18:77 fanTalaqaa Hat-taa idhaa atayaa ahla qaryatinistaT'Amaa ahlahaa fa abaw ay yuDay-yifuuhumaa fa wajadaa fiyhaa jidaaray yuriydu ay yanqaD-Da fa aqaamah* qaala law shi'ta lat-takhadhta 'Alayhi ajraa

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
So they both set out again; until they came to the people of a dwelling - they asked its people for food - they refused to invite them - then in the village they both found a wall about to collapse, and the chosen bondman straightened it; said Moosa, "If you wished, you could have taken some wages for it!"

Yusuf Ali:
Then they proceeded: until, when they came to the inhabitants of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused them hospitality. They found there a wall on the point of falling down, but he set it up straight. (Moses) said: "If thou hadst wished, surely thou couldst have exacted some recompense for it!"

Pickthal:
So they twain journeyed on till, when they came unto the folk of a certain township, they asked its folk for food, but they refused to make them guests. And they found therein a wall upon the point of falling into ruin, and he repaired it. (Moses) said: If thou hadst wished, thou couldst have taken payment for it.