Surah Yusuf in English: word by word, transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Transliteration alif-lam-ra til'ka āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni

English Alif, Lām, Rā. These are the verses of the clear Book.

1. الٓر ۚalif-lam-raAlif Laam Ra
2. تِلْكَtil'kaThese
3. ءَايَـٰتُāyātu(are the) Verses
4. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
5. ٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīni[the] clear

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Transliteration innā anzalnāhu qur'ānan ʿarabiyyan laʿallakum taʿqilūna

English Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.

1. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
2. أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuWe have sent it down
3. قُرْءَٰنًاqur'ānan(as) a Quran in Arabic
4. عَرَبِيًّۭاʿarabiyyan(as) a Quran in Arabic
5. لَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
6. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnaunderstand

نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ

Transliteration naḥnu naquṣṣu ʿalayka aḥsana l-qaṣaṣi bimā awḥaynā ilayka hādhā l-qur'āna wa-in kunta min qablihi lamina l-ghāfilīna

English 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.

1. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
2. نَقُصُّnaquṣṣurelate
3. عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
4. أَحْسَنَaḥsanathe best
5. ٱلْقَصَصِl-qaṣaṣiof the narrations
6. بِمَآbimāin what
7. أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe have revealed
8. إِلَيْكَilaykato you
9. هَـٰذَاhādhā(of) this
10. ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
11. وَإِنwa-inalthough
12. كُنتَkuntayou were
13. مِنminbefore it
14. قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore it
15. لَمِنَlaminasurely among
16. ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَl-ghāfilīnathe unaware

إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَـٰجِدِينَ

Transliteration idh qāla yūsufu li-abīhi yāabati innī ra-aytu aḥada ʿashara kawkaban wal-shamsa wal-qamara ra-aytuhum lī sājidīna

English [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."

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. قَالَqālasaid
3. يُوسُفُyūsufuYusuf
4. لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
5. يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
6. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
7. رَأَيْتُra-aytuI saw
8. أَحَدَaḥadaeleven
9. عَشَرَʿasharaeleven
10. كَوْكَبًۭاkawkabanstars
11. وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaand the sun
12. وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon
13. رَأَيْتُهُمْra-aytuhumI saw them
14. لِىlīto me
15. سَـٰجِدِينَsājidīnaprostrating

قَالَ يَـٰبُنَىَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُءْيَاكَ عَلَىٰٓ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا۟ لَكَ كَيْدًا ۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration qāla yābunayya lā taqṣuṣ ru'yāka ʿalā ikh'watika fayakīdū laka kaydan inna l-shayṭāna lil'insāni ʿaduwwun mubīnun

English 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.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
3. لَاlā(Do) not
4. تَقْصُصْtaqṣuṣrelate
5. رُءْيَاكَru'yākayour vision
6. عَلَىٰٓʿalāto
7. إِخْوَتِكَikh'watikayour brothers
8. فَيَكِيدُوا۟fayakīdūlest they plan
9. لَكَlakaagainst you
10. كَيْدًا ۖkaydana plot
11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
12. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
13. لِلْإِنسَـٰنِlil'insāni(is) to man
14. عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwunan enemy
15. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunopen

وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ كَمَآ أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰٓ أَبَوَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

Transliteration wakadhālika yajtabīka rabbuka wayuʿallimuka min tawīli l-aḥādīthi wayutimmu niʿ'matahu ʿalayka waʿalā āli yaʿqūba kamā atammahā ʿalā abawayka min qablu ib'rāhīma wa-is'ḥāqa inna rabbaka ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

English 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."

1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
2. يَجْتَبِيكَyajtabīkawill choose you
3. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
4. وَيُعَلِّمُكَwayuʿallimukaand will teach you
5. مِنminof
6. تَأْوِيلِtawīli(the) interpretation
7. ٱلْأَحَادِيثِl-aḥādīthi(of) the narratives
8. وَيُتِمُّwayutimmuand complete
9. نِعْمَتَهُۥniʿ'matahuHis Favor
10. عَلَيْكَʿalaykaon you
11. وَعَلَىٰٓwaʿalāand on
12. ءَالِāli(the) family
13. يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūba(of) Yaqub
14. كَمَآkamāas
15. أَتَمَّهَاatammahāHe completed it
16. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
17. أَبَوَيْكَabawaykayour two forefathers
18. مِنminbefore
19. قَبْلُqablubefore
20. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
21. وَإِسْحَـٰقَ ۚwa-is'ḥāqaand Isaac
22. إِنَّinnaIndeed
23. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
24. عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
25. حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise

۞ لَّقَدْ كَانَ فِى يُوسُفَ وَإِخْوَتِهِۦٓ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ

Transliteration laqad kāna fī yūsufa wa-ikh'watihi āyātun lilssāilīna

English Certainly were there in Joseph and his brothers signs for those who ask, [such as]

1. ۞ لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
2. كَانَkānawere
3. فِىfīin
4. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
5. وَإِخْوَتِهِۦٓwa-ikh'watihiand his brothers
6. ءَايَـٰتٌۭāyātunsigns
7. لِّلسَّآئِلِينَlilssāilīnafor those who ask

إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration idh qālū layūsufu wa-akhūhu aḥabbu ilā abīnā minnā wanaḥnu ʿuṣ'batun inna abānā lafī ḍalālin mubīnin

English 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.

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
3. لَيُوسُفُlayūsufuSurely Yusuf
4. وَأَخُوهُwa-akhūhuand his brother
5. أَحَبُّaḥabbu(are) more beloved
6. إِلَىٰٓilāto
7. أَبِينَاabīnāour father
8. مِنَّاminnāthan we
9. وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
10. عُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batun(are) a group
11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
12. أَبَانَاabānāour father
13. لَفِىlafī(is) surely in
14. ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
15. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ قَوْمًا صَـٰلِحِينَ

Transliteration uq'tulū yūsufa awi iṭ'raḥūhu arḍan yakhlu lakum wajhu abīkum watakūnū min baʿdihi qawman ṣāliḥīna

English 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. ٱقْتُلُوا۟uq'tulūKill
2. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
3. أَوِawior
4. ٱطْرَحُوهُiṭ'raḥūhucast him
5. أَرْضًۭاarḍan(to) a land
6. يَخْلُyakhluso will be free
7. لَكُمْlakumfor you
8. وَجْهُwajhu(the) face
9. أَبِيكُمْabīkum(of) your father
10. وَتَكُونُوا۟watakūnūand you will be
11. مِنۢminafter that
12. بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter that
13. قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
14. صَـٰلِحِينَṣāliḥīnarighteous

قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِى غَيَـٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ

Transliteration qāla qāilun min'hum lā taqtulū yūsufa wa-alqūhu fī ghayābati l-jubi yaltaqiṭ'hu baʿḍu l-sayārati in kuntum fāʿilīna

English 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]."

1. قَالَqālaSaid
2. قَآئِلٌۭqāiluna speaker
3. مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
4. لَاlā(Do) not
5. تَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulūkill
6. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
7. وَأَلْقُوهُwa-alqūhubut throw him
8. فِىfīin
9. غَيَـٰبَتِghayābatithe bottom
10. ٱلْجُبِّl-jubi(of) the well
11. يَلْتَقِطْهُyaltaqiṭ'huwill pick him
12. بَعْضُbaʿḍusome
13. ٱلسَّيَّارَةِl-sayārati[the] caravan
14. إِنinif
15. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
16. فَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīnadoing

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَ۫نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَـٰصِحُونَ

Transliteration qālū yāabānā mā laka lā tamannā ʿalā yūsufa wa-innā lahu lanāṣiḥūna

English They said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāO our father
3. مَاmāWhy
4. لَكَlaka(do) you
5. لَاlānot
6. تَأْمَ۫نَّاtamannātrust us
7. عَلَىٰʿalāwith
8. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
9. وَإِنَّاwa-innāwhile indeed, we
10. لَهُۥlahu(are) for him
11. لَنَـٰصِحُونَlanāṣiḥūnasurely well-wishers

أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًا يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ

Transliteration arsil'hu maʿanā ghadan yartaʿ wayalʿab wa-innā lahu laḥāfiẓūna

English Send him with us tomorrow that he may eat well and play. And indeed, we will be his guardians."

1. أَرْسِلْهُarsil'huSend him
2. مَعَنَاmaʿanāwith us
3. غَدًۭاghadantomorrow
4. يَرْتَعْyartaʿ(to) enjoy
5. وَيَلْعَبْwayalʿaband play
6. وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, we
7. لَهُۥlahufor him
8. لَحَـٰفِظُونَlaḥāfiẓūna(will) surely (be) guardians

قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَـٰفِلُونَ

Transliteration qāla innī layaḥzununī an tadhhabū bihi wa-akhāfu an yakulahu l-dhi'bu wa-antum ʿanhu ghāfilūna

English [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."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
3. لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓlayaḥzununīit surely saddens me
4. أَنanthat
5. تَذْهَبُوا۟tadhhabūyou should take him
6. بِهِۦbihiyou should take him
7. وَأَخَافُwa-akhāfuand I fear
8. أَنanthat
9. يَأْكُلَهُyakulahuwould eat him
10. ٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'bua wolf
11. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
12. عَنْهُʿanhuof him
13. غَـٰفِلُونَghāfilūna(are) unaware

قَالُوا۟ لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ

Transliteration qālū la-in akalahu l-dhi'bu wanaḥnu ʿuṣ'batun innā idhan lakhāsirūna

English They said, "If a wolf should eat him while we are a [strong] clan, indeed, we would then be losers."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. لَئِنْla-inIf
3. أَكَلَهُakalahueats him
4. ٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'buthe wolf
5. وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
6. عُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batun(are) a group
7. إِنَّآinnāindeed, we
8. إِذًۭاidhanthen
9. لَّخَـٰسِرُونَlakhāsirūnasurely (would be) losers

فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِى غَيَـٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَـٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Transliteration falammā dhahabū bihi wa-ajmaʿū an yajʿalūhu fī ghayābati l-jubi wa-awḥaynā ilayhi latunabbi-annahum bi-amrihim hādhā wahum lā yashʿurūna

English 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]."

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
2. ذَهَبُوا۟dhahabūthey took him
3. بِهِۦbihithey took him
4. وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟wa-ajmaʿūand agreed
5. أَنanthat
6. يَجْعَلُوهُyajʿalūhuthey put him
7. فِىfīin
8. غَيَـٰبَتِghayābati(the) bottom
9. ٱلْجُبِّ ۚl-jubi(of) the well
10. وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāBut We inspired
11. إِلَيْهِilayhito him
12. لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُمlatunabbi-annahumSurely, you will inform them
13. بِأَمْرِهِمْbi-amrihimabout this affair
14. هَـٰذَاhādhāabout this affair
15. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
16. لَاlā(do) not
17. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive

وَجَآءُوٓ أَبَاهُمْ عِشَآءً يَبْكُونَ

Transliteration wajāū abāhum ʿishāan yabkūna

English And they came to their father at night, weeping.

1. وَجَآءُوٓwajāūAnd they came
2. أَبَاهُمْabāhum(to) their father
3. عِشَآءًۭʿishāanearly at night
4. يَبْكُونَyabkūnaweeping

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا يُوسُفَ عِندَ مَتَـٰعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَّنَا وَلَوْ كُنَّا صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration qālū yāabānā innā dhahabnā nastabiqu wataraknā yūsufa ʿinda matāʿinā fa-akalahu l-dhi'bu wamā anta bimu'minin lanā walaw kunnā ṣādiqīna

English 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."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰٓأَبَانَآyāabānāO our father
3. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
4. ذَهَبْنَاdhahabnā[we] went
5. نَسْتَبِقُnastabiquracing each other
6. وَتَرَكْنَاwataraknāand we left
7. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
8. عِندَʿindawith
9. مَتَـٰعِنَاmatāʿināour possessions
10. فَأَكَلَهُfa-akalahuand ate him
11. ٱلذِّئْبُ ۖl-dhi'buthe wolf
12. وَمَآwamāBut not
13. أَنتَantayou
14. بِمُؤْمِنٍۢbimu'minin(will) believe
15. لَّنَاlanāus
16. وَلَوْwalaweven if
17. كُنَّاkunnāwe are
18. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

Transliteration wajāū ʿalā qamīṣihi bidamin kadhibin qāla bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amran faṣabrun jamīlun wal-lahu l-mus'taʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūna

English 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."

1. وَجَآءُوwajāūAnd they brought
2. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
3. قَمِيصِهِۦqamīṣihihis shirt
4. بِدَمٍۢbidaminwith false blood
5. كَذِبٍۢ ۚkadhibinwith false blood
6. قَالَqālaHe said
7. بَلْbalNay
8. سَوَّلَتْsawwalathas enticed you
9. لَكُمْlakumhas enticed you
10. أَنفُسُكُمْanfusukumyour souls
11. أَمْرًۭا ۖamran(to) a matter
12. فَصَبْرٌۭfaṣabrunso patience
13. جَمِيلٌۭ ۖjamīlun(is) beautiful
14. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
15. ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُl-mus'taʿānu(is) the One sought for help
16. عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
17. مَاmāwhat
18. تَصِفُونَtaṣifūnayou describe

وَجَآءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا۟ وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَىٰ دَلْوَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ يَـٰبُشْرَىٰ هَـٰذَا غُلَـٰمٌ ۚ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَـٰعَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration wajāat sayyāratun fa-arsalū wāridahum fa-adlā dalwahu qāla yābush'rā hādhā ghulāmun wa-asarrūhu biḍāʿatan wal-lahu ʿalīmun bimā yaʿmalūna

English 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.

1. وَجَآءَتْwajāatAnd there came
2. سَيَّارَةٌۭsayyāratuna caravan
3. فَأَرْسَلُوا۟fa-arsalūand they sent
4. وَارِدَهُمْwāridahumtheir water drawer
5. فَأَدْلَىٰfa-adlāthen he let down
6. دَلْوَهُۥ ۖdalwahuhis bucket
7. قَالَqālaHe said
8. يَـٰبُشْرَىٰyābush'rāO good news
9. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
10. غُلَـٰمٌۭ ۚghulāmun(is) a boy
11. وَأَسَرُّوهُwa-asarrūhuAnd they hid him
12. بِضَـٰعَةًۭ ۚbiḍāʿatan(as) a merchandise
13. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
14. عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
15. بِمَاbimāof what
16. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do

وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍۭ بَخْسٍ دَرَٰهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍ وَكَانُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ

Transliteration washarawhu bithamanin bakhsin darāhima maʿdūdatin wakānū fīhi mina l-zāhidīna

English And they sold him for a reduced price - a few dirhams - and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.

1. وَشَرَوْهُwasharawhuAnd they sold him
2. بِثَمَنٍۭbithamaninfor a price
3. بَخْسٍۢbakhsinvery low
4. دَرَٰهِمَdarāhimadirhams
5. مَعْدُودَةٍۢmaʿdūdatinfew
6. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
7. فِيهِfīhiabout him
8. مِنَminaof
9. ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَl-zāhidīnathose keen to give up

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ مِن مِّصْرَ لِٱمْرَأَتِهِۦٓ أَكْرِمِى مَثْوَىٰهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدًا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥ مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration waqāla alladhī ish'tarāhu min miṣ'ra li-im'ra-atihi akrimī mathwāhu ʿasā an yanfaʿanā aw nattakhidhahu waladan wakadhālika makkannā liyūsufa fī l-arḍi walinuʿallimahu min tawīli l-aḥādīthi wal-lahu ghālibun ʿalā amrihi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

English 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.

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
3. ٱشْتَرَىٰهُish'tarāhubought him
4. مِنminof
5. مِّصْرَmiṣ'raEgypt
6. لِٱمْرَأَتِهِۦٓli-im'ra-atihito his wife
7. أَكْرِمِىakrimīMake comfortable
8. مَثْوَىٰهُmathwāhuhis stay
9. عَسَىٰٓʿasāPerhaps
10. أَنanthat
11. يَنفَعَنَآyanfaʿanā(he) will benefit us
12. أَوْawor
13. نَتَّخِذَهُۥnattakhidhahuwe will take him
14. وَلَدًۭا ۚwaladan(as) a son
15. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
16. مَكَّنَّاmakkannāWe established
17. لِيُوسُفَliyūsufaYusuf
18. فِىfīin
19. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
20. وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥwalinuʿallimahuthat We might teach him
21. مِنmin(the) interpretation of
22. تَأْوِيلِtawīli(the) interpretation of
23. ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚl-aḥādīthithe events
24. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
25. غَالِبٌghālibun(is) Predominant
26. عَلَىٰٓʿalāover
27. أَمْرِهِۦamrihiHis affairs
28. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
29. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
30. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
31. لَاlā(do) not
32. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration walammā balagha ashuddahu ātaynāhu ḥuk'man waʿil'man wakadhālika najzī l-muḥ'sinīna

English And when he [i.e., Joseph] reached maturity, We gave him judgement and knowledge. And thus We reward the doers of good.

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
3. أَشُدَّهُۥٓashuddahuhis maturity
4. ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُātaynāhuWe gave him
5. حُكْمًۭاḥuk'manwisdom
6. وَعِلْمًۭا ۚwaʿil'manand knowledge
7. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
8. نَجْزِىnajzīWe reward
9. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers

وَرَٰوَدَتْهُ ٱلَّتِى هُوَ فِى بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ ۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَاىَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

Transliteration warāwadathu allatī huwa fī baytihā ʿan nafsihi waghallaqati l-abwāba waqālat hayta laka qāla maʿādha l-lahi innahu rabbī aḥsana mathwāya innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-ẓālimūna

English 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."

1. وَرَٰوَدَتْهُwarāwadathuAnd sought to seduce him
2. ٱلَّتِىallatīshe who
3. هُوَhuwahe (was)
4. فِىfīin
5. بَيْتِهَاbaytihāher house
6. عَنʿanfrom
7. نَّفْسِهِۦnafsihihis self
8. وَغَلَّقَتِwaghallaqatiAnd she closed
9. ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَl-abwābathe doors
10. وَقَالَتْwaqālatand she said
11. هَيْتَhaytaCome on
12. لَكَ ۚlakayou
13. قَالَqālaHe said
14. مَعَاذَmaʿādhaI seek refuge in Allah
15. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiI seek refuge in Allah
16. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
17. رَبِّىٓrabbī(is) my lord
18. أَحْسَنَaḥsana(who has) made good
19. مَثْوَاىَ ۖmathwāyamy stay
20. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed
21. لَاlānot
22. يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuwill succeed
23. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers

وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرْهَـٰنَ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Transliteration walaqad hammat bihi wahamma bihā lawlā an raā bur'hāna rabbihi kadhālika linaṣrifa ʿanhu l-sūa wal-faḥshāa innahu min ʿibādinā l-mukh'laṣīna

English 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.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. هَمَّتْhammatshe did desire
3. بِهِۦ ۖbihihim
4. وَهَمَّwahammaand he would have desired
5. بِهَاbihāher
6. لَوْلَآlawlāif not
7. أَنanthat
8. رَّءَاraāhe saw
9. بُرْهَـٰنَbur'hānathe proof
10. رَبِّهِۦ ۚrabbihi(of) his Lord
11. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
12. لِنَصْرِفَlinaṣrifathat We might avert
13. عَنْهُʿanhufrom him
14. ٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūathe evil
15. وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ ۚwal-faḥshāaand the immorality
16. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
17. مِنْmin(was) of
18. عِبَادِنَاʿibādināOur slaves
19. ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīnathe sincere

وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ ۚ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Transliteration wa-is'tabaqā l-bāba waqaddat qamīṣahu min duburin wa-alfayā sayyidahā ladā l-bābi qālat mā jazāu man arāda bi-ahlika sūan illā an yus'jana aw ʿadhābun alīmun

English 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?"

1. وَٱسْتَبَقَاwa-is'tabaqāAnd they both raced
2. ٱلْبَابَl-bāba(to) the door
3. وَقَدَّتْwaqaddatand she tore
4. قَمِيصَهُۥqamīṣahuhis shirt
5. مِنminfrom
6. دُبُرٍۢduburinthe back
7. وَأَلْفَيَاwa-alfayāand they both found
8. سَيِّدَهَاsayyidahāher husband
9. لَدَاladāat
10. ٱلْبَابِ ۚl-bābithe door
11. قَالَتْqālatShe said
12. مَاmāWhat
13. جَزَآءُjazāu(is) the recompense
14. مَنْman(of one) who
15. أَرَادَarādaintended
16. بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikafor your wife
17. سُوٓءًاsūanevil
18. إِلَّآillāexcept
19. أَنanthat
20. يُسْجَنَyus'janahe be imprisoned
21. أَوْawor
22. عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
23. أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful

قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى ۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

Transliteration qāla hiya rāwadatnī ʿan nafsī washahida shāhidun min ahlihā in kāna qamīṣuhu qudda min qubulin faṣadaqat wahuwa mina l-kādhibīna

English [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.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. هِىَhiyaShe
3. رَٰوَدَتْنِىrāwadatnīsought to seduce me
4. عَنʿanabout
5. نَّفْسِى ۚnafsīmyself
6. وَشَهِدَwashahidaAnd testified
7. شَاهِدٌۭshāhiduna witness
8. مِّنْminof
9. أَهْلِهَآahlihāher family
10. إِنinIf
11. كَانَkāna[is]
12. قَمِيصُهُۥqamīṣuhuhis shirt
13. قُدَّqudda(is) torn
14. مِنminfrom
15. قُبُلٍۢqubulinthe front
16. فَصَدَقَتْfaṣadaqatthen she has spoken the truth
17. وَهُوَwahuwaand he
18. مِنَmina(is) of
19. ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars

وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration wa-in kāna qamīṣuhu qudda min duburin fakadhabat wahuwa mina l-ṣādiqīna

English But if his shirt is torn from the back, then she has lied, and he is of the truthful."

1. وَإِنwa-inBut if
2. كَانَkāna[is]
3. قَمِيصُهُۥqamīṣuhuhis shirt
4. قُدَّqudda(is) torn
5. مِنminfrom
6. دُبُرٍۢduburin(the) back
7. فَكَذَبَتْfakadhabatthen she has lied
8. وَهُوَwahuwaand he
9. مِنَmina(is) of
10. ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful

فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّ ۖ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ

Transliteration falammā raā qamīṣahu qudda min duburin qāla innahu min kaydikunna inna kaydakunna ʿaẓīmun

English 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].

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
2. رَءَاraāhe saw
3. قَمِيصَهُۥqamīṣahuhis shirt
4. قُدَّquddatorn
5. مِنminfrom
6. دُبُرٍۢduburin(the) back
7. قَالَqālahe said
8. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
9. مِنmin(is) of
10. كَيْدِكُنَّ ۖkaydikunnayour plot
11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
12. كَيْدَكُنَّkaydakunnayour plot
13. عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmun(is) great

يُوسُفُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَـٰذَا ۚ وَٱسْتَغْفِرِى لِذَنۢبِكِ ۖ إِنَّكِ كُنتِ مِنَ ٱلْخَاطِـِٔينَ

Transliteration yūsufu aʿriḍ ʿan hādhā wa-is'taghfirī lidhanbiki innaki kunti mina l-khāṭiīna

English Joseph, ignore this. And, [my wife], ask forgiveness for your sin. Indeed, you were of the sinful."

1. يُوسُفُyūsufuYusuf
2. أَعْرِضْaʿriḍturn away
3. عَنْʿanfrom
4. هَـٰذَا ۚhādhāthis
5. وَٱسْتَغْفِرِىwa-is'taghfirīAnd ask forgiveness
6. لِذَنۢبِكِ ۖlidhanbikifor your sin
7. إِنَّكِinnakiIndeed, you
8. كُنتِkuntiare
9. مِنَminaof
10. ٱلْخَاطِـِٔينَl-khāṭiīnathe sinful

۞ وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۖ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّا ۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration waqāla nis'watun fī l-madīnati im'ra-atu l-ʿazīzi turāwidu fatāhā ʿan nafsihi qad shaghafahā ḥubban innā lanarāhā fī ḍalālin mubīnin

English 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."

1. ۞ وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
2. نِسْوَةٌۭnis'watunwomen
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe city
5. ٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atuThe wife of
6. ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīziAziz
7. تُرَٰوِدُturāwidu(is) seeking to seduce
8. فَتَىٰهَاfatāhāher slave boy
9. عَنʿanabout
10. نَّفْسِهِۦ ۖnafsihihimself
11. قَدْqadindeed
12. شَغَفَهَاshaghafahāhe has impassioned her
13. حُبًّا ۖḥubban(with) love
14. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
15. لَنَرَىٰهَاlanarāhā[we] surely see her
16. فِىfīin
17. ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
18. مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـًٔا وَءَاتَتْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًا وَقَالَتِ ٱخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُۥٓ أَكْبَرْنَهُۥ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَـٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَـٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ

Transliteration falammā samiʿat bimakrihinna arsalat ilayhinna wa-aʿtadat lahunna muttaka-an waātat kulla wāḥidatin min'hunna sikkīnan waqālati ukh'ruj ʿalayhinna falammā ra-aynahu akbarnahu waqaṭṭaʿna aydiyahunna waqul'na ḥāsha lillahi mā hādhā basharan in hādhā illā malakun karīmun

English 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."

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
2. سَمِعَتْsamiʿatshe heard
3. بِمَكْرِهِنَّbimakrihinnaof their scheming
4. أَرْسَلَتْarsalatshe sent
5. إِلَيْهِنَّilayhinnafor them
6. وَأَعْتَدَتْwa-aʿtadatand she prepared
7. لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
8. مُتَّكَـًۭٔاmuttaka-ana banquet
9. وَءَاتَتْwaātatand she gave
10. كُلَّkullaeach
11. وَٰحِدَةٍۢwāḥidatinone
12. مِّنْهُنَّmin'hunnaof them
13. سِكِّينًۭاsikkīnana knife
14. وَقَالَتِwaqālatiand she said
15. ٱخْرُجْukh'rujCome out
16. عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖʿalayhinnabefore them
17. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
18. رَأَيْنَهُۥٓra-aynahuthey saw him
19. أَكْبَرْنَهُۥakbarnahuthey greatly admired him
20. وَقَطَّعْنَwaqaṭṭaʿnaand cut
21. أَيْدِيَهُنَّaydiyahunnatheir hands
22. وَقُلْنَwaqul'nathey said
23. حَـٰشَḥāshaForbid
24. لِلَّهِlillahiAllah
25. مَاmānot
26. هَـٰذَاhādhā(is) this
27. بَشَرًاbasharana man
28. إِنْinnot
29. هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
30. إِلَّاillābut
31. مَلَكٌۭmalakunan angel
32. كَرِيمٌۭkarīmunnoble

قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِى لُمْتُنَّنِى فِيهِ ۖ وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖ وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَآ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ

Transliteration qālat fadhālikunna alladhī lum'tunnanī fīhi walaqad rāwadttuhu ʿan nafsihi fa-is'taʿṣama wala-in lam yafʿal mā āmuruhu layus'jananna walayakūnan mina l-ṣāghirīna

English 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."

1. قَالَتْqālatShe said
2. فَذَٰلِكُنَّfadhālikunnaThat
3. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the one
4. لُمْتُنَّنِىlum'tunnanīyou blamed me
5. فِيهِ ۖfīhiabout him
6. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
7. رَٰوَدتُّهُۥrāwadttuhuI sought to seduce him
8. عَنʿan[from]
9. نَّفْسِهِۦnafsihi[himself]
10. فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖfa-is'taʿṣamabut he saved himself
11. وَلَئِنwala-inand if
12. لَّمْlamnot
13. يَفْعَلْyafʿalhe does
14. مَآmāwhat
15. ءَامُرُهُۥāmuruhuI order him
16. لَيُسْجَنَنَّlayus'janannasurely, he will be imprisoned
17. وَلَيَكُونًۭاwalayakūnanand certainly will be
18. مِّنَminaof
19. ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَl-ṣāghirīnathose who are disgraced

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ

Transliteration qāla rabbi l-sij'nu aḥabbu ilayya mimmā yadʿūnanī ilayhi wa-illā taṣrif ʿannī kaydahunna aṣbu ilayhinna wa-akun mina l-jāhilīna

English 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."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
3. ٱلسِّجْنُl-sij'nuthe prison
4. أَحَبُّaḥabbu(is) dearer
5. إِلَىَّilayyato me
6. مِمَّاmimmāthan what
7. يَدْعُونَنِىٓyadʿūnanīthey invite me
8. إِلَيْهِ ۖilayhito it
9. وَإِلَّاwa-illāAnd unless
10. تَصْرِفْtaṣrifYou turn away
11. عَنِّىʿannīfrom me
12. كَيْدَهُنَّkaydahunnatheir plot
13. أَصْبُaṣbuI might incline
14. إِلَيْهِنَّilayhinnatowards them
15. وَأَكُنwa-akunand [I] be
16. مِّنَminaof
17. ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant

فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ فَصَرَفَ عَنْهُ كَيْدَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Transliteration fa-is'tajāba lahu rabbuhu faṣarafa ʿanhu kaydahunna innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

English So his Lord responded to him and averted from him their plan. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

1. فَٱسْتَجَابَfa-is'tajābaSo responded
2. لَهُۥlahuto him
3. رَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lord
4. فَصَرَفَfaṣarafaand turned away
5. عَنْهُʿanhufrom him
6. كَيْدَهُنَّ ۚkaydahunnatheir plot
7. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, [He]
8. هُوَhuwaHe
9. ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) All-Hearer
10. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuAll-Knower

ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

Transliteration thumma badā lahum min baʿdi mā ra-awū l-āyāti layasjununnahu ḥattā ḥīnin

English Then it appeared to them after they had seen the signs that he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] should surely imprison him for a time.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. بَدَاbadā(it) appeared
3. لَهُمlahumto them
4. مِّنۢminafter
5. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
6. مَاmā[what]
7. رَأَوُا۟ra-awūthey had seen
8. ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe signs
9. لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥlayasjununnahusurely they should imprison him
10. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
11. حِينٍۢḥīnina time

وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ ۖ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَعْصِرُ خَمْرًا ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِى خُبْزًا تَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ ۖ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration wadakhala maʿahu l-sij'na fatayāni qāla aḥaduhumā innī arānī aʿṣiru khamran waqāla l-ākharu innī arānī aḥmilu fawqa rasī khub'zan takulu l-ṭayru min'hu nabbi'nā bitawīlihi innā narāka mina l-muḥ'sinīna

English 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."

1. وَدَخَلَwadakhalaAnd entered
2. مَعَهُmaʿahuwith him
3. ٱلسِّجْنَl-sij'na(in) the prison
4. فَتَيَانِ ۖfatayānitwo young men
5. قَالَqālaSaid
6. أَحَدُهُمَآaḥaduhumāone of them
7. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
8. أَرَىٰنِىٓarānī[I] see myself
9. أَعْصِرُaʿṣirupressing
10. خَمْرًۭا ۖkhamranwine
11. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
12. ٱلْـَٔاخَرُl-ākharuthe other
13. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
14. أَرَىٰنِىٓarānī[I] see myself
15. أَحْمِلُaḥmilu[I am] carrying
16. فَوْقَfawqaover
17. رَأْسِىrasīmy head
18. خُبْزًۭاkhub'zanbread
19. تَأْكُلُtakulu(were) eating
20. ٱلطَّيْرُl-ṭayruthe birds
21. مِنْهُ ۖmin'hufrom it
22. نَبِّئْنَاnabbi'nāInform us
23. بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ ۖbitawīlihiof its interpretation
24. إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
25. نَرَىٰكَnarāka[we] see you
26. مِنَminaof
27. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers

قَالَ لَا يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓ إِلَّا نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِى رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنِّى تَرَكْتُ مِلَّةَ قَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ

Transliteration qāla lā yatīkumā ṭaʿāmun tur'zaqānihi illā nabbatukumā bitawīlihi qabla an yatiyakumā dhālikumā mimmā ʿallamanī rabbī innī taraktu millata qawmin lā yu'minūna bil-lahi wahum bil-ākhirati hum kāfirūna

English 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.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. لَاlāNot
3. يَأْتِيكُمَاyatīkumā(will) come to both of you
4. طَعَامٌۭṭaʿāmunfood
5. تُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓtur'zaqānihiyou are provided with
6. إِلَّاillābut
7. نَبَّأْتُكُمَاnabbatukumāI will inform both of you
8. بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦbitawīlihiof its interpretation
9. قَبْلَqablabefore
10. أَنan[that]
11. يَأْتِيَكُمَا ۚyatiyakumā[it] comes to both of you
12. ذَٰلِكُمَاdhālikumāThat
13. مِمَّاmimmā(is) of what
14. عَلَّمَنِىʿallamanīhas taught me
15. رَبِّىٓ ۚrabbīmy Lord
16. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
17. تَرَكْتُtaraktu[I] abandon
18. مِلَّةَmillata(the) religion
19. قَوْمٍۢqawmin(of) a people
20. لَّاlānot
21. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe
22. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
23. وَهُمwahumand they
24. بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
25. هُمْhum[they]
26. كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers

وَٱتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ ءَابَآءِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ۚ مَا كَانَ لَنَآ أَن نُّشْرِكَ بِٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

Transliteration wa-ittabaʿtu millata ābāī ib'rāhīma wa-is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba mā kāna lanā an nush'rika bil-lahi min shayin dhālika min faḍli l-lahi ʿalaynā waʿalā l-nāsi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yashkurūna

English 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.

1. وَٱتَّبَعْتُwa-ittabaʿtuAnd I follow
2. مِلَّةَmillata(the) religion
3. ءَابَآءِىٓābāī(of) my forefathers
4. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
5. وَإِسْحَـٰقَwa-is'ḥāqaand Isaac
6. وَيَعْقُوبَ ۚwayaʿqūbaand Yaqub
7. مَاmāNot
8. كَانَkānawas
9. لَنَآlanāfor us
10. أَنanthat
11. نُّشْرِكَnush'rikawe associate
12. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Allah
13. مِنminany
14. شَىْءٍۢ ۚshayinthing
15. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
16. مِنmin(is) from
17. فَضْلِfaḍli(the) Grace
18. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
19. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon us
20. وَعَلَىwaʿalāand upon
21. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankind
22. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
23. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
24. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the men
25. لَاlā(are) not
26. يَشْكُرُونَyashkurūnagrateful

يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

Transliteration yāṣāḥibayi l-sij'ni a-arbābun mutafarriqūna khayrun ami l-lahu l-wāḥidu l-qahāru

English O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allāh, the One, the Prevailing?

1. يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِyāṣāḥibayiO my two companions
2. ٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'ni(of) the prison
3. ءَأَرْبَابٌۭa-arbābunAre lords
4. مُّتَفَرِّقُونَmutafarriqūnaseparate
5. خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
6. أَمِamior
7. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
8. ٱلْوَٰحِدُl-wāḥiduthe One
9. ٱلْقَهَّارُl-qahāruthe Irresistible

مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِنِ ٱلْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ ۚ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration mā taʿbudūna min dūnihi illā asmāan sammaytumūhā antum waābāukum mā anzala l-lahu bihā min sul'ṭānin ini l-ḥuk'mu illā lillahi amara allā taʿbudū illā iyyāhu dhālika l-dīnu l-qayimu walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

English 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.

1. مَاmāNot
2. تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship
3. مِنminbesides Him
4. دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
5. إِلَّآillābut
6. أَسْمَآءًۭasmāannames
7. سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآsammaytumūhāwhich you have named them
8. أَنتُمْantumyou
9. وَءَابَآؤُكُمwaābāukumand your forefathers
10. مَّآmānot
11. أَنزَلَanzala(has) sent down
12. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
13. بِهَاbihāfor it
14. مِنminany
15. سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚsul'ṭāninauthority
16. إِنِiniNot
17. ٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'mu(is) the command
18. إِلَّاillābut
19. لِلَّهِ ۚlillahifor Allah
20. أَمَرَamaraHe has commanded
21. أَلَّاallāthat not
22. تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūyou worship
23. إِلَّآillābut
24. إِيَّاهُ ۚiyyāhuHim Alone
25. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
26. ٱلدِّينُl-dīnu(is) the religion
27. ٱلْقَيِّمُl-qayimuthe right
28. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
29. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
30. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] men
31. لَاlā(do) not
32. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ أَمَّآ أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْقِى رَبَّهُۥ خَمْرًا ۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِن رَّأْسِهِۦ ۚ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِ

Transliteration yāṣāḥibayi l-sij'ni ammā aḥadukumā fayasqī rabbahu khamran wa-ammā l-ākharu fayuṣ'labu fatakulu l-ṭayru min rasihi quḍiya l-amru alladhī fīhi tastaftiyāni

English 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."

1. يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِyāṣāḥibayiO my two companions
2. ٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'ni(of) the prison
3. أَمَّآammāAs for
4. أَحَدُكُمَاaḥadukumāone of you
5. فَيَسْقِىfayasqīhe will give drink
6. رَبَّهُۥrabbahu(to) his master
7. خَمْرًۭا ۖkhamranwine
8. وَأَمَّاwa-ammāand as for
9. ٱلْـَٔاخَرُl-ākharuthe other
10. فَيُصْلَبُfayuṣ'labuhe will be crucified
11. فَتَأْكُلُfatakuluand will eat
12. ٱلطَّيْرُl-ṭayruthe birds
13. مِنminfrom
14. رَّأْسِهِۦ ۚrasihihis head
15. قُضِىَquḍiyaHas been decreed
16. ٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matter
17. ٱلَّذِىalladhīabout which
18. فِيهِfīhiabout which
19. تَسْتَفْتِيَانِtastaftiyāniyou both inquire

وَقَالَ لِلَّذِى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِى ٱلسِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ

Transliteration waqāla lilladhī ẓanna annahu nājin min'humā udh'kur'nī ʿinda rabbika fa-ansāhu l-shayṭānu dhik'ra rabbihi falabitha fī l-sij'ni biḍ'ʿa sinīna

English 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.

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
2. لِلَّذِىlilladhīto the one whom
3. ظَنَّẓannahe thought
4. أَنَّهُۥannahuthat he
5. نَاجٍۢnājin(would be) saved
6. مِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof both of them
7. ٱذْكُرْنِىudh'kur'nīMention me
8. عِندَʿindato
9. رَبِّكَrabbikayour master
10. فَأَنسَىٰهُfa-ansāhuBut made him forget
11. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
12. ذِكْرَdhik'ra(the) mention
13. رَبِّهِۦrabbihi(to) his master
14. فَلَبِثَfalabithaso he remained
15. فِىfīin
16. ٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'nithe prison
17. بِضْعَbiḍ'ʿaseveral
18. سِنِينَsinīnayears

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ سَبْعَ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ ۖ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِى فِى رُءْيَـٰىَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ

Transliteration waqāla l-maliku innī arā sabʿa baqarātin simānin yakuluhunna sabʿun ʿijāfun wasabʿa sunbulātin khuḍ'rin wa-ukhara yābisātin yāayyuhā l-mala-u aftūnī fī ru'yāya in kuntum lilrru'yā taʿburūna

English 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."

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
2. ٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuthe king
3. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
4. أَرَىٰarā[I] have seen
5. سَبْعَsabʿaseven
6. بَقَرَٰتٍۢbaqarātincows
7. سِمَانٍۢsimāninfat
8. يَأْكُلُهُنَّyakuluhunnaeating them
9. سَبْعٌsabʿunseven
10. عِجَافٌۭʿijāfunlean ones
11. وَسَبْعَwasabʿaand seven
12. سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍsunbulātinears (of corn)
13. خُضْرٍۢkhuḍ'ringreen
14. وَأُخَرَwa-ukharaand others
15. يَابِسَـٰتٍۢ ۖyābisātindry
16. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
17. ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uchiefs
18. أَفْتُونِىaftūnīExplain to me
19. فِىfīabout
20. رُءْيَـٰىَru'yāyamy vision
21. إِنinif
22. كُنتُمْkuntumyou can
23. لِلرُّءْيَاlilrru'yāof visions
24. تَعْبُرُونَtaʿburūnainterpret

قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍ ۖ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحْلَـٰمِ بِعَـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration qālū aḍghāthu aḥlāmin wamā naḥnu bitawīli l-aḥlāmi biʿālimīna

English They said, "[It is but] a mixture of false dreams, and we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams."

1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
2. أَضْغَـٰثُaḍghāthuConfused
3. أَحْلَـٰمٍۢ ۖaḥlāmindreams
4. وَمَاwamāand not
5. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
6. بِتَأْوِيلِbitawīli(are) in the interpretation
7. ٱلْأَحْلَـٰمِl-aḥlāmi(of) the dreams
8. بِعَـٰلِمِينَbiʿālimīnalearned

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى نَجَا مِنْهُمَا وَٱدَّكَرَ بَعْدَ أُمَّةٍ أَنَا۠ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ فَأَرْسِلُونِ

Transliteration waqāla alladhī najā min'humā wa-iddakara baʿda ummatin anā unabbi-ukum bitawīlihi fa-arsilūni

English But the one who was freed and remembered after a time said, "I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me forth."

1. وَقَالَwaqālaBut said
2. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
3. نَجَاnajāwas saved
4. مِنْهُمَاmin'humāof the two
5. وَٱدَّكَرَwa-iddakaraand remembered
6. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
7. أُمَّةٍummatina period
8. أَنَا۠anāI
9. أُنَبِّئُكُمunabbi-ukum[I] will inform you
10. بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦbitawīlihiof its interpretation
11. فَأَرْسِلُونِfa-arsilūniso send me forth

يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِى سَبْعِ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ لَّعَلِّىٓ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration yūsufu ayyuhā l-ṣidīqu aftinā fī sabʿi baqarātin simānin yakuluhunna sabʿun ʿijāfun wasabʿi sunbulātin khuḍ'rin wa-ukhara yābisātin laʿallī arjiʿu ilā l-nāsi laʿallahum yaʿlamūna

English [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]."

1. يُوسُفُyūsufuYusuf
2. أَيُّهَاayyuhāO
3. ٱلصِّدِّيقُl-ṣidīquthe truthful one
4. أَفْتِنَاaftināExplain to us
5. فِىfīabout
6. سَبْعِsabʿi(the) seven
7. بَقَرَٰتٍۢbaqarātincows
8. سِمَانٍۢsimāninfat
9. يَأْكُلُهُنَّyakuluhunnaeating them
10. سَبْعٌsabʿunseven
11. عِجَافٌۭʿijāfunlean ones
12. وَسَبْعِwasabʿiand seven
13. سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍsunbulātinears (of corn)
14. خُضْرٍۢkhuḍ'ringreen
15. وَأُخَرَwa-ukharaand other
16. يَابِسَـٰتٍۢyābisātindry
17. لَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallīthat I may
18. أَرْجِعُarjiʿureturn
19. إِلَىilāto
20. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
21. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
22. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِى سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ

Transliteration qāla tazraʿūna sabʿa sinīna da-aban famā ḥaṣadttum fadharūhu fī sunbulihi illā qalīlan mimmā takulūna

English [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.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. تَزْرَعُونَtazraʿūnaYou will sow
3. سَبْعَsabʿa(for) seven
4. سِنِينَsinīnayears
5. دَأَبًۭاda-abanas usual
6. فَمَاfamāand that which
7. حَصَدتُّمْḥaṣadttumyou reap
8. فَذَرُوهُfadharūhuso leave it
9. فِىfīin
10. سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓsunbulihiits ears
11. إِلَّاillāexcept
12. قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
13. مِّمَّاmimmāfrom which
14. تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou (will) eat

ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ سَبْعٌ شِدَادٌ يَأْكُلْنَ مَا قَدَّمْتُمْ لَهُنَّ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تُحْصِنُونَ

Transliteration thumma yatī min baʿdi dhālika sabʿun shidādun yakul'na mā qaddamtum lahunna illā qalīlan mimmā tuḥ'ṣinūna

English 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.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. يَأْتِىyatīwill come
3. مِنۢminafter
4. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
5. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
6. سَبْعٌۭsabʿunseven
7. شِدَادٌۭshidādunhard (years)
8. يَأْكُلْنَyakul'na(which will) consume
9. مَاmāwhat
10. قَدَّمْتُمْqaddamtumyou advanced
11. لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
12. إِلَّاillāexcept
13. قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
14. مِّمَّاmimmāof what
15. تُحْصِنُونَtuḥ'ṣinūnayou (will) store

ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَامٌ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعْصِرُونَ

Transliteration thumma yatī min baʿdi dhālika ʿāmun fīhi yughāthu l-nāsu wafīhi yaʿṣirūna

English Then will come after that a year in which the people will be given rain and in which they will press [olives and grapes]."

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. يَأْتِىyatīwill come
3. مِنۢminafter
4. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
5. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
6. عَامٌۭʿāmuna year
7. فِيهِfīhiin it
8. يُغَاثُyughāthuwill be given abundant rain
9. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people
10. وَفِيهِwafīhiand in it
11. يَعْصِرُونَyaʿṣirūnathey will press

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُ ٱلرَّسُولُ قَالَ ٱرْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَسْـَٔلْهُ مَا بَالُ ٱلنِّسْوَةِ ٱلَّـٰتِى قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌ

Transliteration waqāla l-maliku i'tūnī bihi falammā jāahu l-rasūlu qāla ir'jiʿ ilā rabbika fasalhu mā bālu l-nis'wati allātī qaṭṭaʿna aydiyahunna inna rabbī bikaydihinna ʿalīmun

English 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."

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
2. ٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuthe king
3. ٱئْتُونِىi'tūnīBring him to me
4. بِهِۦ ۖbihiBring him to me
5. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
6. جَآءَهُjāahucame to him
7. ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe messenger
8. قَالَqālahe said
9. ٱرْجِعْir'jiʿReturn
10. إِلَىٰilāto
11. رَبِّكَrabbikayour lord
12. فَسْـَٔلْهُfasalhuand ask him
13. مَاmāwhat
14. بَالُbālu(is the) case
15. ٱلنِّسْوَةِl-nis'wati(of) the women
16. ٱلَّـٰتِىallātīwho
17. قَطَّعْنَqaṭṭaʿnacut
18. أَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚaydiyahunnatheir hands
19. إِنَّinnaIndeed
20. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
21. بِكَيْدِهِنَّbikaydihinnaof their plot
22. عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knower

قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ قُلْنَ حَـٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوٓءٍ ۚ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ حَصْحَصَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration qāla mā khaṭbukunna idh rāwadttunna yūsufa ʿan nafsihi qul'na ḥāsha lillahi mā ʿalim'nā ʿalayhi min sūin qālati im'ra-atu l-ʿazīzi l-āna ḥaṣḥaṣa l-ḥaqu anā rāwadttuhu ʿan nafsihi wa-innahu lamina l-ṣādiqīna

English 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.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. مَاmāWhat
3. خَطْبُكُنَّkhaṭbukunna(was) your affair
4. إِذْidhwhen
5. رَٰوَدتُّنَّrāwadttunnayou sought to seduce
6. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
7. عَنʿanfrom
8. نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚnafsihihimself
9. قُلْنَqul'naThey said
10. حَـٰشَḥāshaAllah forbid
11. لِلَّهِlillahiAllah forbid
12. مَاmāNot
13. عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāwe know
14. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiabout him
15. مِنminany
16. سُوٓءٍۢ ۚsūinevil
17. قَالَتِqālatiSaid
18. ٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atu(the) wife
19. ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi(of) Aziz
20. ٱلْـَٔـٰنَl-ānaNow
21. حَصْحَصَḥaṣḥaṣa(is) manifest
22. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
23. أَنَا۠anāI
24. رَٰوَدتُّهُۥrāwadttuhusought to seduce him
25. عَنʿanfrom
26. نَّفْسِهِۦnafsihihimself
27. وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuand indeed, he
28. لَمِنَlamina(is) surely of
29. ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful

ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّى لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى كَيْدَ ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ

Transliteration dhālika liyaʿlama annī lam akhun'hu bil-ghaybi wa-anna l-laha lā yahdī kayda l-khāinīna

English 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.

1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
2. لِيَعْلَمَliyaʿlamahe may know
3. أَنِّىannīthat I
4. لَمْlamnot
5. أَخُنْهُakhun'hu[I] betray him
6. بِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiin secret
7. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
9. لَاlā(does) not
10. يَهْدِىyahdīguide
11. كَيْدَkayda(the) plan
12. ٱلْخَآئِنِينَl-khāinīna(of) the betrayers

۞ وَمَآ أُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِىٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌۢ بِٱلسُّوٓءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Transliteration wamā ubarri-u nafsī inna l-nafsa la-ammāratun bil-sūi illā mā raḥima rabbī inna rabbī ghafūrun raḥīmun

English 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. ۞ وَمَآwamāAnd not
2. أُبَرِّئُubarri-uI absolve
3. نَفْسِىٓ ۚnafsīmyself
4. إِنَّinnaIndeed
5. ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsathe soul
6. لَأَمَّارَةٌۢla-ammāratun(is) a certain enjoiner
7. بِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūiof evil
8. إِلَّاillāunless
9. مَاmā[that]
10. رَحِمَraḥimabestows Mercy
11. رَبِّىٓ ۚrabbīmy Lord
12. إِنَّinnaIndeed
13. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
14. غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
15. رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦٓ أَسْتَخْلِصْهُ لِنَفْسِى ۖ فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُۥ قَالَ إِنَّكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِينٌ أَمِينٌ

Transliteration waqāla l-maliku i'tūnī bihi astakhliṣ'hu linafsī falammā kallamahu qāla innaka l-yawma ladaynā makīnun amīnun

English 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."

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
2. ٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuthe king
3. ٱئْتُونِىi'tūnīBring him to me
4. بِهِۦٓbihiBring him to me
5. أَسْتَخْلِصْهُastakhliṣ'huI will select him
6. لِنَفْسِى ۖlinafsīfor myself
7. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
8. كَلَّمَهُۥkallamahuhe spoke to him
9. قَالَqālahe said
10. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
11. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawma(are) today
12. لَدَيْنَاladaynāwith us
13. مَكِينٌmakīnunfirmly established
14. أَمِينٌۭamīnun(and) trusted

قَالَ ٱجْعَلْنِى عَلَىٰ خَزَآئِنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ إِنِّى حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ

Transliteration qāla ij'ʿalnī ʿalā khazāini l-arḍi innī ḥafīẓun ʿalīmun

English [Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. ٱجْعَلْنِىij'ʿalnīAppoint me
3. عَلَىٰʿalāover
4. خَزَآئِنِkhazāini(the) treasuries
5. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖl-arḍi(of) the land
6. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
7. حَفِيظٌḥafīẓun(will be) a guardian
8. عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunknowing

وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَتَبَوَّأُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَآءُ ۚ نُصِيبُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا مَن نَّشَآءُ ۖ وَلَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration wakadhālika makkannā liyūsufa fī l-arḍi yatabawwa-u min'hā ḥaythu yashāu nuṣību biraḥmatinā man nashāu walā nuḍīʿu ajra l-muḥ'sinīna

English 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.

1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
2. مَكَّنَّاmakkannāWe established
3. لِيُوسُفَliyūsufa[to] Yusuf
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
6. يَتَبَوَّأُyatabawwa-uto settle
7. مِنْهَاmin'hātherein
8. حَيْثُḥaythuwhere ever
9. يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuhe willed
10. نُصِيبُnuṣībuWe bestow
11. بِرَحْمَتِنَاbiraḥmatināOur Mercy
12. مَنman(on) whom
13. نَّشَآءُ ۖnashāuWe will
14. وَلَاwalāAnd not
15. نُضِيعُnuḍīʿuWe let go waste
16. أَجْرَajra(the) reward
17. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doers

وَلَأَجْرُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ

Transliteration wala-ajru l-ākhirati khayrun lilladhīna āmanū wakānū yattaqūna

English And the reward of the Hereafter is better for those who believed and were fearing Allāh.

1. وَلَأَجْرُwala-ajruAnd surely (the) reward
2. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
3. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
4. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
5. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
6. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand are
7. يَتَّقُونَyattaqūnaGod conscious

وَجَآءَ إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ فَدَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَعَرَفَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ

Transliteration wajāa ikh'watu yūsufa fadakhalū ʿalayhi faʿarafahum wahum lahu munkirūna

English And the brothers of Joseph came [seeking food], and they entered upon him; and he recognized them, but he was to them unknown.

1. وَجَآءَwajāaAnd came
2. إِخْوَةُikh'watu(the) brothers
3. يُوسُفَyūsufa(of) Yusuf
4. فَدَخَلُوا۟fadakhalūand they entered
5. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him
6. فَعَرَفَهُمْfaʿarafahumand he recognized them
7. وَهُمْwahumbut they
8. لَهُۥlahuknew him not
9. مُنكِرُونَmunkirūnaknew him not

وَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ قَالَ ٱئْتُونِى بِأَخٍ لَّكُم مِّنْ أَبِيكُمْ ۚ أَلَا تَرَوْنَ أَنِّىٓ أُوفِى ٱلْكَيْلَ وَأَنَا۠ خَيْرُ ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ

Transliteration walammā jahhazahum bijahāzihim qāla i'tūnī bi-akhin lakum min abīkum alā tarawna annī ūfī l-kayla wa-anā khayru l-munzilīna

English 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?

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. جَهَّزَهُمjahhazahumhe had furnished them
3. بِجَهَازِهِمْbijahāzihimwith their supplies
4. قَالَqālahe said
5. ٱئْتُونِىi'tūnīBring to me
6. بِأَخٍۢbi-akhina brother
7. لَّكُمlakumof yours
8. مِّنْminfrom
9. أَبِيكُمْ ۚabīkumyour father
10. أَلَاalāDo not
11. تَرَوْنَtarawnayou see
12. أَنِّىٓannīthat I
13. أُوفِىūfī[I] give full
14. ٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla[the] measure
15. وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand that I am
16. خَيْرُkhayru(the) best
17. ٱلْمُنزِلِينَl-munzilīna(of) the hosts

فَإِن لَّمْ تَأْتُونِى بِهِۦ فَلَا كَيْلَ لَكُمْ عِندِى وَلَا تَقْرَبُونِ

Transliteration fa-in lam tatūnī bihi falā kayla lakum ʿindī walā taqrabūni

English But if you do not bring him to me, no measure will there be [hereafter] for you from me, nor will you approach me."

1. فَإِنfa-inBut if
2. لَّمْlamnot
3. تَأْتُونِىtatūnīyou bring him to me
4. بِهِۦbihiyou bring him to me
5. فَلَاfalāthen (there will be) no
6. كَيْلَkaylameasure
7. لَكُمْlakumfor you
8. عِندِىʿindīfrom me
9. وَلَاwalāand not
10. تَقْرَبُونِtaqrabūniyou will come near me

قَالُوا۟ سَنُرَٰوِدُ عَنْهُ أَبَاهُ وَإِنَّا لَفَـٰعِلُونَ

Transliteration qālū sanurāwidu ʿanhu abāhu wa-innā lafāʿilūna

English They said, "We will attempt to dissuade his father from [keeping] him, and indeed, we will do [it]."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. سَنُرَٰوِدُsanurāwiduWe will try to get permission
3. عَنْهُʿanhufor him
4. أَبَاهُabāhu(from) his father
5. وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed we
6. لَفَـٰعِلُونَlafāʿilūnasurely will do

وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَـٰنِهِ ٱجْعَلُوا۟ بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ فِى رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَآ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Transliteration waqāla lifit'yānihi ij'ʿalū biḍāʿatahum fī riḥālihim laʿallahum yaʿrifūnahā idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihim laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

English 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."

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
2. لِفِتْيَـٰنِهِlifit'yānihito his servants
3. ٱجْعَلُوا۟ij'ʿalūPut
4. بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْbiḍāʿatahumtheir merchandise
5. فِىfīin
6. رِحَالِهِمْriḥālihimtheir saddlebags
7. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they
8. يَعْرِفُونَهَآyaʿrifūnahāmay recognize it
9. إِذَاidhāwhen
10. ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟inqalabūthey go back
11. إِلَىٰٓilāto
12. أَهْلِهِمْahlihimtheir people
13. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
14. يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn

فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا ٱلْكَيْلُ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَآ أَخَانَا نَكْتَلْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ

Transliteration falammā rajaʿū ilā abīhim qālū yāabānā muniʿa minnā l-kaylu fa-arsil maʿanā akhānā naktal wa-innā lahu laḥāfiẓūna

English 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."

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
2. رَجَعُوٓا۟rajaʿūthey returned
3. إِلَىٰٓilāto
4. أَبِيهِمْabīhimtheir father
5. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
6. يَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāO our father
7. مُنِعَmuniʿaHas been denied
8. مِنَّاminnāto us
9. ٱلْكَيْلُl-kayluthe measure
10. فَأَرْسِلْfa-arsilso send
11. مَعَنَآmaʿanāwith us
12. أَخَانَاakhānāour brother
13. نَكْتَلْnaktal(that) we will get measure
14. وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, we
15. لَهُۥlahufor him
16. لَحَـٰفِظُونَlaḥāfiẓūna(will) surely (be) guardians

قَالَ هَلْ ءَامَنُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَخِيهِ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ فَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَـٰفِظًا ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

Transliteration qāla hal āmanukum ʿalayhi illā kamā amintukum ʿalā akhīhi min qablu fal-lahu khayrun ḥāfiẓan wahuwa arḥamu l-rāḥimīna

English 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."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. هَلْhalShould
3. ءَامَنُكُمْāmanukumI entrust you
4. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiwith him
5. إِلَّاillāexcept
6. كَمَآkamāas
7. أَمِنتُكُمْamintukumI entrusted you
8. عَلَىٰٓʿalāwith
9. أَخِيهِakhīhihis brother
10. مِنminbefore
11. قَبْلُ ۖqablubefore
12. فَٱللَّهُfal-lahuBut Allah
13. خَيْرٌkhayrun(is) the best
14. حَـٰفِظًۭا ۖḥāfiẓanGuardian
15. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
16. أَرْحَمُarḥamu(is the) Most Merciful
17. ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَl-rāḥimīna(of) the merciful

وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا۟ مَتَـٰعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا۟ بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى ۖ هَـٰذِهِۦ بِضَـٰعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا ۖ وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ

Transliteration walammā fataḥū matāʿahum wajadū biḍāʿatahum ruddat ilayhim qālū yāabānā mā nabghī hādhihi biḍāʿatunā ruddat ilaynā wanamīru ahlanā wanaḥfaẓu akhānā wanazdādu kayla baʿīrin dhālika kaylun yasīrun

English 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. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. فَتَحُوا۟fataḥūthey opened
3. مَتَـٰعَهُمْmatāʿahumtheir baggage
4. وَجَدُوا۟wajadūthey found
5. بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْbiḍāʿatahumtheir merchandise
6. رُدَّتْruddatreturned
7. إِلَيْهِمْ ۖilayhimto them
8. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
9. يَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāO our father
10. مَاmāWhat
11. نَبْغِى ۖnabghī(could) we desire
12. هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
13. بِضَـٰعَتُنَاbiḍāʿatunā(is) our merchandise
14. رُدَّتْruddatreturned
15. إِلَيْنَا ۖilaynāto us
16. وَنَمِيرُwanamīruAnd we will get provision
17. أَهْلَنَاahlanā(for) our family
18. وَنَحْفَظُwanaḥfaẓuand we will protect
19. أَخَانَاakhānāour brother
20. وَنَزْدَادُwanazdāduand get an increase
21. كَيْلَkaylameasure
22. بَعِيرٍۢ ۖbaʿīrin(of) a camel's (load)
23. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
24. كَيْلٌۭkaylun(is) a measurement
25. يَسِيرٌۭyasīruneasy

قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُۥ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ ۖ فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ

Transliteration qāla lan ur'silahu maʿakum ḥattā tu'tūni mawthiqan mina l-lahi latatunnanī bihi illā an yuḥāṭa bikum falammā ātawhu mawthiqahum qāla l-lahu ʿalā mā naqūlu wakīlun

English [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. قَالَqālaHe said
2. لَنْlanNever
3. أُرْسِلَهُۥur'silahuwill I send him
4. مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you
5. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
6. تُؤْتُونِtu'tūniyou give to me
7. مَوْثِقًۭاmawthiqana promise
8. مِّنَminaby
9. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
10. لَتَأْتُنَّنِىlatatunnanīthat surely you will bring him to me
11. بِهِۦٓbihithat surely you will bring him to me
12. إِلَّآillāunless
13. أَنanthat
14. يُحَاطَyuḥāṭayou are surrounded
15. بِكُمْ ۖbikumyou are surrounded
16. فَلَمَّآfalammāAnd when
17. ءَاتَوْهُātawhuthey had given him
18. مَوْثِقَهُمْmawthiqahumtheir promise
19. قَالَqālahe said
20. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
21. عَلَىٰʿalāover
22. مَاmāwhat
23. نَقُولُnaqūluwe say
24. وَكِيلٌۭwakīlun(is) a Guardian

وَقَالَ يَـٰبَنِىَّ لَا تَدْخُلُوا۟ مِنۢ بَابٍ وَٰحِدٍ وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ مِنْ أَبْوَٰبٍ مُّتَفَرِّقَةٍ ۖ وَمَآ أُغْنِى عَنكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۖ إِنِ ٱلْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ ۖ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ ۖ وَعَلَيْهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ

Transliteration waqāla yābaniyya lā tadkhulū min bābin wāḥidin wa-ud'khulū min abwābin mutafarriqatin wamā ugh'nī ʿankum mina l-lahi min shayin ini l-ḥuk'mu illā lillahi ʿalayhi tawakkaltu waʿalayhi falyatawakkali l-mutawakilūna

English 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."

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
2. يَـٰبَنِىَّyābaniyyaO my sons
3. لَاlā(Do) not
4. تَدْخُلُوا۟tadkhulūenter
5. مِنۢminfrom
6. بَابٍۢbābinone gate
7. وَٰحِدٍۢwāḥidinone gate
8. وَٱدْخُلُوا۟wa-ud'khulūbut enter
9. مِنْminfrom
10. أَبْوَٰبٍۢabwābingates
11. مُّتَفَرِّقَةٍۢ ۖmutafarriqatindifferent
12. وَمَآwamāAnd not
13. أُغْنِىugh'nīI can avail
14. عَنكُمʿankumyou
15. مِّنَminaagainst
16. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
17. مِنminany
18. شَىْءٍ ۖshayinthing
19. إِنِiniNot
20. ٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'mu(is) the decision
21. إِلَّاillāexcept
22. لِلَّهِ ۖlillahiwith Allah
23. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon Him
24. تَوَكَّلْتُ ۖtawakkaltuI put my trust
25. وَعَلَيْهِwaʿalayhiand upon Him
26. فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِfalyatawakkalilet put (their) trust
27. ٱلْمُتَوَكِّلُونَl-mutawakilūnathe ones who put trust

وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَهُمْ أَبُوهُم مَّا كَانَ يُغْنِى عَنْهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا حَاجَةً فِى نَفْسِ يَعْقُوبَ قَضَىٰهَا ۚ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذُو عِلْمٍ لِّمَا عَلَّمْنَـٰهُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration walammā dakhalū min ḥaythu amarahum abūhum mā kāna yugh'nī ʿanhum mina l-lahi min shayin illā ḥājatan fī nafsi yaʿqūba qaḍāhā wa-innahu ladhū ʿil'min limā ʿallamnāhu walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

English 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.

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey entered
3. مِنْminfrom
4. حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
5. أَمَرَهُمْamarahumordered them
6. أَبُوهُمabūhumtheir father
7. مَّاmānot
8. كَانَkānait
9. يُغْنِىyugh'nīavail(ed)
10. عَنْهُمʿanhumthem
11. مِّنَminaagainst
12. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
13. مِنminany
14. شَىْءٍshayinthing
15. إِلَّاillābut
16. حَاجَةًۭḥājatan(it was) a need
17. فِىfīof
18. نَفْسِnafsiYaqub's soul
19. يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūbaYaqub's soul
20. قَضَىٰهَا ۚqaḍāhāwhich he carried out
21. وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, he
22. لَذُوladhū(was) a possessor
23. عِلْمٍۢʿil'min(of) knowledge
24. لِّمَاlimābecause
25. عَلَّمْنَـٰهُʿallamnāhuWe had taught him
26. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
27. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
28. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
29. لَاlā(do) not
30. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَخَاهُ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ أَخُوكَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration walammā dakhalū ʿalā yūsufa āwā ilayhi akhāhu qāla innī anā akhūka falā tabta-is bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

English 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]."

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey entered
3. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
4. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
5. ءَاوَىٰٓāwāhe took
6. إِلَيْهِilayhito himself
7. أَخَاهُ ۖakhāhuhis brother
8. قَالَqālaHe said
9. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
10. أَنَا۠anā[I] am
11. أَخُوكَakhūkayour brother
12. فَلَاfalāso (do) not
13. تَبْتَئِسْtabta-isgrieve
14. بِمَاbimāfor what
15. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
16. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ ٱلسِّقَايَةَ فِى رَحْلِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسَـٰرِقُونَ

Transliteration falammā jahhazahum bijahāzihim jaʿala l-siqāyata fī raḥli akhīhi thumma adhana mu-adhinun ayyatuhā l-ʿīru innakum lasāriqūna

English 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."

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
2. جَهَّزَهُمjahhazahumhe had furnished them
3. بِجَهَازِهِمْbijahāzihimwith their supplies
4. جَعَلَjaʿalahe put
5. ٱلسِّقَايَةَl-siqāyatathe drinking cup
6. فِىfīin
7. رَحْلِraḥlithe bag
8. أَخِيهِakhīhi(of) his brother
9. ثُمَّthummaThen
10. أَذَّنَadhanacalled out
11. مُؤَذِّنٌmu-adhinunan announcer
12. أَيَّتُهَاayyatuhāO you
13. ٱلْعِيرُl-ʿīru(in) the caravan
14. إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
15. لَسَـٰرِقُونَlasāriqūnasurely (are) thieves

قَالُوا۟ وَأَقْبَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم مَّاذَا تَفْقِدُونَ

Transliteration qālū wa-aqbalū ʿalayhim mādhā tafqidūna

English They said while approaching them, "What is it you are missing?"

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. وَأَقْبَلُوا۟wa-aqbalūturning towards
3. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimthem
4. مَّاذَاmādhāWhat (is it)
5. تَفْقِدُونَtafqidūnayou miss

قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ

Transliteration qālū nafqidu ṣuwāʿa l-maliki waliman jāa bihi ḥim'lu baʿīrin wa-anā bihi zaʿīmun

English 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."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. نَفْقِدُnafqiduWe are missing
3. صُوَاعَṣuwāʿa(the) cup
4. ٱلْمَلِكِl-maliki(of) the king
5. وَلِمَنwalimanAnd for (one) who
6. جَآءَjāabrings
7. بِهِۦbihiit
8. حِمْلُḥim'lu(is) a load
9. بَعِيرٍۢbaʿīrin(of) a camel
10. وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I
11. بِهِۦbihifor it
12. زَعِيمٌۭzaʿīmun(is) responsible

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَـٰرِقِينَ

Transliteration qālū tal-lahi laqad ʿalim'tum mā ji'nā linuf'sida fī l-arḍi wamā kunnā sāriqīna

English 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."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
3. لَقَدْlaqadcertainly
4. عَلِمْتُمʿalim'tumyou know
5. مَّاmānot
6. جِئْنَاji'nāwe came
7. لِنُفْسِدَlinuf'sidathat we cause corruption
8. فِىfīin
9. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
10. وَمَاwamāand not
11. كُنَّاkunnāwe are
12. سَـٰرِقِينَsāriqīnathieves

قَالُوا۟ فَمَا جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓ إِن كُنتُمْ كَـٰذِبِينَ

Transliteration qālū famā jazāuhu in kuntum kādhibīna

English They [the accusers] said, "Then what would be its recompense if you should be liars?"

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. فَمَاfamāThen what
3. جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓjazāuhu(will be the) recompense (of) it
4. إِنinif
5. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
6. كَـٰذِبِينَkādhibīnaliars

قَالُوا۟ جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ مَن وُجِدَ فِى رَحْلِهِۦ فَهُوَ جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Transliteration qālū jazāuhu man wujida fī raḥlihi fahuwa jazāuhu kadhālika najzī l-ẓālimīna

English [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."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥjazāuhuIts recompense
3. مَنman(is that one) who
4. وُجِدَwujidait is found
5. فِىfīin
6. رَحْلِهِۦraḥlihihis bag
7. فَهُوَfahuwathen he
8. جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚjazāuhu(will be) his recompense
9. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
10. نَجْزِىnajzī(do) we recompense
11. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

فَبَدَأَ بِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْ قَبْلَ وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَخْرَجَهَا مِن وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كِدْنَا لِيُوسُفَ ۖ مَا كَانَ لِيَأْخُذَ أَخَاهُ فِى دِينِ ٱلْمَلِكِ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَـٰتٍ مَّن نَّشَآءُ ۗ وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِى عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌ

Transliteration fabada-a bi-awʿiyatihim qabla wiʿāi akhīhi thumma is'takhrajahā min wiʿāi akhīhi kadhālika kid'nā liyūsufa mā kāna liyakhudha akhāhu fī dīni l-maliki illā an yashāa l-lahu narfaʿu darajātin man nashāu wafawqa kulli dhī ʿil'min ʿalīmun

English 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.

1. فَبَدَأَfabada-aSo he began
2. بِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْbi-awʿiyatihimwith their bags
3. قَبْلَqablabefore
4. وِعَآءِwiʿāi(the) bag
5. أَخِيهِakhīhi(of) his brother
6. ثُمَّthummathen
7. ٱسْتَخْرَجَهَاis'takhrajahāhe brought it out
8. مِنminfrom
9. وِعَآءِwiʿāi(the) bag
10. أَخِيهِ ۚakhīhi(of) his brother
11. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
12. كِدْنَاkid'nā(did) We plan
13. لِيُوسُفَ ۖliyūsufafor Yusuf
14. مَاmāHe could not
15. كَانَkānaHe could not
16. لِيَأْخُذَliyakhudhatake
17. أَخَاهُakhāhuhis brother
18. فِىfīby
19. دِينِdīnithe law
20. ٱلْمَلِكِl-maliki(of) the king
21. إِلَّآillāexcept
22. أَنanthat
23. يَشَآءَyashāaAllah willed
24. ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah willed
25. نَرْفَعُnarfaʿuWe raise
26. دَرَجَـٰتٍۢdarajātin(in) degrees
27. مَّنmanwhom
28. نَّشَآءُ ۗnashāuWe will
29. وَفَوْقَwafawqabut over
30. كُلِّkullievery
31. ذِىdhīpossessor
32. عِلْمٍʿil'min(of) knowledge
33. عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) the All-Knower

۞ قَالُوٓا۟ إِن يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ وَلَمْ يُبْدِهَا لَهُمْ ۚ قَالَ أَنتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ

Transliteration qālū in yasriq faqad saraqa akhun lahu min qablu fa-asarrahā yūsufu fī nafsihi walam yub'dihā lahum qāla antum sharrun makānan wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā taṣifūna

English 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."

1. ۞ قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
2. إِنinIf
3. يَسْرِقْyasriqhe steals
4. فَقَدْfaqadthen verily
5. سَرَقَsaraqastole
6. أَخٌۭakhuna brother
7. لَّهُۥlahuof his
8. مِنminbefore
9. قَبْلُ ۚqablubefore
10. فَأَسَرَّهَاfa-asarrahāBut Yusuf kept it secret
11. يُوسُفُyūsufuBut Yusuf kept it secret
12. فِىfīwithin
13. نَفْسِهِۦnafsihihimself
14. وَلَمْwalamand (did) not
15. يُبْدِهَاyub'dihāreveal it
16. لَهُمْ ۚlahumto them
17. قَالَqālaHe said
18. أَنتُمْantumYou
19. شَرٌّۭsharrun(are the) worse
20. مَّكَانًۭا ۖmakānan(in) position
21. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
22. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
23. بِمَاbimāof what
24. تَصِفُونَtaṣifūnayou describe

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥٓ أَبًا شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration qālū yāayyuhā l-ʿazīzu inna lahu aban shaykhan kabīran fakhudh aḥadanā makānahu innā narāka mina l-muḥ'sinīna

English 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."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
3. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuAziz
4. إِنَّinnaIndeed
5. لَهُۥٓlahuhe has
6. أَبًۭاabana father
7. شَيْخًۭاshaykhanold
8. كَبِيرًۭاkabīran[great]
9. فَخُذْfakhudhso take
10. أَحَدَنَاaḥadanāone of us
11. مَكَانَهُۥٓ ۖmakānahu(in) his place
12. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
13. نَرَىٰكَnarāka[we] see you
14. مِنَminaof
15. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers

قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَـٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّظَـٰلِمُونَ

Transliteration qāla maʿādha l-lahi an nakhudha illā man wajadnā matāʿanā ʿindahu innā idhan laẓālimūna

English 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."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. مَعَاذَmaʿādhaAllah forbid
3. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah forbid
4. أَنanthat
5. نَّأْخُذَnakhudhawe take
6. إِلَّاillāexcept
7. مَنman(one) who
8. وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe found
9. مَتَـٰعَنَاmatāʿanāour possession
10. عِندَهُۥٓʿindahuwith him
11. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
12. إِذًۭاidhanthen
13. لَّظَـٰلِمُونَlaẓālimūnasurely (would be) wrongdoers

فَلَمَّا ٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟ مِنْهُ خَلَصُوا۟ نَجِيًّا ۖ قَالَ كَبِيرُهُمْ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ قَدْ أَخَذَ عَلَيْكُم مَّوْثِقًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ مَا فَرَّطتُمْ فِى يُوسُفَ ۖ فَلَنْ أَبْرَحَ ٱلْأَرْضَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْذَنَ لِىٓ أَبِىٓ أَوْ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ لِى ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَ

Transliteration falammā is'tayasū min'hu khalaṣū najiyyan qāla kabīruhum alam taʿlamū anna abākum qad akhadha ʿalaykum mawthiqan mina l-lahi wamin qablu mā farraṭtum fī yūsufa falan abraḥa l-arḍa ḥattā yadhana lī abī aw yaḥkuma l-lahu lī wahuwa khayru l-ḥākimīna

English 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.

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
2. ٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟is'tayasūthey despaired
3. مِنْهُmin'huof him
4. خَلَصُوا۟khalaṣūthey secluded themselves
5. نَجِيًّۭا ۖnajiyyan(in) private consultation
6. قَالَqālaSaid
7. كَبِيرُهُمْkabīruhumthe eldest among them
8. أَلَمْalamDo not
9. تَعْلَمُوٓا۟taʿlamūyou know
10. أَنَّannathat
11. أَبَاكُمْabākumyour father
12. قَدْqadhas taken
13. أَخَذَakhadhahas taken
14. عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon you
15. مَّوْثِقًۭاmawthiqana promise
16. مِّنَminaby
17. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
18. وَمِنwaminand before
19. قَبْلُqabluand before
20. مَاmāthat
21. فَرَّطتُمْfarraṭtumyou failed
22. فِىfīconcerning
23. يُوسُفَ ۖyūsufaYusuf
24. فَلَنْfalanSo never
25. أَبْرَحَabraḥawill I leave
26. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe land
27. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
28. يَأْذَنَyadhanapermits
29. لِىٓlīme
30. أَبِىٓabīmy father
31. أَوْawor
32. يَحْكُمَyaḥkumaAllah decides
33. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah decides
34. لِى ۖlīfor me
35. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
36. خَيْرُkhayru(is) the Best
37. ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَl-ḥākimīna(of) the judges

ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَـٰفِظِينَ

Transliteration ir'jiʿū ilā abīkum faqūlū yāabānā inna ib'naka saraqa wamā shahid'nā illā bimā ʿalim'nā wamā kunnā lil'ghaybi ḥāfiẓīna

English 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.

1. ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ir'jiʿūReturn
2. إِلَىٰٓilāto
3. أَبِيكُمْabīkumyour father
4. فَقُولُوا۟faqūlūand say
5. يَـٰٓأَبَانَآyāabānā'O our father
6. إِنَّinnaIndeed
7. ٱبْنَكَib'nakayour son
8. سَرَقَsaraqahas stolen
9. وَمَاwamāand not
10. شَهِدْنَآshahid'nāwe testify
11. إِلَّاillāexcept
12. بِمَاbimāof what
13. عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāwe knew
14. وَمَاwamāAnd not
15. كُنَّاkunnāwe were
16. لِلْغَيْبِlil'ghaybiof the unseen
17. حَـٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīnaguardians

وَسْـَٔلِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ ٱلَّتِى كُنَّا فِيهَا وَٱلْعِيرَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَقْبَلْنَا فِيهَا ۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ

Transliteration wasali l-qaryata allatī kunnā fīhā wal-ʿīra allatī aqbalnā fīhā wa-innā laṣādiqūna

English And ask the city in which we were and the caravan in which we came - and indeed, we are truthful.'"

1. وَسْـَٔلِwasaliAnd ask
2. ٱلْقَرْيَةَl-qaryatathe town
3. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhere
4. كُنَّاkunnāwe were
5. فِيهَاfīhā[in it]
6. وَٱلْعِيرَwal-ʿīraand the caravan
7. ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
8. أَقْبَلْنَاaqbalnāwe returned
9. فِيهَا ۖfīhā[in it]
10. وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, we
11. لَصَـٰدِقُونَlaṣādiqūnasurely (are) truthful.'

قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِيَنِى بِهِمْ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Transliteration qāla bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amran faṣabrun jamīlun ʿasā l-lahu an yatiyanī bihim jamīʿan innahu huwa l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīmu

English [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."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. بَلْbalNay
3. سَوَّلَتْsawwalathave enticed
4. لَكُمْlakumyou
5. أَنفُسُكُمْanfusukumyour souls
6. أَمْرًۭا ۖamransomething
7. فَصَبْرٌۭfaṣabrunso patience
8. جَمِيلٌ ۖjamīlun(is) beautiful
9. عَسَىʿasāPerhaps
10. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
11. أَنanwill bring them to me
12. يَأْتِيَنِىyatiyanīwill bring them to me
13. بِهِمْbihimwill bring them to me
14. جَمِيعًا ۚjamīʿanall
15. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
16. هُوَhuwaHe
17. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu(is) the All-Knower
18. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuAll-Wise

وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَٱبْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

Transliteration watawallā ʿanhum waqāla yāasafā ʿalā yūsufa wa-ib'yaḍḍat ʿaynāhu mina l-ḥuz'ni fahuwa kaẓīmun

English 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.

1. وَتَوَلَّىٰwatawallāAnd he turned away
2. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
3. وَقَالَwaqālaand said
4. يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰyāasafāAlas, my grief
5. عَلَىٰʿalāover
6. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
7. وَٱبْيَضَّتْwa-ib'yaḍḍatAnd became white
8. عَيْنَاهُʿaynāhuhis eyes
9. مِنَminafrom
10. ٱلْحُزْنِl-ḥuz'nithe grief
11. فَهُوَfahuwaand he (was)
12. كَظِيمٌۭkaẓīmuna suppressor

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ تَفْتَؤُا۟ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَ

Transliteration qālū tal-lahi tafta-u tadhkuru yūsufa ḥattā takūna ḥaraḍan aw takūna mina l-hālikīna

English They said, "By Allāh, you will not cease remembering Joseph until you become fatally ill or become of those who perish."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
3. تَفْتَؤُا۟tafta-uyou will not cease
4. تَذْكُرُtadhkururemembering
5. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
6. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
7. تَكُونَtakūnayou become
8. حَرَضًاḥaraḍanfatally ill
9. أَوْawor
10. تَكُونَtakūnabecome
11. مِنَminaof
12. ٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَl-hālikīnathose who perish

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشْكُوا۟ بَثِّى وَحُزْنِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration qāla innamā ashkū bathī waḥuz'nī ilā l-lahi wa-aʿlamu mina l-lahi mā lā taʿlamūna

English He said, "I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allāh, and I know from Allāh that which you do not know.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
3. أَشْكُوا۟ashkūI complain
4. بَثِّىbathī(of) my suffering
5. وَحُزْنِىٓwaḥuz'nīand my grief
6. إِلَىilāto
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
8. وَأَعْلَمُwa-aʿlamuand I know
9. مِنَminafrom
10. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
11. مَاmāwhat
12. لَاlānot
13. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know

يَـٰبَنِىَّ ٱذْهَبُوا۟ فَتَحَسَّسُوا۟ مِن يُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ وَلَا تَا۟يْـَٔسُوا۟ مِن رَّوْحِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يَا۟يْـَٔسُ مِن رَّوْحِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ

Transliteration yābaniyya idh'habū fataḥassasū min yūsufa wa-akhīhi walā tāy'asū min rawḥi l-lahi innahu lā yāy'asu min rawḥi l-lahi illā l-qawmu l-kāfirūna

English 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."

1. يَـٰبَنِىَّyābaniyyaO my sons
2. ٱذْهَبُوا۟idh'habūGo
3. فَتَحَسَّسُوا۟fataḥassasūand inquire
4. مِنminabout
5. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
6. وَأَخِيهِwa-akhīhiand his brother
7. وَلَاwalāand not
8. تَا۟يْـَٔسُوا۟tāy'asūdespair
9. مِنminof
10. رَّوْحِrawḥi(the) Mercy of Allah
11. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(the) Mercy of Allah
12. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed
13. لَاlānone
14. يَا۟يْـَٔسُyāy'asudespairs
15. مِنminof
16. رَّوْحِrawḥi(the) Mercy of Allah
17. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) Mercy of Allah
18. إِلَّاillāexcept
19. ٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmuthe people
20. ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers

فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ مَسَّنَا وَأَهْلَنَا ٱلضُّرُّ وَجِئْنَا بِبِضَـٰعَةٍ مُّزْجَىٰةٍ فَأَوْفِ لَنَا ٱلْكَيْلَ وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْنَآ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَجْزِى ٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ

Transliteration falammā dakhalū ʿalayhi qālū yāayyuhā l-ʿazīzu massanā wa-ahlanā l-ḍuru waji'nā bibiḍāʿatin muz'jātin fa-awfi lanā l-kayla wataṣaddaq ʿalaynā inna l-laha yajzī l-mutaṣadiqīna

English 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."

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
2. دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey entered
3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him
4. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
5. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO Aziz
6. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuO Aziz
7. مَسَّنَاmassanāHas touched us
8. وَأَهْلَنَاwa-ahlanāand our family
9. ٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuruthe adversity
10. وَجِئْنَاwaji'nāand we have come
11. بِبِضَـٰعَةٍۢbibiḍāʿatinwith goods
12. مُّزْجَىٰةٍۢmuz'jātin(of) little value
13. فَأَوْفِfa-awfibut pay (in) full
14. لَنَاlanāto us
15. ٱلْكَيْلَl-kaylathe measure
16. وَتَصَدَّقْwataṣaddaqand be charitable
17. عَلَيْنَآ ۖʿalaynāto us
18. إِنَّinnaIndeed
19. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
20. يَجْزِىyajzīrewards
21. ٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَl-mutaṣadiqīnathe charitable

قَالَ هَلْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا فَعَلْتُم بِيُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ إِذْ أَنتُمْ جَـٰهِلُونَ

Transliteration qāla hal ʿalim'tum mā faʿaltum biyūsufa wa-akhīhi idh antum jāhilūna

English He said, "Do you know what you did with Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant?"

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. هَلْhalDo
3. عَلِمْتُمʿalim'tumyou know
4. مَّاmāwhat
5. فَعَلْتُمfaʿaltumyou did
6. بِيُوسُفَbiyūsufawith Yusuf
7. وَأَخِيهِwa-akhīhiand his brother
8. إِذْidhwhen
9. أَنتُمْantumyou were
10. جَـٰهِلُونَjāhilūnaignorant

قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ يُوسُفُ وَهَـٰذَآ أَخِى ۖ قَدْ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Transliteration qālū a-innaka la-anta yūsufu qāla anā yūsufu wahādhā akhī qad manna l-lahu ʿalaynā innahu man yattaqi wayaṣbir fa-inna l-laha lā yuḍīʿu ajra l-muḥ'sinīna

English 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."

1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
2. أَءِنَّكَa-innakaAre you indeed
3. لَأَنتَla-antasurely you
4. يُوسُفُ ۖyūsufuYusuf
5. قَالَqālaHe said
6. أَنَا۠anāI am
7. يُوسُفُyūsufuYusuf
8. وَهَـٰذَآwahādhāand this
9. أَخِى ۖakhī(is) my brother
10. قَدْqadIndeed
11. مَنَّmannaAllah has been gracious
12. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has been gracious
13. عَلَيْنَآ ۖʿalaynāto us
14. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
15. مَنmanwho
16. يَتَّقِyattaqifears Allah
17. وَيَصْبِرْwayaṣbirand (is) patient
18. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
19. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
20. لَاlā(does) not
21. يُضِيعُyuḍīʿulet go waste
22. أَجْرَajra(the) reward
23. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doers

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ ءَاثَرَكَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَإِن كُنَّا لَخَـٰطِـِٔينَ

Transliteration qālū tal-lahi laqad ātharaka l-lahu ʿalaynā wa-in kunnā lakhāṭiīna

English They said, "By Allāh, certainly has Allāh preferred you over us, and indeed, we have been sinners."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
3. لَقَدْlaqadcertainly
4. ءَاثَرَكَātharakaAllah has preferred you
5. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has preferred you
6. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāover us
7. وَإِنwa-inand indeed
8. كُنَّاkunnāwe have been
9. لَخَـٰطِـِٔينَlakhāṭiīnasinners

قَالَ لَا تَثْرِيبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ يَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

Transliteration qāla lā tathrība ʿalaykumu l-yawma yaghfiru l-lahu lakum wahuwa arḥamu l-rāḥimīna

English He said, "No blame will there be upon you today. May Allāh forgive you; and He is the most merciful of the merciful.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. لَاlāNo
3. تَثْرِيبَtathrībablame
4. عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuupon you
5. ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖl-yawmatoday
6. يَغْفِرُyaghfiruAllah will forgive
7. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will forgive
8. لَكُمْ ۖlakumyou
9. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
10. أَرْحَمُarḥamu(is) the Most Merciful
11. ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَl-rāḥimīna(of) those who show mercy

ٱذْهَبُوا۟ بِقَمِيصِى هَـٰذَا فَأَلْقُوهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِ أَبِى يَأْتِ بَصِيرًا وَأْتُونِى بِأَهْلِكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Transliteration idh'habū biqamīṣī hādhā fa-alqūhu ʿalā wajhi abī yati baṣīran watūnī bi-ahlikum ajmaʿīna

English Take this, my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father; he will become seeing. And bring me your family, all together."

1. ٱذْهَبُوا۟idh'habūGo
2. بِقَمِيصِىbiqamīṣīwith this shirt of mine
3. هَـٰذَاhādhāwith this shirt of mine
4. فَأَلْقُوهُfa-alqūhuand cast it
5. عَلَىٰʿalāover
6. وَجْهِwajhi(the) face
7. أَبِىabī(of) my father
8. يَأْتِyatihe will regain sight
9. بَصِيرًۭاbaṣīranhe will regain sight
10. وَأْتُونِىwatūnīAnd bring to me
11. بِأَهْلِكُمْbi-ahlikumyour family
12. أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall together

وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ ٱلْعِيرُ قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ إِنِّى لَأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ ۖ لَوْلَآ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ

Transliteration walammā faṣalati l-ʿīru qāla abūhum innī la-ajidu rīḥa yūsufa lawlā an tufannidūni

English 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."

1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
2. فَصَلَتِfaṣalatideparted
3. ٱلْعِيرُl-ʿīruthe caravan
4. قَالَqālatheir father said
5. أَبُوهُمْabūhumtheir father said
6. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
7. لَأَجِدُla-ajidu[I] find
8. رِيحَrīḥa(the) smell
9. يُوسُفَ ۖyūsufa(of) Yusuf
10. لَوْلَآlawlāif not
11. أَنanthat
12. تُفَنِّدُونِtufannidūniyou think me weakened in mind

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَفِى ضَلَـٰلِكَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ

Transliteration qālū tal-lahi innaka lafī ḍalālika l-qadīmi

English They said, "By Allāh, indeed you are in your [same] old error."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
3. إِنَّكَinnakaindeed, you
4. لَفِىlafīsurely (are) in
5. ضَلَـٰلِكَḍalālikayour error
6. ٱلْقَدِيمِl-qadīmiold

فَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَ ٱلْبَشِيرُ أَلْقَىٰهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ فَٱرْتَدَّ بَصِيرًا ۖ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration falammā an jāa l-bashīru alqāhu ʿalā wajhihi fa-ir'tadda baṣīran qāla alam aqul lakum innī aʿlamu mina l-lahi mā lā taʿlamūna

English 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?"

1. فَلَمَّآfalammāThen when
2. أَنan[that]
3. جَآءَjāaarrived
4. ٱلْبَشِيرُl-bashīruthe bearer of glad tidings
5. أَلْقَىٰهُalqāhuhe cast it
6. عَلَىٰʿalāover
7. وَجْهِهِۦwajhihihis face
8. فَٱرْتَدَّfa-ir'taddathen returned (his) sight
9. بَصِيرًۭا ۖbaṣīranthen returned (his) sight
10. قَالَqālaHe said
11. أَلَمْalamDid not
12. أَقُلaqulI say
13. لَّكُمْlakumto you
14. إِنِّىٓinnīindeed, I
15. أَعْلَمُaʿlamu[I] know
16. مِنَminafrom
17. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
18. مَاmāwhat
19. لَاlānot
20. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا ٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا خَـٰطِـِٔينَ

Transliteration qālū yāabānā is'taghfir lanā dhunūbanā innā kunnā khāṭiīna

English They said, "O our father, ask for us forgiveness of our sins; indeed, we have been sinners."

1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
2. يَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāO our father
3. ٱسْتَغْفِرْis'taghfirAsk forgiveness
4. لَنَاlanāfor us
5. ذُنُوبَنَآdhunūbanā(of) our sins
6. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
7. كُنَّاkunnāhave been
8. خَـٰطِـِٔينَkhāṭiīnasinners

قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Transliteration qāla sawfa astaghfiru lakum rabbī innahu huwa l-ghafūru l-raḥīmu

English He said, "I will ask forgiveness for you from my Lord. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. سَوْفَsawfaSoon
3. أَسْتَغْفِرُastaghfiruI will ask forgiveness
4. لَكُمْlakumfor you
5. رَبِّىٓ ۖrabbī(from) my Lord
6. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
7. هُوَhuwaHe
8. ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Oft-Forgiving
9. ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful

فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَبَوَيْهِ وَقَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مِصْرَ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ءَامِنِينَ

Transliteration falammā dakhalū ʿalā yūsufa āwā ilayhi abawayhi waqāla ud'khulū miṣ'ra in shāa l-lahu āminīna

English 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]."

1. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
2. دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey entered
3. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
4. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
5. ءَاوَىٰٓāwāhe took
6. إِلَيْهِilayhito himself
7. أَبَوَيْهِabawayhihis parents
8. وَقَالَwaqālaand said
9. ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
10. مِصْرَmiṣ'raEgypt
11. إِنinif
12. شَآءَshāaAllah wills
13. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah wills
14. ءَامِنِينَāminīnasafe

وَرَفَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا۟ لَهُۥ سُجَّدًا ۖ وَقَالَ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ هَـٰذَا تَأْوِيلُ رُءْيَـٰىَ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبِّى حَقًّا ۖ وَقَدْ أَحْسَنَ بِىٓ إِذْ أَخْرَجَنِى مِنَ ٱلسِّجْنِ وَجَآءَ بِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْبَدْوِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن نَّزَغَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ إِخْوَتِىٓ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَطِيفٌ لِّمَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Transliteration warafaʿa abawayhi ʿalā l-ʿarshi wakharrū lahu sujjadan waqāla yāabati hādhā tawīlu ru'yāya min qablu qad jaʿalahā rabbī ḥaqqan waqad aḥsana bī idh akhrajanī mina l-sij'ni wajāa bikum mina l-badwi min baʿdi an nazagha l-shayṭānu baynī wabayna ikh'watī inna rabbī laṭīfun limā yashāu innahu huwa l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīmu

English 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.

1. وَرَفَعَwarafaʿaAnd he raised
2. أَبَوَيْهِabawayhihis parents
3. عَلَىʿalāupon
4. ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe throne
5. وَخَرُّوا۟wakharrūand they fell down
6. لَهُۥlahuto him
7. سُجَّدًۭا ۖsujjadanprostrate
8. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
9. يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
10. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
11. تَأْوِيلُtawīlu(is the) interpretation
12. رُءْيَـٰىَru'yāya(of) my dream
13. مِنmin(of) before
14. قَبْلُqablu(of) before
15. قَدْqadVerily
16. جَعَلَهَاjaʿalahāhas made it
17. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
18. حَقًّۭا ۖḥaqqantrue
19. وَقَدْwaqadAnd indeed
20. أَحْسَنَaḥsanaHe was good
21. بِىٓbīto me
22. إِذْidhwhen
23. أَخْرَجَنِىakhrajanīHe took me out
24. مِنَminaof
25. ٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'nithe prison
26. وَجَآءَwajāaand brought
27. بِكُمbikumyou
28. مِّنَminafrom
29. ٱلْبَدْوِl-badwithe bedouin life
30. مِنۢminafter
31. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
32. أَنan[that]
33. نَّزَغَnazaghahad caused discord
34. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
35. بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
36. وَبَيْنَwabaynaand between
37. إِخْوَتِىٓ ۚikh'watīmy brothers
38. إِنَّinnaIndeed
39. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
40. لَطِيفٌۭlaṭīfun(is) Most Subtle
41. لِّمَاlimāto what
42. يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
43. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
44. هُوَhuwaHe
45. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu(is) the All-Knower
46. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

۞ رَبِّ قَدْ ءَاتَيْتَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِى مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَنتَ وَلِىِّۦ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ تَوَفَّنِى مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Transliteration rabbi qad ātaytanī mina l-mul'ki waʿallamtanī min tawīli l-aḥādīthi fāṭira l-samāwāti wal-arḍi anta waliyyī fī l-dun'yā wal-ākhirati tawaffanī mus'liman wa-alḥiq'nī bil-ṣāliḥīna

English 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."

1. ۞ رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
2. قَدْqadindeed
3. ءَاتَيْتَنِىātaytanīyou have given me
4. مِنَminaof
5. ٱلْمُلْكِl-mul'kithe sovereignty
6. وَعَلَّمْتَنِىwaʿallamtanīand taught me
7. مِنminof
8. تَأْوِيلِtawīlithe interpretation
9. ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚl-aḥādīthiof the events
10. فَاطِرَfāṭiraCreator
11. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
12. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
13. أَنتَantaYou
14. وَلِىِّۦwaliyyī(are) my Protector
15. فِىfīin
16. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
17. وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter
18. تَوَفَّنِىtawaffanīCause me to die
19. مُسْلِمًۭاmus'liman(as) a Muslim
20. وَأَلْحِقْنِىwa-alḥiq'nīand join me
21. بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَbil-ṣāliḥīnawith the righteous

ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ أَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَمْكُرُونَ

Transliteration dhālika min anbāi l-ghaybi nūḥīhi ilayka wamā kunta ladayhim idh ajmaʿū amrahum wahum yamkurūna

English 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.

1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
2. مِنْmin(is) from
3. أَنۢبَآءِanbāithe news
4. ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
5. نُوحِيهِnūḥīhiwhich We reveal
6. إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykato you
7. وَمَاwamāAnd not
8. كُنتَkuntayou were
9. لَدَيْهِمْladayhimwith them
10. إِذْidhwhen
11. أَجْمَعُوٓا۟ajmaʿūthey put together
12. أَمْرَهُمْamrahumtheir plan
13. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
14. يَمْكُرُونَyamkurūna(were) plotting

وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

Transliteration wamā aktharu l-nāsi walaw ḥaraṣta bimu'minīna

English And most of the people, although you strive [for it], are not believers.

1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
2. أَكْثَرُaktharumost
3. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the mankind
4. وَلَوْwalaweven though
5. حَرَصْتَḥaraṣtayou desire
6. بِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīna(will be) believers

وَمَا تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration wamā tasaluhum ʿalayhi min ajrin in huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna

English And you do not ask of them for it any payment. It is not except a reminder to the worlds.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. تَسْـَٔلُهُمْtasaluhumyou ask them
3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
4. مِنْminany
5. أَجْرٍ ۚajrinreward
6. إِنْinNot
7. هُوَhuwa(is) it
8. إِلَّاillābut
9. ذِكْرٌۭdhik'runa reminder
10. لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnato the worlds

وَكَأَيِّن مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

Transliteration waka-ayyin min āyatin fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi yamurrūna ʿalayhā wahum ʿanhā muʿ'riḍūna

English And how many a sign within the heavens and earth do they pass over while they, therefrom, are turning away.

1. وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyinAnd how many
2. مِّنْminof
3. ءَايَةٍۢāyatina Sign
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
6. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
7. يَمُرُّونَyamurrūnathey pass
8. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāover it
9. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
10. عَنْهَاʿanhā(are) from them
11. مُعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnathe ones who turn away

وَمَا يُؤْمِنُ أَكْثَرُهُم بِٱللَّهِ إِلَّا وَهُم مُّشْرِكُونَ

Transliteration wamā yu'minu aktharuhum bil-lahi illā wahum mush'rikūna

English And most of them believe not in Allāh except while they associate others with Him.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieve
3. أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhummost of them
4. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
5. إِلَّاillāexcept
6. وَهُمwahumwhile they
7. مُّشْرِكُونَmush'rikūnaassociate partners with Him

أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ غَـٰشِيَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Transliteration afa-aminū an tatiyahum ghāshiyatun min ʿadhābi l-lahi aw tatiyahumu l-sāʿatu baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūna

English 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?

1. أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟afa-aminūDo they then feel secure
2. أَنan(against) that
3. تَأْتِيَهُمْtatiyahumcomes to them
4. غَـٰشِيَةٌۭghāshiyatunan overwhelming
5. مِّنْmin[of]
6. عَذَابِʿadhābipunishment
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
8. أَوْawor
9. تَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumucomes to them
10. ٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuthe Hour
11. بَغْتَةًۭbaghtatansuddenly
12. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
13. لَاlā(do) not
14. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive

قُلْ هَـٰذِهِۦ سَبِيلِىٓ أَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا۠ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَنِى ۖ وَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Transliteration qul hādhihi sabīlī adʿū ilā l-lahi ʿalā baṣīratin anā wamani ittabaʿanī wasub'ḥāna l-lahi wamā anā mina l-mush'rikīna

English 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."

1. قُلْqulSay
2. هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
3. سَبِيلِىٓsabīlī(is) my way
4. أَدْعُوٓا۟adʿūI invite
5. إِلَىilāto
6. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
7. عَلَىٰʿalāwith
8. بَصِيرَةٍbaṣīratininsight
9. أَنَا۠anāI
10. وَمَنِwamaniand whoever
11. ٱتَّبَعَنِى ۖittabaʿanīfollows me
12. وَسُبْحَـٰنَwasub'ḥānaAnd Glory be
13. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(to) Allah
14. وَمَآwamāand not
15. أَنَا۠anāI am
16. مِنَminaof
17. ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ۗ أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۗ وَلَدَارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Transliteration wamā arsalnā min qablika illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim min ahli l-qurā afalam yasīrū fī l-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu alladhīna min qablihim waladāru l-ākhirati khayrun lilladhīna ittaqaw afalā taʿqilūna

English 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?

1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
3. مِنminbefore you
4. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
5. إِلَّاillābut
6. رِجَالًۭاrijālanmen
7. نُّوحِىٓnūḥīWe revealed
8. إِلَيْهِمilayhimto them
9. مِّنْminfrom (among)
10. أَهْلِahli(the) people
11. ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ۗl-qurā(of) the townships
12. أَفَلَمْafalamSo have not
13. يَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūthey traveled
14. فِىfīin
15. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
16. فَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurūand seen
17. كَيْفَkayfahow
18. كَانَkānawas
19. عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
20. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
21. مِنmin(were) before them
22. قَبْلِهِمْ ۗqablihim(were) before them
23. وَلَدَارُwaladāruAnd surely the home
24. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
25. خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) best
26. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
27. ٱتَّقَوْا۟ ۗittaqawfear Allah
28. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
29. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason