Surah 28. Al-Qasas, Ayah 26

A little time passes. A guest after all cannot stay for ever. They all feel 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.