وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلۡقَآءَ مَدۡيَنَ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبِّيٓ أَن يَهۡدِيَنِي سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ٢٢
And when he directed himself toward Madyan, he said, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to the sound way."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَلَمَّاAnd whenwalammā
- تَوَجَّهَhe turned his facetawajjaha
- تِلۡقَآءَtowardstil'qāa
- مَدۡيَنَMadyanmadyana
- قَالَhe saidqāla
- عَسَىٰPerhapsʿasā
- رَبِّيٓmy Lordrabbī
- أَن[that]an
- يَهۡدِيَنِيwill guide meyahdiyanī
- سَوَآءَ(to the) soundsawāa
- ٱلسَّبِيلِwayl-sabīli
Tafsir
And when he walked heading towards Madyan, he said, “I hope in my Lord that He guides me towards the best path from which I do not stray.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran