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Yusuf

Meccan 111 Ayahs Juz 12
يوسف

Surah Yusuf (يوسف) is chapter 12 of the Holy Quran — a Meccan surah of 111 verses (ayahs). Meccan surahs were revealed before the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) migrated to Medina and most often emphasise faith, the oneness of God and the hereafter.

Bismillah
بِسْمِIn (the) namebis'miٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِthe Most Graciousl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِthe Most Mercifull-raḥīmi
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
12:1
الٓر ۚAlif Laam Raalif-lam-raتِلْكَThesetil'kaءَايَـٰتُ(are the) Versesāyātuٱلْكِتَـٰبِ(of) the Bookl-kitābiٱلْمُبِينِ[the] clearl-mubīni١
Alif, Lām, Rā. These are the verses of the clear Book.
12:2
إِنَّآIndeed, WeinnāأَنزَلْنَـٰهُWe have sent it downanzalnāhuقُرْءَٰنًا(as) a Quran in Arabicqur'ānanعَرَبِيًّۭا(as) a Quran in Arabicʿarabiyyanلَّعَلَّكُمْso that you maylaʿallakumتَعْقِلُونَunderstandtaʿqilūna٢
Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.
12:3
نَحْنُWenaḥnuنَقُصُّrelatenaquṣṣuعَلَيْكَto youʿalaykaأَحْسَنَthe bestaḥsanaٱلْقَصَصِof the narrationsl-qaṣaṣiبِمَآin whatbimāأَوْحَيْنَآWe have revealedawḥaynāإِلَيْكَto youilaykaهَـٰذَا(of) thishādhāٱلْقُرْءَانَthe Quranl-qur'ānaوَإِنalthoughwa-inكُنتَyou werekuntaمِنbefore itminقَبْلِهِۦbefore itqablihiلَمِنَsurely amonglaminaٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَthe unawarel-ghāfilīna٣
We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur’ān although you were, before it, among the unaware.
12:4
إِذْWhenidhقَالَsaidqālaيُوسُفُYusufyūsufuلِأَبِيهِto his fatherli-abīhiيَـٰٓأَبَتِO my fatheryāabatiإِنِّىIndeed, IinnīرَأَيْتُI sawra-aytuأَحَدَelevenaḥadaعَشَرَelevenʿasharaكَوْكَبًۭاstarskawkabanوَٱلشَّمْسَand the sunwal-shamsaوَٱلْقَمَرَand the moonwal-qamaraرَأَيْتُهُمْI saw themra-aytuhumلِىto melīسَـٰجِدِينَprostratingsājidīna٤
[Of these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father, "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."
12:5
قَالَHe saidqālaيَـٰبُنَىَّO my sonyābunayyaلَا(Do) notlāتَقْصُصْrelatetaqṣuṣرُءْيَاكَyour visionru'yākaعَلَىٰٓtoʿalāإِخْوَتِكَyour brothersikh'watikaفَيَكِيدُوا۟lest they planfayakīdūلَكَagainst youlakaكَيْدًا ۖa plotkaydanإِنَّIndeedinnaٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَthe Shaitaanl-shayṭānaلِلْإِنسَـٰنِ(is) to manlil'insāniعَدُوٌّۭan enemyʿaduwwunمُّبِينٌۭopenmubīnun٥
He said, "O my son, do not relate your vision to your brothers or they will contrive against you a plan. Indeed Satan, to man, is a manifest enemy.
12:6
وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thuswakadhālikaيَجْتَبِيكَwill choose youyajtabīkaرَبُّكَyour Lordrabbukaوَيُعَلِّمُكَand will teach youwayuʿallimukaمِنofminتَأْوِيلِ(the) interpretationtawīliٱلْأَحَادِيثِ(of) the narrativesl-aḥādīthiوَيُتِمُّand completewayutimmuنِعْمَتَهُۥHis Favorniʿ'matahuعَلَيْكَon youʿalaykaوَعَلَىٰٓand onwaʿalāءَالِ(the) familyāliيَعْقُوبَ(of) YaqubyaʿqūbaكَمَآaskamāأَتَمَّهَاHe completed itatammahāعَلَىٰٓonʿalāأَبَوَيْكَyour two forefathersabawaykaمِنbefore minقَبْلُbefore qabluإِبْرَٰهِيمَIbrahimib'rāhīmaوَإِسْحَـٰقَ ۚand Isaacwa-is'ḥāqaإِنَّIndeedinnaرَبَّكَyour Lordrabbakaعَلِيمٌ(is) All-KnowerʿalīmunحَكِيمٌۭAll-Wiseḥakīmun٦
And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of narratives [i.e., events or dreams] and complete His favor upon you and upon the family of Jacob, as He completed it upon your fathers before, Abraham and Isaac. Indeed, your Lord is Knowing and Wise."
12:7
۞ لَّقَدْCertainlylaqadكَانَwerekānaفِىinfīيُوسُفَYusufyūsufaوَإِخْوَتِهِۦٓand his brotherswa-ikh'watihiءَايَـٰتٌۭsignsāyātunلِّلسَّآئِلِينَfor those who asklilssāilīna٧
Certainly were there in Joseph and his brothers signs for those who ask, [such as]
12:8
إِذْWhenidhقَالُوا۟they saidqālūلَيُوسُفُSurely Yusuflayūsufuوَأَخُوهُand his brotherwa-akhūhuأَحَبُّ(are) more belovedaḥabbuإِلَىٰٓtoilāأَبِينَاour fatherabīnāمِنَّاthan weminnāوَنَحْنُwhile wewanaḥnuعُصْبَةٌ(are) a groupʿuṣ'batunإِنَّIndeedinnaأَبَانَاour fatherabānāلَفِى(is) surely inlafīضَلَـٰلٍۢan errorḍalālinمُّبِينٍclearmubīnin٨
When they said, "Joseph and his brother are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.
12:9
ٱقْتُلُوا۟Killuq'tulūيُوسُفَYusufyūsufaأَوِorawiٱطْرَحُوهُcast himiṭ'raḥūhuأَرْضًۭا(to) a landarḍanيَخْلُso will be freeyakhluلَكُمْfor youlakumوَجْهُ(the) facewajhuأَبِيكُمْ(of) your fatherabīkumوَتَكُونُوا۟and you will bewatakūnūمِنۢafter thatminبَعْدِهِۦafter thatbaʿdihiقَوْمًۭاa peopleqawmanصَـٰلِحِينَrighteousṣāliḥīna٩
Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance [i.e., attention] of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."1
12:10
قَالَSaidqālaقَآئِلٌۭa speakerqāilunمِّنْهُمْamong themmin'humلَا(Do) notlāتَقْتُلُوا۟killtaqtulūيُوسُفَYusufyūsufaوَأَلْقُوهُbut throw himwa-alqūhuفِىinfīغَيَـٰبَتِthe bottomghayābatiٱلْجُبِّ(of) the welll-jubiيَلْتَقِطْهُwill pick himyaltaqiṭ'huبَعْضُsomebaʿḍuٱلسَّيَّارَةِ[the] caravanl-sayāratiإِنifinكُنتُمْyou arekuntumفَـٰعِلِينَdoingfāʿilīna١٠
Said a speaker among them, "Do not kill Joseph but throw him into the bottom of the well; some travelers will pick him up - if you would do [something]."
12:11
قَالُوا۟They saidqālūيَـٰٓأَبَانَاO our fatheryāabānāمَاWhymāلَكَ(do) youlakaلَاnotlāتَأْمَ۫نَّاtrust ustamannāعَلَىٰwithʿalāيُوسُفَYusufyūsufaوَإِنَّاwhile indeed, wewa-innāلَهُۥ(are) for himlahuلَنَـٰصِحُونَsurely well-wisherslanāṣiḥūna١١
They said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?
12:12
أَرْسِلْهُSend himarsil'huمَعَنَاwith usmaʿanāغَدًۭاtomorrowghadanيَرْتَعْ(to) enjoyyartaʿوَيَلْعَبْand playwayalʿabوَإِنَّاAnd indeed, wewa-innāلَهُۥfor himlahuلَحَـٰفِظُونَ(will) surely (be) guardianslaḥāfiẓūna١٢
Send him with us tomorrow that he may eat well and play. And indeed, we will be his guardians."
12:13
قَالَHe saidqālaإِنِّىIndeed, [I]innīلَيَحْزُنُنِىٓit surely saddens melayaḥzununīأَنthatanتَذْهَبُوا۟you should take himtadhhabūبِهِۦyou should take himbihiوَأَخَافُand I fearwa-akhāfuأَنthatanيَأْكُلَهُwould eat himyakulahuٱلذِّئْبُa wolfl-dhi'buوَأَنتُمْwhile youwa-antumعَنْهُof himʿanhuغَـٰفِلُونَ(are) unawareghāfilūna١٣
[Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."
12:14
قَالُوا۟They saidqālūلَئِنْIfla-inأَكَلَهُeats himakalahuٱلذِّئْبُthe wolfl-dhi'buوَنَحْنُwhile wewanaḥnuعُصْبَةٌ(are) a groupʿuṣ'batunإِنَّآindeed, weinnāإِذًۭاthenidhanلَّخَـٰسِرُونَsurely (would be) loserslakhāsirūna١٤
They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers."
12:15
فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammāذَهَبُوا۟they took himdhahabūبِهِۦthey took himbihiوَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟and agreedwa-ajmaʿūأَنthatanيَجْعَلُوهُthey put himyajʿalūhuفِىinfīغَيَـٰبَتِ(the) bottomghayābatiٱلْجُبِّ ۚ(of) the welll-jubiوَأَوْحَيْنَآBut We inspiredwa-awḥaynāإِلَيْهِto himilayhiلَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُمSurely, you will inform themlatunabbi-annahumبِأَمْرِهِمْabout this affairbi-amrihimهَـٰذَاabout this affairhādhāوَهُمْwhile theywahumلَا(do) notlāيَشْعُرُونَperceiveyashʿurūna١٥
So when they took him [out] and agreed to put him into the bottom of the well... But We inspired to him, "You will surely inform them [someday] about this affair of theirs while they do not perceive [your identity]."
12:16
وَجَآءُوٓAnd they camewajāūأَبَاهُمْ(to) their fatherabāhumعِشَآءًۭearly at nightʿishāanيَبْكُونَweepingyabkūna١٦
And they came to their father at night, weeping.
12:17
قَالُوا۟They saidqālūيَـٰٓأَبَانَآO our fatheryāabānāإِنَّاIndeed, weinnāذَهَبْنَا[we] wentdhahabnāنَسْتَبِقُracing each othernastabiquوَتَرَكْنَاand we leftwataraknāيُوسُفَYusufyūsufaعِندَwithʿindaمَتَـٰعِنَاour possessionsmatāʿināفَأَكَلَهُand ate himfa-akalahuٱلذِّئْبُ ۖthe wolfl-dhi'buوَمَآBut notwamāأَنتَyouantaبِمُؤْمِنٍۢ(will) believebimu'mininلَّنَاuslanāوَلَوْeven ifwalawكُنَّاwe arekunnāصَـٰدِقِينَtruthfulṣādiqīna١٧
They said, "O our father, indeed we went racing each other and left Joseph with our possessions, and a wolf ate him. But you would not believe us, even if we were truthful."
12:18
وَجَآءُوAnd they broughtwajāūعَلَىٰuponʿalāقَمِيصِهِۦhis shirtqamīṣihiبِدَمٍۢwith false bloodbidaminكَذِبٍۢ ۚwith false bloodkadhibinقَالَHe saidqālaبَلْNaybalسَوَّلَتْhas enticed yousawwalatلَكُمْhas enticed youlakumأَنفُسُكُمْyour soulsanfusukumأَمْرًۭا ۖ(to) a matteramranفَصَبْرٌۭso patiencefaṣabrunجَمِيلٌۭ ۖ(is) beautifuljamīlunوَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahuٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ(is) the One sought for helpl-mus'taʿānuعَلَىٰagainstʿalāمَاwhatmāتَصِفُونَyou describetaṣifūna١٨
And they brought upon his shirt false blood. [Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. And Allāh is the one sought for help against that which you describe."
12:19
وَجَآءَتْAnd there camewajāatسَيَّارَةٌۭa caravansayyāratunفَأَرْسَلُوا۟and they sentfa-arsalūوَارِدَهُمْtheir water drawerwāridahumفَأَدْلَىٰthen he let downfa-adlāدَلْوَهُۥ ۖhis bucketdalwahuقَالَHe saidqālaيَـٰبُشْرَىٰO good newsyābush'rāهَـٰذَاThishādhāغُلَـٰمٌۭ ۚ(is) a boyghulāmunوَأَسَرُّوهُAnd they hid himwa-asarrūhuبِضَـٰعَةًۭ ۚ(as) a merchandisebiḍāʿatanوَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahuعَلِيمٌۢ(is) All-Knowerʿalīmunبِمَاof whatbimāيَعْمَلُونَthey doyaʿmalūna١٩
And there came a company of travelers; then they sent their water drawer, and he let down his bucket. He said, "Good news! Here is a boy." And they concealed him, [taking him] as merchandise; and Allāh was Knowing of what they did.
12:20
وَشَرَوْهُAnd they sold himwasharawhuبِثَمَنٍۭfor a pricebithamaninبَخْسٍۢvery lowbakhsinدَرَٰهِمَdirhamsdarāhimaمَعْدُودَةٍۢfewmaʿdūdatinوَكَانُوا۟and they werewakānūفِيهِabout himfīhiمِنَofminaٱلزَّٰهِدِينَthose keen to give upl-zāhidīna٢٠
And they sold him for a reduced price - a few dirhams - and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.
12:21
وَقَالَAnd saidwaqālaٱلَّذِىthe one whoalladhīٱشْتَرَىٰهُbought himish'tarāhuمِنofminمِّصْرَEgyptmiṣ'raلِٱمْرَأَتِهِۦٓto his wifeli-im'ra-atihiأَكْرِمِىMake comfortableakrimīمَثْوَىٰهُhis staymathwāhuعَسَىٰٓPerhapsʿasāأَنthatanيَنفَعَنَآ(he) will benefit usyanfaʿanāأَوْorawنَتَّخِذَهُۥwe will take himnattakhidhahuوَلَدًۭا ۚ(as) a sonwaladanوَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thuswakadhālikaمَكَّنَّاWe establishedmakkannāلِيُوسُفَYusufliyūsufaفِىinfīٱلْأَرْضِthe landl-arḍiوَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥthat We might teach himwalinuʿallimahuمِن(the) interpretation ofminتَأْوِيلِ(the) interpretation oftawīliٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚthe eventsl-aḥādīthiوَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahuغَالِبٌ(is) PredominantghālibunعَلَىٰٓoverʿalāأَمْرِهِۦHis affairsamrihiوَلَـٰكِنَّbutwalākinnaأَكْثَرَmostaktharaٱلنَّاسِ(of) the peoplel-nāsiلَا(do) notlāيَعْلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna٢١
And the one from Egypt who bought him said to his wife, "Make his residence comfortable. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son." And thus, We established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events [i.e., dreams]. And Allāh is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know.
12:22
وَلَمَّاAnd whenwalammāبَلَغَhe reachedbalaghaأَشُدَّهُۥٓhis maturityashuddahuءَاتَيْنَـٰهُWe gave himātaynāhuحُكْمًۭاwisdomḥuk'manوَعِلْمًۭا ۚand knowledgewaʿil'manوَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thuswakadhālikaنَجْزِىWe rewardnajzīٱلْمُحْسِنِينَthe good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna٢٢
And when he [i.e., Joseph] reached maturity, We gave him judgement and knowledge. And thus We reward the doers of good.
12:23
وَرَٰوَدَتْهُAnd sought to seduce himwarāwadathuٱلَّتِىshe whoallatīهُوَhe (was)huwaفِىinfīبَيْتِهَاher housebaytihāعَنfromʿanنَّفْسِهِۦhis selfnafsihiوَغَلَّقَتِAnd she closedwaghallaqatiٱلْأَبْوَٰبَthe doorsl-abwābaوَقَالَتْand she saidwaqālatهَيْتَCome onhaytaلَكَ ۚyoulakaقَالَHe saidqālaمَعَاذَI seek refuge in Allahmaʿādhaٱللَّهِ ۖI seek refuge in Allahl-lahiإِنَّهُۥIndeed, heinnahuرَبِّىٓ(is) my lordrabbīأَحْسَنَ(who has) made goodaḥsanaمَثْوَاىَ ۖmy staymathwāyaإِنَّهُۥIndeedinnahuلَاnotlāيُفْلِحُwill succeedyuf'liḥuٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimūna٢٣
And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come, you." He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh. Indeed, he is my master, who has made good my residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not succeed."
12:24
وَلَقَدْAnd certainlywalaqadهَمَّتْshe did desirehammatبِهِۦ ۖhimbihiوَهَمَّand he would have desiredwahammaبِهَاherbihāلَوْلَآif notlawlāأَنthatanرَّءَاhe sawraāبُرْهَـٰنَthe proofbur'hānaرَبِّهِۦ ۚ(of) his LordrabbihiكَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālikaلِنَصْرِفَthat We might avertlinaṣrifaعَنْهُfrom himʿanhuٱلسُّوٓءَthe evill-sūaوَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ ۚand the immoralitywal-faḥshāaإِنَّهُۥIndeed, heinnahuمِنْ(was) ofminعِبَادِنَاOur slavesʿibādināٱلْمُخْلَصِينَthe sincerel-mukh'laṣīna٢٤
And she certainly determined [to seduce] him, and he would have inclined to her had he not seen the proof [i.e., sign] of his Lord. And thus [it was] that We should avert from him evil and immorality. Indeed, he was of Our chosen servants.
12:25
وَٱسْتَبَقَاAnd they both racedwa-is'tabaqāٱلْبَابَ(to) the doorl-bābaوَقَدَّتْand she torewaqaddatقَمِيصَهُۥhis shirtqamīṣahuمِنfromminدُبُرٍۢthe backduburinوَأَلْفَيَاand they both foundwa-alfayāسَيِّدَهَاher husbandsayyidahāلَدَاatladāٱلْبَابِ ۚthe doorl-bābiقَالَتْShe saidqālatمَاWhatmāجَزَآءُ(is) the recompensejazāuمَنْ(of one) whomanأَرَادَintendedarādaبِأَهْلِكَfor your wifebi-ahlikaسُوٓءًاevilsūanإِلَّآexceptillāأَنthatanيُسْجَنَhe be imprisonedyus'janaأَوْorawعَذَابٌa punishmentʿadhābunأَلِيمٌۭpainfulalīmun٢٥
And they both raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back, and they found her husband at the door. She said, "What is the recompense of one who intended evil for your wife but that he be imprisoned or a painful punishment?"
12:26
قَالَHe saidqālaهِىَShehiyaرَٰوَدَتْنِىsought to seduce merāwadatnīعَنaboutʿanنَّفْسِى ۚmyselfnafsīوَشَهِدَAnd testifiedwashahidaشَاهِدٌۭa witnessshāhidunمِّنْofminأَهْلِهَآher familyahlihāإِنIfinكَانَ[is]kānaقَمِيصُهُۥhis shirtqamīṣuhuقُدَّ(is) tornquddaمِنfromminقُبُلٍۢthe frontqubulinفَصَدَقَتْthen she has spoken the truthfaṣadaqatوَهُوَand hewahuwaمِنَ(is) ofminaٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَthe liarsl-kādhibīna٢٦
[Joseph] said, "It was she who sought to seduce me." And a witness from her family testified, "If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has told the truth, and he is of the liars.
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وَإِنBut ifwa-inكَانَ[is]kānaقَمِيصُهُۥhis shirtqamīṣuhuقُدَّ(is) tornquddaمِنfromminدُبُرٍۢ(the) backduburinفَكَذَبَتْthen she has liedfakadhabatوَهُوَand hewahuwaمِنَ(is) ofminaٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَthe truthfull-ṣādiqīna٢٧
But if his shirt is torn from the back, then she has lied, and he is of the truthful."
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فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammāرَءَاhe sawraāقَمِيصَهُۥhis shirtqamīṣahuقُدَّtornquddaمِنfromminدُبُرٍۢ(the) backduburinقَالَhe saidqālaإِنَّهُۥIndeed, itinnahuمِن(is) ofminكَيْدِكُنَّ ۖyour plotkaydikunnaإِنَّIndeedinnaكَيْدَكُنَّyour plotkaydakunnaعَظِيمٌۭ(is) greatʿaẓīmun٢٨
So when he [i.e., her husband] saw his shirt torn from the back, he said, "Indeed, it is of your [i.e., women's] plan. Indeed, your plan is great [i.e., vehement].
12:29
يُوسُفُYusufyūsufuأَعْرِضْturn awayaʿriḍعَنْfromʿanهَـٰذَا ۚthishādhāوَٱسْتَغْفِرِىAnd ask forgivenesswa-is'taghfirīلِذَنۢبِكِ ۖfor your sinlidhanbikiإِنَّكِIndeed, youinnakiكُنتِarekuntiمِنَofminaٱلْخَاطِـِٔينَthe sinfull-khāṭiīna٢٩
Joseph, ignore this. And, [my wife], ask forgiveness for your sin. Indeed, you were of the sinful."
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۞ وَقَالَAnd saidwaqālaنِسْوَةٌۭwomennis'watunفِىinfīٱلْمَدِينَةِthe cityl-madīnatiٱمْرَأَتُThe wife ofim'ra-atuٱلْعَزِيزِAzizl-ʿazīziتُرَٰوِدُ(is) seeking to seduceturāwiduفَتَىٰهَاher slave boyfatāhāعَنaboutʿanنَّفْسِهِۦ ۖhimselfnafsihiقَدْindeedqadشَغَفَهَاhe has impassioned hershaghafahāحُبًّا ۖ(with) loveḥubbanإِنَّاIndeed, weinnāلَنَرَىٰهَا[we] surely see herlanarāhāفِىinfīضَلَـٰلٍۢan errorḍalālinمُّبِينٍۢclearmubīnin٣٠
And women in the city said, "The wife of al-ʿAzeez is seeking to seduce her slave boy; he has impassioned her with love. Indeed, we see her [to be] in clear error."
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فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammāسَمِعَتْshe heardsamiʿatبِمَكْرِهِنَّof their schemingbimakrihinnaأَرْسَلَتْshe sentarsalatإِلَيْهِنَّfor themilayhinnaوَأَعْتَدَتْand she preparedwa-aʿtadatلَهُنَّfor themlahunnaمُتَّكَـًۭٔاa banquetmuttaka-anوَءَاتَتْand she gavewaātatكُلَّeachkullaوَٰحِدَةٍۢonewāḥidatinمِّنْهُنَّof themmin'hunnaسِكِّينًۭاa knifesikkīnanوَقَالَتِand she saidwaqālatiٱخْرُجْCome outukh'rujعَلَيْهِنَّ ۖbefore themʿalayhinnaفَلَمَّاThen whenfalammāرَأَيْنَهُۥٓthey saw himra-aynahuأَكْبَرْنَهُۥthey greatly admired himakbarnahuوَقَطَّعْنَand cutwaqaṭṭaʿnaأَيْدِيَهُنَّtheir handsaydiyahunnaوَقُلْنَthey saidwaqul'naحَـٰشَForbidḥāshaلِلَّهِAllahlillahiمَاnotmāهَـٰذَا(is) thishādhāبَشَرًاa manbasharanإِنْnotinهَـٰذَآ(is) thishādhāإِلَّاbutillāمَلَكٌۭan angelmalakunكَرِيمٌۭnoblekarīmun٣١
So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to Joseph], "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly admired him and cut their hands and said, "Perfect is Allāh! This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."
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قَالَتْShe saidqālatفَذَٰلِكُنَّThatfadhālikunnaٱلَّذِى(is) the onealladhīلُمْتُنَّنِىyou blamed melum'tunnanīفِيهِ ۖabout himfīhiوَلَقَدْAnd certainlywalaqadرَٰوَدتُّهُۥI sought to seduce himrāwadttuhuعَن[from]ʿanنَّفْسِهِۦ[himself]nafsihiفَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖbut he saved himselffa-is'taʿṣamaوَلَئِنand ifwala-inلَّمْnotlamيَفْعَلْhe doesyafʿalمَآwhatmāءَامُرُهُۥI order himāmuruhuلَيُسْجَنَنَّsurely, he will be imprisonedlayus'janannaوَلَيَكُونًۭاand certainly will bewalayakūnanمِّنَofminaٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَthose who are disgracedl-ṣāghirīna٣٢
She said, "That is the one about whom you blamed me. And I certainly sought to seduce him, but he firmly refused; and if he will not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned and will be of those debased."
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قَالَHe saidqālaرَبِّMy Lordrabbiٱلسِّجْنُthe prisonl-sij'nuأَحَبُّ(is) deareraḥabbuإِلَىَّto meilayyaمِمَّاthan whatmimmāيَدْعُونَنِىٓthey invite meyadʿūnanīإِلَيْهِ ۖto itilayhiوَإِلَّاAnd unlesswa-illāتَصْرِفْYou turn awaytaṣrifعَنِّىfrom meʿannīكَيْدَهُنَّtheir plotkaydahunnaأَصْبُI might inclineaṣbuإِلَيْهِنَّtowards themilayhinnaوَأَكُنand [I] bewa-akunمِّنَofminaٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَthe ignorantl-jāhilīna٣٣
He said, "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. And if You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and [thus] be of the ignorant."
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فَٱسْتَجَابَSo respondedfa-is'tajābaلَهُۥto himlahuرَبُّهُۥhis Lordrabbuhuفَصَرَفَand turned awayfaṣarafaعَنْهُfrom himʿanhuكَيْدَهُنَّ ۚtheir plotkaydahunnaإِنَّهُۥIndeed, [He]innahuهُوَHehuwaٱلسَّمِيعُ(is) All-Hearerl-samīʿuٱلْعَلِيمُAll-Knowerl-ʿalīmu٣٤
So his Lord responded to him and averted from him their plan. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
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ثُمَّThenthummaبَدَا(it) appearedbadāلَهُمto themlahumمِّنۢafterminبَعْدِafterbaʿdiمَا[what]māرَأَوُا۟they had seenra-awūٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِthe signsl-āyātiلَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥsurely they should imprison himlayasjununnahuحَتَّىٰuntilḥattāحِينٍۢa timeḥīnin٣٥
Then it appeared to them after they had seen the signs that he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] should surely imprison him for a time.
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وَدَخَلَAnd enteredwadakhalaمَعَهُwith himmaʿahuٱلسِّجْنَ(in) the prisonl-sij'naفَتَيَانِ ۖtwo young menfatayāniقَالَSaidqālaأَحَدُهُمَآone of themaḥaduhumāإِنِّىٓIndeed, Iinnīأَرَىٰنِىٓ[I] see myselfarānīأَعْصِرُpressingaʿṣiruخَمْرًۭا ۖwinekhamranوَقَالَAnd saidwaqālaٱلْـَٔاخَرُthe otherl-ākharuإِنِّىٓIndeed, Iinnīأَرَىٰنِىٓ[I] see myselfarānīأَحْمِلُ[I am] carryingaḥmiluفَوْقَoverfawqaرَأْسِىmy headrasīخُبْزًۭاbreadkhub'zanتَأْكُلُ(were) eatingtakuluٱلطَّيْرُthe birdsl-ṭayruمِنْهُ ۖfrom itmin'huنَبِّئْنَاInform usnabbi'nāبِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ ۖof its interpretationbitawīlihiإِنَّاindeed, weinnāنَرَىٰكَ[we] see younarākaمِنَofminaٱلْمُحْسِنِينَthe good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna٣٦
And there entered the prison with him two young men. One of them said, "Indeed, I have seen myself [in a dream] pressing [grapes for] wine." The other said, "Indeed, I have seen myself carrying upon my head [some] bread, from which the birds were eating. Inform us of its interpretation; indeed, we see you to be of those who do good."
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قَالَHe saidqālaلَاNotlāيَأْتِيكُمَا(will) come to both of youyatīkumāطَعَامٌۭfoodṭaʿāmunتُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓyou are provided withtur'zaqānihiإِلَّاbutillāنَبَّأْتُكُمَاI will inform both of younabbatukumāبِتَأْوِيلِهِۦof its interpretationbitawīlihiقَبْلَbeforeqablaأَن[that]anيَأْتِيَكُمَا ۚ[it] comes to both of youyatiyakumāذَٰلِكُمَاThatdhālikumāمِمَّا(is) of whatmimmāعَلَّمَنِىhas taught meʿallamanīرَبِّىٓ ۚmy LordrabbīإِنِّىIndeed, Iinnīتَرَكْتُ[I] abandontaraktuمِلَّةَ(the) religionmillataقَوْمٍۢ(of) a peopleqawminلَّاnotlāيُؤْمِنُونَthey believeyu'minūnaبِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahiوَهُمand theywahumبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِin the Hereafterbil-ākhiratiهُمْ[they]humكَـٰفِرُونَ(are) disbelieverskāfirūna٣٧
He said, "You will not receive food that is provided to you except that I will inform you of its interpretation before it comes to you. That is from what my Lord has taught me. Indeed, I have left the religion of a people who do not believe in Allāh, and they, in the Hereafter, are disbelievers.
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وَٱتَّبَعْتُAnd I followwa-ittabaʿtuمِلَّةَ(the) religionmillataءَابَآءِىٓ(of) my forefathersābāīإِبْرَٰهِيمَIbrahimib'rāhīmaوَإِسْحَـٰقَand Isaacwa-is'ḥāqaوَيَعْقُوبَ ۚand YaqubwayaʿqūbaمَاNotmāكَانَwaskānaلَنَآfor uslanāأَنthatanنُّشْرِكَwe associatenush'rikaبِٱللَّهِwith Allahbil-lahiمِنanyminشَىْءٍۢ ۚthingshayinذَٰلِكَThatdhālikaمِن(is) fromminفَضْلِ(the) Gracefaḍliٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahiعَلَيْنَاupon usʿalaynāوَعَلَىand uponwaʿalāٱلنَّاسِthe mankindl-nāsiوَلَـٰكِنَّbutwalākinnaأَكْثَرَmostaktharaٱلنَّاسِ(of) the menl-nāsiلَا(are) notlāيَشْكُرُونَgratefulyashkurūna٣٨
And I have followed the religion of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And it was not for us to associate anything with Allāh. That is from the favor of Allāh upon us and upon the people, but most of the people are not grateful.
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يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِO my two companionsyāṣāḥibayiٱلسِّجْنِ(of) the prisonl-sij'niءَأَرْبَابٌۭAre lordsa-arbābunمُّتَفَرِّقُونَseparatemutafarriqūnaخَيْرٌbetterkhayrunأَمِoramiٱللَّهُAllahl-lahuٱلْوَٰحِدُthe Onel-wāḥiduٱلْقَهَّارُthe Irresistiblel-qahāru٣٩
O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allāh, the One, the Prevailing?
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مَاNotmāتَعْبُدُونَyou worshiptaʿbudūnaمِنbesides Himminدُونِهِۦٓbesides Himdūnihiإِلَّآbutillāأَسْمَآءًۭnamesasmāanسَمَّيْتُمُوهَآwhich you have named themsammaytumūhāأَنتُمْyouantumوَءَابَآؤُكُمand your forefatherswaābāukumمَّآnotmāأَنزَلَ(has) sent downanzalaٱللَّهُAllahl-lahuبِهَاfor itbihāمِنanyminسُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚauthoritysul'ṭāninإِنِNotiniٱلْحُكْمُ(is) the commandl-ḥuk'muإِلَّاbutillāلِلَّهِ ۚfor AllahlillahiأَمَرَHe has commandedamaraأَلَّاthat notallāتَعْبُدُوٓا۟you worshiptaʿbudūإِلَّآbutillāإِيَّاهُ ۚHim AloneiyyāhuذَٰلِكَThatdhālikaٱلدِّينُ(is) the religionl-dīnuٱلْقَيِّمُthe rightl-qayimuوَلَـٰكِنَّbutwalākinnaأَكْثَرَmostaktharaٱلنَّاسِ[the] menl-nāsiلَا(do) notlāيَعْلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna٤٠
You worship not besides Him except [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allāh has sent down no evidence. Legislation is not but for Allāh. He has commanded that you worship not except Him. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.
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يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِO my two companionsyāṣāḥibayiٱلسِّجْنِ(of) the prisonl-sij'niأَمَّآAs forammāأَحَدُكُمَاone of youaḥadukumāفَيَسْقِىhe will give drinkfayasqīرَبَّهُۥ(to) his masterrabbahuخَمْرًۭا ۖwinekhamranوَأَمَّاand as forwa-ammāٱلْـَٔاخَرُthe otherl-ākharuفَيُصْلَبُhe will be crucifiedfayuṣ'labuفَتَأْكُلُand will eatfatakuluٱلطَّيْرُthe birdsl-ṭayruمِنfromminرَّأْسِهِۦ ۚhis headrasihiقُضِىَHas been decreedquḍiyaٱلْأَمْرُthe matterl-amruٱلَّذِىabout whichalladhīفِيهِabout whichfīhiتَسْتَفْتِيَانِyou both inquiretastaftiyāni٤١
O two companions of prison, as for one of you, he will give drink to his master of wine; but as for the other, he will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. The matter has been decreed about which you both inquire."
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وَقَالَAnd he saidwaqālaلِلَّذِىto the one whomlilladhīظَنَّhe thoughtẓannaأَنَّهُۥthat heannahuنَاجٍۢ(would be) savednājinمِّنْهُمَاof both of themmin'humāٱذْكُرْنِىMention meudh'kur'nīعِندَtoʿindaرَبِّكَyour masterrabbikaفَأَنسَىٰهُBut made him forgetfa-ansāhuٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُthe Shaitaanl-shayṭānuذِكْرَ(the) mentiondhik'raرَبِّهِۦ(to) his masterrabbihiفَلَبِثَso he remainedfalabithaفِىinfīٱلسِّجْنِthe prisonl-sij'niبِضْعَseveralbiḍ'ʿaسِنِينَyearssinīna٤٢
And he said to the one whom he knew would go free, "Mention me before your master." But Satan made him forget the mention [to] his master, and he [i.e., Joseph] remained in prison several years.
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وَقَالَAnd saidwaqālaٱلْمَلِكُthe kingl-malikuإِنِّىٓIndeed, Iinnīأَرَىٰ[I] have seenarāسَبْعَsevensabʿaبَقَرَٰتٍۢcowsbaqarātinسِمَانٍۢfatsimāninيَأْكُلُهُنَّeating themyakuluhunnaسَبْعٌsevensabʿunعِجَافٌۭlean onesʿijāfunوَسَبْعَand sevenwasabʿaسُنۢبُلَـٰتٍears (of corn)sunbulātinخُضْرٍۢgreenkhuḍ'rinوَأُخَرَand otherswa-ukharaيَابِسَـٰتٍۢ ۖdryyābisātinيَـٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhāٱلْمَلَأُchiefsl-mala-uأَفْتُونِىExplain to meaftūnīفِىaboutfīرُءْيَـٰىَmy visionru'yāyaإِنifinكُنتُمْyou cankuntumلِلرُّءْيَاof visionslilrru'yāتَعْبُرُونَinterprettaʿburūna٤٣
And [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry. O eminent ones, explain to me my vision, if you should interpret visions."
12:44
قَالُوٓا۟They saidqālūأَضْغَـٰثُConfusedaḍghāthuأَحْلَـٰمٍۢ ۖdreamsaḥlāminوَمَاand notwamāنَحْنُwenaḥnuبِتَأْوِيلِ(are) in the interpretationbitawīliٱلْأَحْلَـٰمِ(of) the dreamsl-aḥlāmiبِعَـٰلِمِينَlearnedbiʿālimīna٤٤
They said, "[It is but] a mixture of false dreams, and we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams."
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وَقَالَBut saidwaqālaٱلَّذِىthe one whoalladhīنَجَاwas savednajāمِنْهُمَاof the twomin'humāوَٱدَّكَرَand rememberedwa-iddakaraبَعْدَafterbaʿdaأُمَّةٍa periodummatinأَنَا۠Ianāأُنَبِّئُكُم[I] will inform youunabbi-ukumبِتَأْوِيلِهِۦof its interpretationbitawīlihiفَأَرْسِلُونِso send me forthfa-arsilūni٤٥
But the one who was freed and remembered after a time said, "I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me forth."
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يُوسُفُYusufyūsufuأَيُّهَاOayyuhāٱلصِّدِّيقُthe truthful onel-ṣidīquأَفْتِنَاExplain to usaftināفِىaboutfīسَبْعِ(the) sevensabʿiبَقَرَٰتٍۢcowsbaqarātinسِمَانٍۢfatsimāninيَأْكُلُهُنَّeating themyakuluhunnaسَبْعٌsevensabʿunعِجَافٌۭlean onesʿijāfunوَسَبْعِand sevenwasabʿiسُنۢبُلَـٰتٍears (of corn)sunbulātinخُضْرٍۢgreenkhuḍ'rinوَأُخَرَand otherwa-ukharaيَابِسَـٰتٍۢdryyābisātinلَّعَلِّىٓthat I maylaʿallīأَرْجِعُreturnarjiʿuإِلَىtoilāٱلنَّاسِthe peoplel-nāsiلَعَلَّهُمْso that they maylaʿallahumيَعْلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna٤٦
[He said], "Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry - that I may return to the people [i.e., the king and his court]; perhaps they will know [about you]."
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قَالَHe saidqālaتَزْرَعُونَYou will sowtazraʿūnaسَبْعَ(for) sevensabʿaسِنِينَyearssinīnaدَأَبًۭاas usualda-abanفَمَاand that whichfamāحَصَدتُّمْyou reapḥaṣadttumفَذَرُوهُso leave itfadharūhuفِىinfīسُنۢبُلِهِۦٓits earssunbulihiإِلَّاexceptillāقَلِيلًۭاa littleqalīlanمِّمَّاfrom whichmimmāتَأْكُلُونَyou (will) eattakulūna٤٧
[Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat.
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ثُمَّThenthummaيَأْتِىwill comeyatīمِنۢafterminبَعْدِafterbaʿdiذَٰلِكَthatdhālikaسَبْعٌۭsevensabʿunشِدَادٌۭhard (years)shidādunيَأْكُلْنَ(which will) consumeyakul'naمَاwhatmāقَدَّمْتُمْyou advancedqaddamtumلَهُنَّfor themlahunnaإِلَّاexceptillāقَلِيلًۭاa littleqalīlanمِّمَّاof whatmimmāتُحْصِنُونَyou (will) storetuḥ'ṣinūna٤٨
Then will come after that seven difficult [years] which will consume what you advanced [i.e., saved] for them, except a little from which you will store.
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ثُمَّThenthummaيَأْتِىwill comeyatīمِنۢafterminبَعْدِafterbaʿdiذَٰلِكَthatdhālikaعَامٌۭa yearʿāmunفِيهِin itfīhiيُغَاثُwill be given abundant rainyughāthuٱلنَّاسُthe peoplel-nāsuوَفِيهِand in itwafīhiيَعْصِرُونَthey will pressyaʿṣirūna٤٩
Then will come after that a year in which the people will be given rain and in which they will press [olives and grapes]."
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وَقَالَAnd saidwaqālaٱلْمَلِكُthe kingl-malikuٱئْتُونِىBring him to mei'tūnīبِهِۦ ۖBring him to mebihiفَلَمَّاBut whenfalammāجَآءَهُcame to himjāahuٱلرَّسُولُthe messengerl-rasūluقَالَhe saidqālaٱرْجِعْReturnir'jiʿإِلَىٰtoilāرَبِّكَyour lordrabbikaفَسْـَٔلْهُand ask himfasalhuمَاwhatmāبَالُ(is the) casebāluٱلنِّسْوَةِ(of) the womenl-nis'watiٱلَّـٰتِىwhoallātīقَطَّعْنَcutqaṭṭaʿnaأَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚtheir handsaydiyahunnaإِنَّIndeedinnaرَبِّىmy Lordrabbīبِكَيْدِهِنَّof their plotbikaydihinnaعَلِيمٌۭ(is) All-Knowerʿalīmun٥٠
And the king said, "Bring him to me." But when the messenger came to him, [Joseph] said, "Return to your master and ask him what is the case of the women who cut their hands. Indeed, my Lord is Knowing of their plan."
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قَالَHe saidqālaمَاWhatmāخَطْبُكُنَّ(was) your affairkhaṭbukunnaإِذْwhenidhرَٰوَدتُّنَّyou sought to seducerāwadttunnaيُوسُفَYusufyūsufaعَنfromʿanنَّفْسِهِۦ ۚhimselfnafsihiقُلْنَThey saidqul'naحَـٰشَAllah forbidḥāshaلِلَّهِAllah forbidlillahiمَاNotmāعَلِمْنَاwe knowʿalim'nāعَلَيْهِabout himʿalayhiمِنanyminسُوٓءٍۢ ۚevilsūinقَالَتِSaidqālatiٱمْرَأَتُ(the) wifeim'ra-atuٱلْعَزِيزِ(of) Azizl-ʿazīziٱلْـَٔـٰنَNowl-ānaحَصْحَصَ(is) manifestḥaṣḥaṣaٱلْحَقُّthe truthl-ḥaquأَنَا۠Ianāرَٰوَدتُّهُۥsought to seduce himrāwadttuhuعَنfromʿanنَّفْسِهِۦhimselfnafsihiوَإِنَّهُۥand indeed, hewa-innahuلَمِنَ(is) surely oflaminaٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَthe truthfull-ṣādiqīna٥١
Said [the king to the women], "What was your condition when you sought to seduce Joseph?" They said, "Perfect is Allāh! We know about him no evil." The wife of al-ʿAzeez said, "Now the truth has become evident. It was I who sought to seduce him, and indeed, he is of the truthful.
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ذَٰلِكَThatdhālikaلِيَعْلَمَhe may knowliyaʿlamaأَنِّىthat Iannīلَمْnotlamأَخُنْهُ[I] betray himakhun'huبِٱلْغَيْبِin secretbil-ghaybiوَأَنَّand thatwa-annaٱللَّهَAllahl-lahaلَا(does) notlāيَهْدِىguideyahdīكَيْدَ(the) plankaydaٱلْخَآئِنِينَ(of) the betrayersl-khāinīna٥٢
That is so he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allāh does not guide the plan of betrayers.
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۞ وَمَآAnd notwamāأُبَرِّئُI absolveubarri-uنَفْسِىٓ ۚmyselfnafsīإِنَّIndeedinnaٱلنَّفْسَthe soull-nafsaلَأَمَّارَةٌۢ(is) a certain enjoinerla-ammāratunبِٱلسُّوٓءِof evilbil-sūiإِلَّاunlessillāمَا[that]māرَحِمَbestows Mercyraḥimaرَبِّىٓ ۚmy LordrabbīإِنَّIndeedinnaرَبِّىmy Lordrabbīغَفُورٌۭ(is) Oft-ForgivingghafūrunرَّحِيمٌۭMost Mercifulraḥīmun٥٣
And I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."1
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وَقَالَAnd saidwaqālaٱلْمَلِكُthe kingl-malikuٱئْتُونِىBring him to mei'tūnīبِهِۦٓBring him to mebihiأَسْتَخْلِصْهُI will select himastakhliṣ'huلِنَفْسِى ۖfor myselflinafsīفَلَمَّاThen whenfalammāكَلَّمَهُۥhe spoke to himkallamahuقَالَhe saidqālaإِنَّكَIndeed, youinnakaٱلْيَوْمَ(are) todayl-yawmaلَدَيْنَاwith usladaynāمَكِينٌfirmly establishedmakīnunأَمِينٌۭ(and) trustedamīnun٥٤
And the king said, "Bring him to me; I will appoint him exclusively for myself." And when he spoke to him, he said, "Indeed, you are today established [in position] and trusted."
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قَالَHe saidqālaٱجْعَلْنِىAppoint meij'ʿalnīعَلَىٰoverʿalāخَزَآئِنِ(the) treasurieskhazāiniٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ(of) the landl-arḍiإِنِّىIndeed, Iinnīحَفِيظٌ(will be) a guardianḥafīẓunعَلِيمٌۭknowingʿalīmun٥٥
[Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."
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وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thuswakadhālikaمَكَّنَّاWe establishedmakkannāلِيُوسُفَ[to] Yusufliyūsufaفِىinfīٱلْأَرْضِthe landl-arḍiيَتَبَوَّأُto settleyatabawwa-uمِنْهَاthereinmin'hāحَيْثُwhere everḥaythuيَشَآءُ ۚhe willedyashāuنُصِيبُWe bestownuṣībuبِرَحْمَتِنَاOur Mercybiraḥmatināمَن(on) whommanنَّشَآءُ ۖWe willnashāuوَلَاAnd notwalāنُضِيعُWe let go wastenuḍīʿuأَجْرَ(the) rewardajraٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ(of) the good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna٥٦
And thus We established Joseph in the land to settle therein wherever he willed. We touch with Our mercy whom We will, and We do not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.
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وَلَأَجْرُAnd surely (the) rewardwala-ajruٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ(of) the Hereafterl-ākhiratiخَيْرٌۭ(is) betterkhayrunلِّلَّذِينَfor those wholilladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟believeāmanūوَكَانُوا۟and arewakānūيَتَّقُونَGod consciousyattaqūna٥٧
And the reward of the Hereafter is better for those who believed and were fearing Allāh.
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وَجَآءَAnd camewajāaإِخْوَةُ(the) brothersikh'watuيُوسُفَ(of) Yusufyūsufaفَدَخَلُوا۟and they enteredfadakhalūعَلَيْهِupon himʿalayhiفَعَرَفَهُمْand he recognized themfaʿarafahumوَهُمْbut theywahumلَهُۥknew him notlahuمُنكِرُونَknew him notmunkirūna٥٨
And the brothers of Joseph came [seeking food], and they entered upon him; and he recognized them, but he was to them unknown.
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وَلَمَّاAnd whenwalammāجَهَّزَهُمhe had furnished themjahhazahumبِجَهَازِهِمْwith their suppliesbijahāzihimقَالَhe saidqālaٱئْتُونِىBring to mei'tūnīبِأَخٍۢa brotherbi-akhinلَّكُمof yourslakumمِّنْfromminأَبِيكُمْ ۚyour fatherabīkumأَلَاDo notalāتَرَوْنَyou seetarawnaأَنِّىٓthat Iannīأُوفِى[I] give fullūfīٱلْكَيْلَ[the] measurel-kaylaوَأَنَا۠and that I amwa-anāخَيْرُ(the) bestkhayruٱلْمُنزِلِينَ(of) the hostsl-munzilīna٥٩
And when he had furnished them with their supplies, he said, "Bring me a brother of yours from your father. Do you not see that I give full measure and that I am the best of accommodators?
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فَإِنBut iffa-inلَّمْnotlamتَأْتُونِىyou bring him to metatūnīبِهِۦyou bring him to mebihiفَلَاthen (there will be) nofalāكَيْلَmeasurekaylaلَكُمْfor youlakumعِندِىfrom meʿindīوَلَاand notwalāتَقْرَبُونِyou will come near metaqrabūni٦٠
But if you do not bring him to me, no measure will there be [hereafter] for you from me, nor will you approach me."
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قَالُوا۟They saidqālūسَنُرَٰوِدُWe will try to get permissionsanurāwiduعَنْهُfor himʿanhuأَبَاهُ(from) his fatherabāhuوَإِنَّاand indeed wewa-innāلَفَـٰعِلُونَsurely will dolafāʿilūna٦١
They said, "We will attempt to dissuade his father from [keeping] him, and indeed, we will do [it]."
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وَقَالَAnd he saidwaqālaلِفِتْيَـٰنِهِto his servantslifit'yānihiٱجْعَلُوا۟Putij'ʿalūبِضَـٰعَتَهُمْtheir merchandisebiḍāʿatahumفِىinfīرِحَالِهِمْtheir saddlebagsriḥālihimلَعَلَّهُمْso that theylaʿallahumيَعْرِفُونَهَآmay recognize ityaʿrifūnahāإِذَاwhenidhāٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟they go backinqalabūإِلَىٰٓtoilāأَهْلِهِمْtheir peopleahlihimلَعَلَّهُمْso that they maylaʿallahumيَرْجِعُونَreturnyarjiʿūna٦٢
And [Joseph] said to his servants, "Put their merchandise into their saddlebags so they might recognize it when they have gone back to their people that perhaps they will [again] return."
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فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammāرَجَعُوٓا۟they returnedrajaʿūإِلَىٰٓtoilāأَبِيهِمْtheir fatherabīhimقَالُوا۟they saidqālūيَـٰٓأَبَانَاO our fatheryāabānāمُنِعَHas been deniedmuniʿaمِنَّاto usminnāٱلْكَيْلُthe measurel-kayluفَأَرْسِلْso sendfa-arsilمَعَنَآwith usmaʿanāأَخَانَاour brotherakhānāنَكْتَلْ(that) we will get measurenaktalوَإِنَّاAnd indeed, wewa-innāلَهُۥfor himlahuلَحَـٰفِظُونَ(will) surely (be) guardianslaḥāfiẓūna٦٣
So when they returned to their father, they said, "O our father, [further] measure has been denied to us, so send with us our brother [that] we will be given measure. And indeed, we will be his guardians."
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قَالَHe saidqālaهَلْShouldhalءَامَنُكُمْI entrust youāmanukumعَلَيْهِwith himʿalayhiإِلَّاexceptillāكَمَآaskamāأَمِنتُكُمْI entrusted youamintukumعَلَىٰٓwithʿalāأَخِيهِhis brotherakhīhiمِنbeforeminقَبْلُ ۖbeforeqabluفَٱللَّهُBut Allahfal-lahuخَيْرٌ(is) the bestkhayrunحَـٰفِظًۭا ۖGuardianḥāfiẓanوَهُوَand Hewahuwaأَرْحَمُ(is the) Most Mercifularḥamuٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ(of) the mercifull-rāḥimīna٦٤
He said, "Should I entrust you with him except [under coercion] as I entrusted you with his brother before? But Allāh is the best guardian, and He is the most merciful of the merciful."
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وَلَمَّاAnd whenwalammāفَتَحُوا۟they openedfataḥūمَتَـٰعَهُمْtheir baggagematāʿahumوَجَدُوا۟they foundwajadūبِضَـٰعَتَهُمْtheir merchandisebiḍāʿatahumرُدَّتْreturnedruddatإِلَيْهِمْ ۖto themilayhimقَالُوا۟They saidqālūيَـٰٓأَبَانَاO our fatheryāabānāمَاWhatmāنَبْغِى ۖ(could) we desirenabghīهَـٰذِهِۦThishādhihiبِضَـٰعَتُنَا(is) our merchandisebiḍāʿatunāرُدَّتْreturnedruddatإِلَيْنَا ۖto usilaynāوَنَمِيرُAnd we will get provisionwanamīruأَهْلَنَا(for) our familyahlanāوَنَحْفَظُand we will protectwanaḥfaẓuأَخَانَاour brotherakhānāوَنَزْدَادُand get an increasewanazdāduكَيْلَmeasurekaylaبَعِيرٍۢ ۖ(of) a camel's (load)baʿīrinذَٰلِكَThatdhālikaكَيْلٌۭ(is) a measurementkaylunيَسِيرٌۭeasyyasīrun٦٥
And when they opened their baggage, they found their merchandise returned to them. They said, "O our father, what [more] could we desire? This is our merchandise returned to us. And we will obtain supplies [i.e., food] for our family and protect our brother and obtain an increase of a camel's load; that is an easy measurement."1
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قَالَHe saidqālaلَنْNeverlanأُرْسِلَهُۥwill I send himur'silahuمَعَكُمْwith youmaʿakumحَتَّىٰuntilḥattāتُؤْتُونِyou give to metu'tūniمَوْثِقًۭاa promisemawthiqanمِّنَbyminaٱللَّهِAllahl-lahiلَتَأْتُنَّنِىthat surely you will bring him to melatatunnanīبِهِۦٓthat surely you will bring him to mebihiإِلَّآunlessillāأَنthatanيُحَاطَyou are surroundedyuḥāṭaبِكُمْ ۖyou are surroundedbikumفَلَمَّآAnd whenfalammāءَاتَوْهُthey had given himātawhuمَوْثِقَهُمْtheir promisemawthiqahumقَالَhe saidqālaٱللَّهُAllahl-lahuعَلَىٰoverʿalāمَاwhatmāنَقُولُwe saynaqūluوَكِيلٌۭ(is) a Guardianwakīlun٦٦
[Jacob] said, "Never will I send him with you until you give me a promise [i.e., oath] by Allāh that you will bring him [back] to me, unless you should be surrounded [i.e., overcome by enemies]." And when they had given their promise, he said, "Allāh, over what we say, is Entrusted."1
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وَقَالَAnd he saidwaqālaيَـٰبَنِىَّO my sonsyābaniyyaلَا(Do) notlāتَدْخُلُوا۟entertadkhulūمِنۢfromminبَابٍۢone gatebābinوَٰحِدٍۢone gatewāḥidinوَٱدْخُلُوا۟but enterwa-ud'khulūمِنْfromminأَبْوَٰبٍۢgatesabwābinمُّتَفَرِّقَةٍۢ ۖdifferentmutafarriqatinوَمَآAnd notwamāأُغْنِىI can availugh'nīعَنكُمyouʿankumمِّنَagainstminaٱللَّهِAllahl-lahiمِنanyminشَىْءٍ ۖthingshayinإِنِNotiniٱلْحُكْمُ(is) the decisionl-ḥuk'muإِلَّاexceptillāلِلَّهِ ۖwith Allahlillahiعَلَيْهِupon Himʿalayhiتَوَكَّلْتُ ۖI put my trusttawakkaltuوَعَلَيْهِand upon Himwaʿalayhiفَلْيَتَوَكَّلِlet put (their) trustfalyatawakkaliٱلْمُتَوَكِّلُونَthe ones who put trustl-mutawakilūna٦٧
And he said, "O my sons, do not enter from one gate but enter from different gates; and I cannot avail you against [the decree of] Allāh at all. The decision is only for Allāh; upon Him I have relied, and upon Him let those who would rely [indeed] rely."
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وَلَمَّاAnd whenwalammāدَخَلُوا۟they entereddakhalūمِنْfromminحَيْثُwhereḥaythuأَمَرَهُمْordered themamarahumأَبُوهُمtheir fatherabūhumمَّاnotmāكَانَitkānaيُغْنِىavail(ed)yugh'nīعَنْهُمthemʿanhumمِّنَagainstminaٱللَّهِAllahl-lahiمِنanyminشَىْءٍthingshayinإِلَّاbutillāحَاجَةًۭ(it was) a needḥājatanفِىoffīنَفْسِYaqub's soulnafsiيَعْقُوبَYaqub's soulyaʿqūbaقَضَىٰهَا ۚwhich he carried outqaḍāhāوَإِنَّهُۥAnd indeed, hewa-innahuلَذُو(was) a possessorladhūعِلْمٍۢ(of) knowledgeʿil'minلِّمَاbecauselimāعَلَّمْنَـٰهُWe had taught himʿallamnāhuوَلَـٰكِنَّbutwalākinnaأَكْثَرَmostaktharaٱلنَّاسِ(of) the peoplel-nāsiلَا(do) notlāيَعْلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna٦٨
And when they entered from where their father had ordered them, it did not avail them against Allāh at all except [it was] a need [i.e., concern] within the soul of Jacob, which he satisfied. And indeed, he was a possessor of knowledge because of what We had taught him, but most of the people do not know.
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وَلَمَّاAnd whenwalammāدَخَلُوا۟they entereddakhalūعَلَىٰuponʿalāيُوسُفَYusufyūsufaءَاوَىٰٓhe tookāwāإِلَيْهِto himselfilayhiأَخَاهُ ۖhis brotherakhāhuقَالَHe saidqālaإِنِّىٓIndeed, Iinnīأَنَا۠[I] amanāأَخُوكَyour brotherakhūkaفَلَاso (do) notfalāتَبْتَئِسْgrievetabta-isبِمَاfor whatbimāكَانُوا۟they used (to)kānūيَعْمَلُونَdoyaʿmalūna٦٩
And when they entered upon Joseph, he took his brother to himself; he said, "Indeed, I am your brother, so do not despair over what they used to do [to me]."
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فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammāجَهَّزَهُمhe had furnished themjahhazahumبِجَهَازِهِمْwith their suppliesbijahāzihimجَعَلَhe putjaʿalaٱلسِّقَايَةَthe drinking cupl-siqāyataفِىinfīرَحْلِthe bagraḥliأَخِيهِ(of) his brotherakhīhiثُمَّThenthummaأَذَّنَcalled outadhanaمُؤَذِّنٌan announcermu-adhinunأَيَّتُهَاO youayyatuhāٱلْعِيرُ(in) the caravanl-ʿīruإِنَّكُمْIndeed, youinnakumلَسَـٰرِقُونَsurely (are) thieveslasāriqūna٧٠
So when he had furnished them with their supplies, he put the [gold measuring] bowl into the bag of his brother. Then an announcer called out, "O caravan, indeed you are thieves."
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قَالُوا۟They saidqālūوَأَقْبَلُوا۟turning towardswa-aqbalūعَلَيْهِمthemʿalayhimمَّاذَاWhat (is it)mādhāتَفْقِدُونَyou misstafqidūna٧١
They said while approaching them, "What is it you are missing?"
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قَالُوا۟They saidqālūنَفْقِدُWe are missingnafqiduصُوَاعَ(the) cupṣuwāʿaٱلْمَلِكِ(of) the kingl-malikiوَلِمَنAnd for (one) whowalimanجَآءَbringsjāaبِهِۦitbihiحِمْلُ(is) a loadḥim'luبَعِيرٍۢ(of) a camelbaʿīrinوَأَنَا۠and Iwa-anāبِهِۦfor itbihiزَعِيمٌۭ(is) responsiblezaʿīmun٧٢
They said, "We are missing the measure of the king. And for he who produces it is [the reward of] a camel's load, and I am responsible for it."
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قَالُوا۟They saidqālūتَٱللَّهِBy Allahtal-lahiلَقَدْcertainlylaqadعَلِمْتُمyou knowʿalim'tumمَّاnotmāجِئْنَاwe cameji'nāلِنُفْسِدَthat we cause corruptionlinuf'sidaفِىinfīٱلْأَرْضِthe landl-arḍiوَمَاand notwamāكُنَّاwe arekunnāسَـٰرِقِينَthievessāriqīna٧٣
They said, "By Allāh, you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."
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قَالُوا۟They saidqālūفَمَاThen whatfamāجَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓ(will be the) recompense (of) itjazāuhuإِنifinكُنتُمْyou arekuntumكَـٰذِبِينَliarskādhibīna٧٤
They [the accusers] said, "Then what would be its recompense if you should be liars?"
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قَالُوا۟They saidqālūجَزَٰٓؤُهُۥIts recompensejazāuhuمَن(is that one) whomanوُجِدَit is foundwujidaفِىinfīرَحْلِهِۦhis bagraḥlihiفَهُوَthen hefahuwaجَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚ(will be) his recompensejazāuhuكَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālikaنَجْزِى(do) we recompensenajzīٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna٧٥
[The brothers] said, "Its recompense is that he in whose bag it is found - he [himself] will be its recompense. Thus do we recompense the wrongdoers."
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فَبَدَأَSo he beganfabada-aبِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْwith their bagsbi-awʿiyatihimقَبْلَbeforeqablaوِعَآءِ(the) bagwiʿāiأَخِيهِ(of) his brotherakhīhiثُمَّthenthummaٱسْتَخْرَجَهَاhe brought it outis'takhrajahāمِنfromminوِعَآءِ(the) bagwiʿāiأَخِيهِ ۚ(of) his brotherakhīhiكَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālikaكِدْنَا(did) We plankid'nāلِيُوسُفَ ۖfor YusufliyūsufaمَاHe could notmāكَانَHe could notkānaلِيَأْخُذَtakeliyakhudhaأَخَاهُhis brotherakhāhuفِىbyfīدِينِthe lawdīniٱلْمَلِكِ(of) the kingl-malikiإِلَّآexceptillāأَنthatanيَشَآءَAllah willedyashāaٱللَّهُ ۚAllah willedl-lahuنَرْفَعُWe raisenarfaʿuدَرَجَـٰتٍۢ(in) degreesdarajātinمَّنwhommanنَّشَآءُ ۗWe willnashāuوَفَوْقَbut overwafawqaكُلِّeverykulliذِىpossessordhīعِلْمٍ(of) knowledgeʿil'minعَلِيمٌۭ(is) the All-Knowerʿalīmun٧٦
So he began [the search] with their bags before the bag of his brother; then he extracted it from the bag of his brother. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not have taken his brother within the religion [i.e., law] of the king except that Allāh willed. We raise in degrees whom We will, but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.
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۞ قَالُوٓا۟They saidqālūإِنIfinيَسْرِقْhe steals yasriqفَقَدْthen verilyfaqadسَرَقَstolesaraqaأَخٌۭa brotherakhunلَّهُۥof hislahuمِنbeforeminقَبْلُ ۚbeforeqabluفَأَسَرَّهَاBut Yusuf kept it secretfa-asarrahāيُوسُفُBut Yusuf kept it secretyūsufuفِىwithinfīنَفْسِهِۦhimselfnafsihiوَلَمْand (did) notwalamيُبْدِهَاreveal ityub'dihāلَهُمْ ۚto themlahumقَالَHe saidqālaأَنتُمْYouantumشَرٌّۭ(are the) worsesharrunمَّكَانًۭا ۖ(in) positionmakānanوَٱللَّهُand Allahwal-lahuأَعْلَمُknows bestaʿlamuبِمَاof whatbimāتَصِفُونَyou describetaṣifūna٧٧
They said, "If he steals - a brother of his has stolen before." But Joseph kept it within himself and did not reveal it to them. He said, "You are worse in position, and Allāh is most knowing of what you describe."
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قَالُوا۟They saidqālūيَـٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhāٱلْعَزِيزُAzizl-ʿazīzuإِنَّIndeedinnaلَهُۥٓhe haslahuأَبًۭاa fatherabanشَيْخًۭاoldshaykhanكَبِيرًۭا[great]kabīranفَخُذْso takefakhudhأَحَدَنَاone of usaḥadanāمَكَانَهُۥٓ ۖ(in) his placemakānahuإِنَّاIndeed, weinnāنَرَىٰكَ[we] see younarākaمِنَofminaٱلْمُحْسِنِينَthe good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna٧٨
They said, "O ʿAzeez, indeed he has a father [who is] an old man, so take one of us in place of him. Indeed, we see you as a doer of good."
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قَالَHe saidqālaمَعَاذَAllah forbidmaʿādhaٱللَّهِAllah forbidl-lahiأَنthatanنَّأْخُذَwe takenakhudhaإِلَّاexceptillāمَن(one) whomanوَجَدْنَاwe foundwajadnāمَتَـٰعَنَاour possessionmatāʿanāعِندَهُۥٓwith himʿindahuإِنَّآIndeed, weinnāإِذًۭاthenidhanلَّظَـٰلِمُونَsurely (would be) wrongdoerslaẓālimūna٧٩
He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh [to prevent] that we take except him with whom we found our possession. Indeed, we would then be unjust."
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فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammāٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟they despairedis'tayasūمِنْهُof himmin'huخَلَصُوا۟they secluded themselveskhalaṣūنَجِيًّۭا ۖ(in) private consultationnajiyyanقَالَSaidqālaكَبِيرُهُمْthe eldest among themkabīruhumأَلَمْDo notalamتَعْلَمُوٓا۟you knowtaʿlamūأَنَّthatannaأَبَاكُمْyour fatherabākumقَدْhas takenqadأَخَذَhas takenakhadhaعَلَيْكُمupon youʿalaykumمَّوْثِقًۭاa promisemawthiqanمِّنَbyminaٱللَّهِAllahl-lahiوَمِنand beforewaminقَبْلُand beforeqabluمَاthatmāفَرَّطتُمْyou failedfarraṭtumفِىconcerningfīيُوسُفَ ۖYusufyūsufaفَلَنْSo neverfalanأَبْرَحَwill I leaveabraḥaٱلْأَرْضَthe landl-arḍaحَتَّىٰuntilḥattāيَأْذَنَpermitsyadhanaلِىٓmelīأَبِىٓmy fatherabīأَوْorawيَحْكُمَAllah decidesyaḥkumaٱللَّهُAllah decidesl-lahuلِى ۖfor melīوَهُوَand Hewahuwaخَيْرُ(is) the Bestkhayruٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَ(of) the judgesl-ḥākimīna٨٠
So when they had despaired of him, they secluded themselves in private consultation. The eldest of them said, "Do you not know that your father has taken upon you an oath by Allāh and [that] before you failed in [your duty to] Joseph? So I will never leave [this] land until my father permits me or Allāh decides for me, and He is the best of judges.
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ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟Returnir'jiʿūإِلَىٰٓtoilāأَبِيكُمْyour fatherabīkumفَقُولُوا۟and sayfaqūlūيَـٰٓأَبَانَآ'O our fatheryāabānāإِنَّIndeedinnaٱبْنَكَyour sonib'nakaسَرَقَhas stolensaraqaوَمَاand notwamāشَهِدْنَآwe testifyshahid'nāإِلَّاexceptillāبِمَاof whatbimāعَلِمْنَاwe knewʿalim'nāوَمَاAnd notwamāكُنَّاwe werekunnāلِلْغَيْبِof the unseenlil'ghaybiحَـٰفِظِينَguardiansḥāfiẓīna٨١
Return to your father and say, 'O our father, indeed your son has stolen, and we did not testify except to what we knew. And we were not witnesses of the unseen.
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وَسْـَٔلِAnd askwasaliٱلْقَرْيَةَthe townl-qaryataٱلَّتِىwhereallatīكُنَّاwe werekunnāفِيهَا[in it]fīhāوَٱلْعِيرَand the caravanwal-ʿīraٱلَّتِىٓwhichallatīأَقْبَلْنَاwe returnedaqbalnāفِيهَا ۖ[in it]fīhāوَإِنَّاAnd indeed, wewa-innāلَصَـٰدِقُونَsurely (are) truthful.'laṣādiqūna٨٢
And ask the city in which we were and the caravan in which we came - and indeed, we are truthful.'"
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قَالَHe saidqālaبَلْNaybalسَوَّلَتْhave enticedsawwalatلَكُمْyoulakumأَنفُسُكُمْyour soulsanfusukumأَمْرًۭا ۖsomethingamranفَصَبْرٌۭso patiencefaṣabrunجَمِيلٌ ۖ(is) beautifuljamīlunعَسَىPerhapsʿasāٱللَّهُAllahl-lahuأَنwill bring them to meanيَأْتِيَنِىwill bring them to meyatiyanīبِهِمْwill bring them to mebihimجَمِيعًا ۚalljamīʿanإِنَّهُۥIndeed, HeinnahuهُوَHehuwaٱلْعَلِيمُ(is) the All-Knowerl-ʿalīmuٱلْحَكِيمُAll-Wisel-ḥakīmu٨٣
[Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. Perhaps Allāh will bring them to me all together. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise."
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وَتَوَلَّىٰAnd he turned awaywatawallāعَنْهُمْfrom themʿanhumوَقَالَand saidwaqālaيَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰAlas, my griefyāasafāعَلَىٰoverʿalāيُوسُفَYusufyūsufaوَٱبْيَضَّتْAnd became whitewa-ib'yaḍḍatعَيْنَاهُhis eyesʿaynāhuمِنَfromminaٱلْحُزْنِthe griefl-ḥuz'niفَهُوَand he (was)fahuwaكَظِيمٌۭa suppressorkaẓīmun٨٤
And he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor.
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قَالُوا۟They saidqālūتَٱللَّهِBy Allahtal-lahiتَفْتَؤُا۟you will not ceasetafta-uتَذْكُرُrememberingtadhkuruيُوسُفَYusufyūsufaحَتَّىٰuntilḥattāتَكُونَyou becometakūnaحَرَضًاfatally illḥaraḍanأَوْorawتَكُونَbecometakūnaمِنَofminaٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَthose who perishl-hālikīna٨٥
They said, "By Allāh, you will not cease remembering Joseph until you become fatally ill or become of those who perish."
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قَالَHe saidqālaإِنَّمَآOnlyinnamāأَشْكُوا۟I complainashkūبَثِّى(of) my sufferingbathīوَحُزْنِىٓand my griefwaḥuz'nīإِلَىtoilāٱللَّهِAllahl-lahiوَأَعْلَمُand I knowwa-aʿlamuمِنَfromminaٱللَّهِAllahl-lahiمَاwhatmāلَاnotlāتَعْلَمُونَyou knowtaʿlamūna٨٦
He said, "I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allāh, and I know from Allāh that which you do not know.
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يَـٰبَنِىَّO my sonsyābaniyyaٱذْهَبُوا۟Goidh'habūفَتَحَسَّسُوا۟and inquirefataḥassasūمِنaboutminيُوسُفَYusufyūsufaوَأَخِيهِand his brotherwa-akhīhiوَلَاand notwalāتَا۟يْـَٔسُوا۟despairtāy'asūمِنofminرَّوْحِ(the) Mercy of Allahrawḥiٱللَّهِ ۖ(the) Mercy of Allahl-lahiإِنَّهُۥIndeedinnahuلَاnonelāيَا۟يْـَٔسُdespairsyāy'asuمِنofminرَّوْحِ(the) Mercy of Allahrawḥiٱللَّهِ(the) Mercy of Allahl-lahiإِلَّاexceptillāٱلْقَوْمُthe peoplel-qawmuٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَthe disbelieversl-kāfirūna٨٧
O my sons, go and find out about Joseph and his brother and despair not of relief from Allāh. Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allāh except the disbelieving people."
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فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammāدَخَلُوا۟they entereddakhalūعَلَيْهِupon himʿalayhiقَالُوا۟they saidqālūيَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO AzizyāayyuhāٱلْعَزِيزُO Azizl-ʿazīzuمَسَّنَاHas touched usmassanāوَأَهْلَنَاand our familywa-ahlanāٱلضُّرُّthe adversityl-ḍuruوَجِئْنَاand we have comewaji'nāبِبِضَـٰعَةٍۢwith goodsbibiḍāʿatinمُّزْجَىٰةٍۢ(of) little valuemuz'jātinفَأَوْفِbut pay (in) fullfa-awfiلَنَاto uslanāٱلْكَيْلَthe measurel-kaylaوَتَصَدَّقْand be charitablewataṣaddaqعَلَيْنَآ ۖto usʿalaynāإِنَّIndeedinnaٱللَّهَAllahl-lahaيَجْزِىrewardsyajzīٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَthe charitablel-mutaṣadiqīna٨٨
So when they entered upon him [i.e., Joseph], they said, "O ʿAzeez, adversity has touched us and our family, and we have come with goods poor in quality, but give us full measure and be charitable to us. Indeed, Allāh rewards the charitable."
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قَالَHe saidqālaهَلْDohalعَلِمْتُمyou knowʿalim'tumمَّاwhatmāفَعَلْتُمyou didfaʿaltumبِيُوسُفَwith Yusufbiyūsufaوَأَخِيهِand his brotherwa-akhīhiإِذْwhenidhأَنتُمْyou wereantumجَـٰهِلُونَignorantjāhilūna٨٩
He said, "Do you know what you did with Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant?"
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قَالُوٓا۟They saidqālūأَءِنَّكَAre you indeeda-innakaلَأَنتَsurely youla-antaيُوسُفُ ۖYusufyūsufuقَالَHe saidqālaأَنَا۠I amanāيُوسُفُYusufyūsufuوَهَـٰذَآand thiswahādhāأَخِى ۖ(is) my brotherakhīقَدْIndeedqadمَنَّAllah has been graciousmannaٱللَّهُAllah has been graciousl-lahuعَلَيْنَآ ۖto usʿalaynāإِنَّهُۥIndeed, heinnahuمَنwhomanيَتَّقِfears Allahyattaqiوَيَصْبِرْand (is) patientwayaṣbirفَإِنَّthen indeedfa-innaٱللَّهَAllahl-lahaلَا(does) notlāيُضِيعُlet go wasteyuḍīʿuأَجْرَ(the) rewardajraٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ(of) the good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna٩٠
They said, "Are you indeed Joseph?" He said, "I am Joseph, and this is my brother. Allāh has certainly favored us. Indeed, he who fears Allāh and is patient, then indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good."
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قَالُوا۟They saidqālūتَٱللَّهِBy Allahtal-lahiلَقَدْcertainlylaqadءَاثَرَكَAllah has preferred youātharakaٱللَّهُAllah has preferred youl-lahuعَلَيْنَاover usʿalaynāوَإِنand indeedwa-inكُنَّاwe have beenkunnāلَخَـٰطِـِٔينَsinnerslakhāṭiīna٩١
They said, "By Allāh, certainly has Allāh preferred you over us, and indeed, we have been sinners."
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قَالَHe saidqālaلَاNolāتَثْرِيبَblametathrībaعَلَيْكُمُupon youʿalaykumuٱلْيَوْمَ ۖtodayl-yawmaيَغْفِرُAllah will forgiveyaghfiruٱللَّهُAllah will forgivel-lahuلَكُمْ ۖyoulakumوَهُوَand Hewahuwaأَرْحَمُ(is) the Most Mercifularḥamuٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ(of) those who show mercyl-rāḥimīna٩٢
He said, "No blame will there be upon you today. May Allāh forgive you; and He is the most merciful of the merciful.
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ٱذْهَبُوا۟Goidh'habūبِقَمِيصِىwith this shirt of minebiqamīṣīهَـٰذَاwith this shirt of minehādhāفَأَلْقُوهُand cast itfa-alqūhuعَلَىٰoverʿalāوَجْهِ(the) facewajhiأَبِى(of) my fatherabīيَأْتِhe will regain sightyatiبَصِيرًۭاhe will regain sightbaṣīranوَأْتُونِىAnd bring to mewatūnīبِأَهْلِكُمْyour familybi-ahlikumأَجْمَعِينَall togetherajmaʿīna٩٣
Take this, my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father; he will become seeing. And bring me your family, all together."
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وَلَمَّاAnd whenwalammāفَصَلَتِdepartedfaṣalatiٱلْعِيرُthe caravanl-ʿīruقَالَtheir father saidqālaأَبُوهُمْtheir father saidabūhumإِنِّىIndeed, Iinnīلَأَجِدُ[I] findla-ajiduرِيحَ(the) smellrīḥaيُوسُفَ ۖ(of) Yusufyūsufaلَوْلَآif notlawlāأَنthatanتُفَنِّدُونِyou think me weakened in mindtufannidūni٩٤
And when the caravan departed [from Egypt], their father said, "Indeed, I find the smell of Joseph [and would say that he was alive] if you did not think me weakened in mind."
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قَالُوا۟They saidqālūتَٱللَّهِBy Allahtal-lahiإِنَّكَindeed, youinnakaلَفِىsurely (are) inlafīضَلَـٰلِكَyour errorḍalālikaٱلْقَدِيمِoldl-qadīmi٩٥
They said, "By Allāh, indeed you are in your [same] old error."
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فَلَمَّآThen whenfalammāأَن[that]anجَآءَarrivedjāaٱلْبَشِيرُthe bearer of glad tidingsl-bashīruأَلْقَىٰهُhe cast italqāhuعَلَىٰoverʿalāوَجْهِهِۦhis facewajhihiفَٱرْتَدَّthen returned (his) sightfa-ir'taddaبَصِيرًۭا ۖthen returned (his) sightbaṣīranقَالَHe saidqālaأَلَمْDid notalamأَقُلI sayaqulلَّكُمْto youlakumإِنِّىٓindeed, Iinnīأَعْلَمُ[I] knowaʿlamuمِنَfromminaٱللَّهِAllahl-lahiمَاwhatmāلَاnotlāتَعْلَمُونَyou knowtaʿlamūna٩٦
And when the bearer of good tidings arrived, he cast it over his face, and he returned [once again] seeing. He said, "Did I not tell you that I know from Allāh that which you do not know?"
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قَالُوا۟They saidqālūيَـٰٓأَبَانَاO our fatheryāabānāٱسْتَغْفِرْAsk forgivenessis'taghfirلَنَاfor uslanāذُنُوبَنَآ(of) our sinsdhunūbanāإِنَّاIndeed, weinnāكُنَّاhave beenkunnāخَـٰطِـِٔينَsinnerskhāṭiīna٩٧
They said, "O our father, ask for us forgiveness of our sins; indeed, we have been sinners."
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قَالَHe saidqālaسَوْفَSoonsawfaأَسْتَغْفِرُI will ask forgivenessastaghfiruلَكُمْfor youlakumرَبِّىٓ ۖ(from) my LordrabbīإِنَّهُۥIndeed, HeinnahuهُوَHehuwaٱلْغَفُورُ(is) the Oft-Forgivingl-ghafūruٱلرَّحِيمُthe Most Mercifull-raḥīmu٩٨
He said, "I will ask forgiveness for you from my Lord. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
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فَلَمَّاThen whenfalammāدَخَلُوا۟they entereddakhalūعَلَىٰuponʿalāيُوسُفَYusufyūsufaءَاوَىٰٓhe tookāwāإِلَيْهِto himselfilayhiأَبَوَيْهِhis parentsabawayhiوَقَالَand saidwaqālaٱدْخُلُوا۟Enterud'khulūمِصْرَEgyptmiṣ'raإِنifinشَآءَAllah willsshāaٱللَّهُAllah willsl-lahuءَامِنِينَsafeāminīna٩٩
And when they entered upon Joseph, he took his parents to himself [i.e., embraced them] and said, "Enter Egypt, Allāh willing, safe [and secure]."
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وَرَفَعَAnd he raisedwarafaʿaأَبَوَيْهِhis parentsabawayhiعَلَىuponʿalāٱلْعَرْشِthe thronel-ʿarshiوَخَرُّوا۟and they fell downwakharrūلَهُۥto himlahuسُجَّدًۭا ۖprostratesujjadanوَقَالَAnd he saidwaqālaيَـٰٓأَبَتِO my fatheryāabatiهَـٰذَاThishādhāتَأْوِيلُ(is the) interpretationtawīluرُءْيَـٰىَ(of) my dreamru'yāyaمِن(of) beforeminقَبْلُ(of) beforeqabluقَدْVerilyqadجَعَلَهَاhas made itjaʿalahāرَبِّىmy Lordrabbīحَقًّۭا ۖtrueḥaqqanوَقَدْAnd indeedwaqadأَحْسَنَHe was goodaḥsanaبِىٓto mebīإِذْwhenidhأَخْرَجَنِىHe took me outakhrajanīمِنَofminaٱلسِّجْنِthe prisonl-sij'niوَجَآءَand broughtwajāaبِكُمyoubikumمِّنَfromminaٱلْبَدْوِthe bedouin lifel-badwiمِنۢafterminبَعْدِafterbaʿdiأَن[that]anنَّزَغَhad caused discordnazaghaٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُthe Shaitaanl-shayṭānuبَيْنِىbetween mebaynīوَبَيْنَand betweenwabaynaإِخْوَتِىٓ ۚmy brothersikh'watīإِنَّIndeedinnaرَبِّىmy Lordrabbīلَطِيفٌۭ(is) Most Subtlelaṭīfunلِّمَاto whatlimāيَشَآءُ ۚHe willsyashāuإِنَّهُۥIndeed, HeinnahuهُوَHehuwaٱلْعَلِيمُ(is) the All-Knowerl-ʿalīmuٱلْحَكِيمُthe All-Wisel-ḥakīmu١٠٠
And he raised his parents upon the throne, and they bowed to him in prostration. And he said, "O my father, this is the explanation of my vision of before. My Lord has made it reality. And He was certainly good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you [here] from bedouin life after Satan had induced [estrangement] between me and my brothers. Indeed, my Lord is Subtle in what He wills. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise.
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۞ رَبِّMy Lordrabbiقَدْindeedqadءَاتَيْتَنِىyou have given meātaytanīمِنَofminaٱلْمُلْكِthe sovereigntyl-mul'kiوَعَلَّمْتَنِىand taught mewaʿallamtanīمِنofminتَأْوِيلِthe interpretationtawīliٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚof the eventsl-aḥādīthiفَاطِرَCreatorfāṭiraٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ(of) the heavensl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِand the earthwal-arḍiأَنتَYouantaوَلِىِّۦ(are) my Protectorwaliyyīفِىinfīٱلدُّنْيَاthe worldl-dun'yāوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖand the Hereafterwal-ākhiratiتَوَفَّنِىCause me to dietawaffanīمُسْلِمًۭا(as) a Muslimmus'limanوَأَلْحِقْنِىand join mewa-alḥiq'nīبِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَwith the righteousbil-ṣāliḥīna١٠١
My Lord, You have given me [something] of sovereignty and taught me of the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens and earth, You are my protector in this world and the Hereafter. Cause me to die a Muslim and join me with the righteous."
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ذَٰلِكَThatdhālikaمِنْ(is) fromminأَنۢبَآءِthe newsanbāiٱلْغَيْبِ(of) the unseenl-ghaybiنُوحِيهِwhich We revealnūḥīhiإِلَيْكَ ۖto youilaykaوَمَاAnd notwamāكُنتَyou werekuntaلَدَيْهِمْwith themladayhimإِذْwhenidhأَجْمَعُوٓا۟they put togetherajmaʿūأَمْرَهُمْtheir planamrahumوَهُمْwhile theywahumيَمْكُرُونَ(were) plottingyamkurūna١٠٢
That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal, [O Muḥammad], to you. And you were not with them when they put together their plan while they conspired.
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وَمَآAnd notwamāأَكْثَرُmostaktharuٱلنَّاسِ(of) the mankindl-nāsiوَلَوْeven thoughwalawحَرَصْتَyou desireḥaraṣtaبِمُؤْمِنِينَ(will be) believersbimu'minīna١٠٣
And most of the people, although you strive [for it], are not believers.
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وَمَاAnd notwamāتَسْـَٔلُهُمْyou ask themtasaluhumعَلَيْهِfor itʿalayhiمِنْanyminأَجْرٍ ۚrewardajrinإِنْNotinهُوَ(is) ithuwaإِلَّاbutillāذِكْرٌۭa reminderdhik'runلِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَto the worldslil'ʿālamīna١٠٤
And you do not ask of them for it any payment. It is not except a reminder to the worlds.
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وَكَأَيِّنAnd how manywaka-ayyinمِّنْofminءَايَةٍۢa Signāyatinفِىinfīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِand the earthwal-arḍiيَمُرُّونَthey passyamurrūnaعَلَيْهَاover itʿalayhāوَهُمْwhile theywahumعَنْهَا(are) from themʿanhāمُعْرِضُونَthe ones who turn awaymuʿ'riḍūna١٠٥
And how many a sign within the heavens and earth do they pass over while they, therefrom, are turning away.
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وَمَاAnd notwamāيُؤْمِنُbelieveyu'minuأَكْثَرُهُمmost of themaktharuhumبِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahiإِلَّاexceptillāوَهُمwhile theywahumمُّشْرِكُونَassociate partners with Himmush'rikūna١٠٦
And most of them believe not in Allāh except while they associate others with Him.
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أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟Do they then feel secureafa-aminūأَن(against) thatanتَأْتِيَهُمْcomes to themtatiyahumغَـٰشِيَةٌۭan overwhelmingghāshiyatunمِّنْ[of]minعَذَابِpunishmentʿadhābiٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahiأَوْorawتَأْتِيَهُمُcomes to themtatiyahumuٱلسَّاعَةُthe Hourl-sāʿatuبَغْتَةًۭsuddenlybaghtatanوَهُمْwhile theywahumلَا(do) notlāيَشْعُرُونَperceiveyashʿurūna١٠٧
Then do they feel secure that there will not come to them an overwhelming [aspect] of the punishment of Allāh or that the Hour will not come upon them suddenly while they do not perceive?
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قُلْSayqulهَـٰذِهِۦThishādhihiسَبِيلِىٓ(is) my waysabīlīأَدْعُوٓا۟I inviteadʿūإِلَىtoilāٱللَّهِ ۚAllahl-lahiعَلَىٰwithʿalāبَصِيرَةٍinsightbaṣīratinأَنَا۠Ianāوَمَنِand whoeverwamaniٱتَّبَعَنِى ۖfollows meittabaʿanīوَسُبْحَـٰنَAnd Glory bewasub'ḥānaٱللَّهِ(to) Allahl-lahiوَمَآand notwamāأَنَا۠I amanāمِنَofminaٱلْمُشْرِكِينَthe polytheistsl-mush'rikīna١٠٨
Say, "This is my way; I invite to Allāh with insight, I and those who follow me. And exalted is Allāh; and I am not of those who associate others with Him."
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وَمَآAnd notwamāأَرْسَلْنَاWe sentarsalnāمِنbefore youminقَبْلِكَbefore youqablikaإِلَّاbutillāرِجَالًۭاmenrijālanنُّوحِىٓWe revealednūḥīإِلَيْهِمto themilayhimمِّنْfrom (among)minأَهْلِ(the) peopleahliٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ۗ(of) the townshipsl-qurāأَفَلَمْSo have notafalamيَسِيرُوا۟they traveledyasīrūفِىinfīٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍiفَيَنظُرُوا۟and seenfayanẓurūكَيْفَhowkayfaكَانَwaskānaعَـٰقِبَةُ(the) endʿāqibatuٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīnaمِن(were) before themminقَبْلِهِمْ ۗ(were) before themqablihimوَلَدَارُAnd surely the homewaladāruٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ(of) the Hereafterl-ākhiratiخَيْرٌۭ(is) bestkhayrunلِّلَّذِينَfor those wholilladhīnaٱتَّقَوْا۟ ۗfear AllahittaqawأَفَلَاThen will notafalāتَعْقِلُونَyou use reasontaʿqilūna١٠٩
And We sent not before you [as messengers] except men to whom We revealed from among the people of cities. So have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? And the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allāh; then will you not reason?
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حَتَّىٰٓUntilḥattāإِذَاwhenidhāٱسْتَيْـَٔسَgave up hopeis'tayasaٱلرُّسُلُthe Messengersl-rusuluوَظَنُّوٓا۟and thoughtwaẓannūأَنَّهُمْthat theyannahumقَدْcertainlyqadكُذِبُوا۟were deniedkudhibūجَآءَهُمْthen came to themjāahumنَصْرُنَاOur helpnaṣrunāفَنُجِّىَand was savedfanujjiyaمَنwhommanنَّشَآءُ ۖWe willednashāuوَلَاAnd notwalāيُرَدُّ(can) be repelledyuradduبَأْسُنَاOur punishmentbasunāعَنِfromʿaniٱلْقَوْمِthe peoplel-qawmiٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ(who are) criminalsl-muj'rimīna١١٠
[They continued] until, when the messengers despaired and were certain that they had been denied, there came to them Our victory, and whoever We willed was saved. And Our punishment cannot be repelled from the people who are criminals.
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لَقَدْVerilylaqadكَانَ(there) iskānaفِىinfīقَصَصِهِمْtheir storiesqaṣaṣihimعِبْرَةٌۭa lessonʿib'ratunلِّأُو۟لِىfor menli-ulīٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ۗ(of) understandingl-albābiمَاNotmāكَانَ(it) iskānaحَدِيثًۭاa narrationḥadīthanيُفْتَرَىٰinventedyuf'tarāوَلَـٰكِنbutwalākinتَصْدِيقَa confirmationtaṣdīqaٱلَّذِى(of that) whichalladhīبَيْنَ(was) before itbaynaيَدَيْهِ(was) before ityadayhiوَتَفْصِيلَand a detailed explanationwatafṣīlaكُلِّ(of) allkulliشَىْءٍۢthingsshayinوَهُدًۭىand a guidancewahudanوَرَحْمَةًۭand mercywaraḥmatanلِّقَوْمٍۢfor a peopleliqawminيُؤْمِنُونَwho believeyu'minūna١١١
There was certainly in their stories a lesson for those of understanding. Never was it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a narration invented, but a confirmation of what was before it and a detailed explanation of all things and guidance and mercy for a people who believe.