Mūsā عليه السلام · broke, hungry, or without work
I am in need of whatever good You send
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Sūrat Al-Qasas
28:24 - Extent
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فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍۢ فَقِيرٌۭ
Rabbi ʾinnī limā ʾanzalta ʾilayya min khayrin fa-qīrun
When and why it was said
In the Qur’an (28:24), Musa asks for any good that Allah sends down.
Qurʾān 28:24
Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
So he watered their flock for them from another well nearby by lifting a rock from on top of it which only ten men could have lifted; then he retreated to the shade of an acacia tree samura because of the extreme heat of the sun and he was hungry and said ‘My Lord indeed I am in utter need of whatever good whatever food You send down to me’. The two women returned to their father quicker than usual and so he asked them why it was so. They told him about the man who had watered their flock for them. So he said to one of them ‘Summon him to come to me’.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, al-Maḥallī and al-Suyūṭī. Translated by Feras Hamza. altafsir.com
Reflection
Recognize your dependence on Allah’s provision.