muhammad 2018

Said one of them, “O my father, hire him, truly the best of people for you to employ is one of integrity.

Bijan Moeinian

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

Bakhtiari Nejad

One of the two women said: “My father, hire him, indeed the best one to hire is the strong and the honest one.”

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.

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 Ünal

One of the two daughters said: "Father, employ him, for the best whom you could employ should be one strong and trustworthy (as he is)."

Ali Quli Qara'i

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

Aisha Bewley

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

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

One of the two women said, 'O my father'. Employ him'. Undoubtedly, the best employee is he who is strong and trustworthy'.

Ahmed Hulusi

One of them (the girls) said, “O father, hire him... Indeed, he is the best one you can hire; he is strong and trustworthy.”

Ahmed Ali

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

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And said one of the twain: O my father! hire him, for the best that thou canst hire is the strong and trustworthy one

Abdul Hye

One of them (2 women) said: “O my father! Hire him! Surely, the best that you can hire who is strong, the trustworthy.”

Abdel Haleem

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