26 Preface قالَت إِحداهُما يا أَبَتِ استَأجِرهُ ۖ إِنَّ خَيرَ مَنِ استَأجَرتَ القَوِيُّ الأَمينُYusuf AliSaid one of the (damsels): “O my (dear) father! engage1 him on wages: truly the best of men for thee to employ is the (man) who is strong and trusty”...###2A little time passes. A guest after all cannot stay forever. They all felt that it would be good to have him with them permanently. The girl who had given her heart to him had spoken their unspoken thoughts. Why not employ him to tend the flocks? The father was old, and a young man was wanted to look after the flocks. And-there may be other possibilities.Strong and trusty: Moses had proved himself to be both, and these were the very qualities which a woman most admires in the man she loves.