وَجَاءَتْ سَیَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَى دَلْوَهُ قَالَ یَا بُشْرَى هَذَا غُلاَمٌ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَاعَةً وَاللهُ عَلِیمٌ بِمَا یَعْمَلُونَ(( 19 ))
19- AND THERE CAME (A CARAVAN OF) TRAVELLERS, AND THEY SENT THEIR WATER-CARRIER (IN SEARCH OF WATER) WHO LET DOWN HIS BUCKET. HE SAID:ِ ``O, GOOD NEWS! HERE IS A (LOVELY HANDSOME) BOY!'' AND THEY HID HIM AS A MERCHANDISE, AND ALLAH KNEW WHAT WERE THEY DOING.
وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَن بَخْس دَرَاهِمَ مَعْدُودَة وَکَانُوا فِیهِ مِنْ الزَّاهِدِینَ(( 20 ))
20- AND THEY SOLD HIM FOR A TRIFLING PRICEِA FEW DIRHAMS, (SILVER COINS) AND THEY WERE ASCETICS REGARDING HIM.