Sura 12: Yousuf (Joseph) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi

[12:1] A. L. R. These (letters) are proofs of this profound scripture.*

الٓرalif-lam-raتِلْكَtil'kaءَايَـٰتُāyātuٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābiٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīni ﴿١﴾

*12:1 The Quranic initials constitute a major component of a great miracle (App. 1).

[12:2] We have revealed it an Arabic Quran, that you may understand.*

إِنَّآinnāأَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuقُرْءَٰنًاqur'ānanعَرَبِيًّاʿarabiyyanلَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna ﴿٢﴾

*12:2 Why was the Quran revealed in Arabic? See 41:44 and Appendix 4.

[12:3] We narrate to you the most accurate history through the revelation of this Quran. Before this, you were totally unaware.

نَحْنُnaḥnuنَقُصُّnaquṣṣuعَلَيْكَʿalaykaأَحْسَنَaḥsanaٱلْقَصَصِl-qaṣaṣiبِمَآbimāأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāإِلَيْكَilaykaهَـٰذَاhādhāٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānaوَإِنwa-inكُنتَkuntaمِنminقَبْلِهِۦqablihiلَمِنَlaminaٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَl-ghāfilīna ﴿٣﴾

[12:4] Recall that Joseph said to his father, "O my father, I saw eleven planets, and the sun, and the moon; I saw them prostrating before me."

إِذْidhقَالَqālaيُوسُفُyūsufuلِأَبِيهِli-abīhiيَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiإِنِّىinnīرَأَيْتُra-aytuأَحَدَaḥada عَشَرَʿasharaكَوْكَبًاkawkabanوَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaوَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraرَأَيْتُهُمْra-aytuhumلِىlīسَـٰجِدِينَsājidīna ﴿٤﴾

[12:5] He said, "My son, do not tell your brothers about your dream, lest they plot and scheme against you. Surely, the devil is man's worst enemy.

رُءْيَاكَru'yākaقَالَqālaيَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaلَاlāتَقْصُصْtaqṣuṣعَلَىٰٓʿalāإِخْوَتِكَikh'watikaفَيَكِيدُوا۟fayakīdūلَكَlakaكَيْدًاkaydanإِنَّinnaٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānaلِلْإِنسَـٰنِlil'insāniعَدُوٌّʿaduwwunمُّبِينٌmubīnun ﴿٥﴾

[12:6] "Your Lord has thus blessed you, and has given you good news through your dream. He has perfected His blessings upon you and upon the family of Jacob, as He did for your ancestors Abraham and Isaac before that. Your Lord is Omniscient, Most Wise."

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaيَجْتَبِيكَyajtabīkaرَبُّكَrabbukaوَيُعَلِّمُكَwayuʿallimukaمِنminتَأْوِيلِtawīliٱلْأَحَادِيثِl-aḥādīthiوَيُتِمُّwayutimmuنِعْمَتَهُۥniʿ'matahuعَلَيْكَʿalaykaوَعَلَىٰٓwaʿalāءَالِāliيَعْقُوبَyaʿqūbaكَمَآkamāأَتَمَّهَاatammahāعَلَىٰٓʿalāأَبَوَيْكَabawaykaمِنminقَبْلُqabluإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaوَإِسْحَـٰقَwa-is'ḥāqaإِنَّinnaرَبَّكَrabbakaعَلِيمٌʿalīmunحَكِيمٌḥakīmun ﴿٦﴾

[12:7] In Joseph and his brothers there are lessons for the seekers.

لَّقَدْlaqadكَانَkānaفِىfīيُوسُفَyūsufaوَإِخْوَتِهِۦٓwa-ikh'watihiءَايَـٰتٌāyātunلِّلسَّآئِلِينَlilssāilīna ﴿٧﴾

[12:8] They said, "Joseph and his brother are favored by our father, and we are in the majority. Indeed, our father is far astray.

إِذْidhقَالُوا۟qālūلَيُوسُفُlayūsufuوَأَخُوهُwa-akhūhuأَحَبُّaḥabbuإِلَىٰٓilāأَبِينَاabīnāمِنَّاminnāوَنَحْنُwanaḥnuعُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batunإِنَّinnaأَبَانَاabānāلَفِىlafīضَلَـٰلٍḍalālinمُّبِينٍmubīnin ﴿٨﴾

[12:9] "Let us kill Joseph, or banish him, that you may get some attention from your father. Afterwards, you can be righteous people."*

ٱقْتُلُوا۟uq'tulūيُوسُفَyūsufaأَوِawiٱطْرَحُوهُiṭ'raḥūhuأَرْضًاarḍanيَخْلُyakhluلَكُمْlakumوَجْهُwajhuأَبِيكُمْabīkumوَتَكُونُوا۟watakūnūمِنۢminبَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiقَوْمًاqawmanصَـٰلِحِينَṣāliḥīna ﴿٩﴾

*12:9 We learn from Joseph's dream that he was destined for a bright future. Thus, while his brothers met to decide his fate, his fate was already decided by God. Everything is done by God (8:17), and is already recorded (57:22).

[12:10] One of them said, "Do not kill Joseph; let us throw him into the abyss of the well. Perhaps some caravan can pick him up, if this is what you decide to do."

قَالَqālaقَآئِلٌqāilunمِّنْهُمْmin'humلَاlāتَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulūيُوسُفَyūsufaوَأَلْقُوهُwa-alqūhuفِىfīغَيَـٰبَتِghayābatiٱلْجُبِّl-jubiيَلْتَقِطْهُyaltaqiṭ'huبَعْضُbaʿḍuٱلسَّيَّارَةِl-sayāratiإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumفَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīna ﴿١٠﴾

[12:11] They said, "Our father, why do you not trust us with Joseph? We will take good care of him.

قَالُوا۟qālūيَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāمَاmāلَكَlakaلَاlāتَأْمَ۫نَّاtamannāعَلَىٰʿalāيُوسُفَyūsufaوَإِنَّاwa-innāلَهُۥlahuلَنَـٰصِحُونَlanāṣiḥūna ﴿١١﴾

[12:12] "Send him with us tomorrow to run and play. We will protect him."

أَرْسِلْهُarsil'huمَعَنَاmaʿanāغَدًاghadanيَرْتَعْyartaʿوَيَلْعَبْwayalʿabوَإِنَّاwa-innāلَهُۥlahuلَحَـٰفِظُونَlaḥāfiẓūna ﴿١٢﴾

[12:13] He said, "I worry lest you go away with him, then the wolf may devour him while you are not watching him."

قَالَqālaإِنِّىinnīلَيَحْزُنُنِىٓlayaḥzununīأَنanتَذْهَبُوا۟tadhhabūبِهِۦbihiوَأَخَافُwa-akhāfuأَنanيَأْكُلَهُyakulahuٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'buوَأَنتُمْwa-antumعَنْهُʿanhuغَـٰفِلُونَghāfilūna ﴿١٣﴾

[12:14] They said, "Indeed, if the wolf devours him, with so many of us around, then we are really losers."

قَالُوا۟qālūلَئِنْla-inأَكَلَهُakalahuٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'buوَنَحْنُwanaḥnuعُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batunإِنَّآinnāإِذًاidhanلَّخَـٰسِرُونَlakhāsirūna ﴿١٤﴾

[12:15] When they went away with him, and unanimously decided to throw him into the abyss of the well, we inspired him: "Some day, you will tell them about all this, while they have no idea."

فَلَمَّاfalammāذَهَبُوا۟dhahabūبِهِۦbihiوَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟wa-ajmaʿūأَنanيَجْعَلُوهُyajʿalūhuفِىfīغَيَـٰبَتِghayābatiٱلْجُبِّl-jubiوَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāإِلَيْهِilayhiلَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُمlatunabbi-annahumبِأَمْرِهِمْbi-amrihimهَـٰذَاhādhāوَهُمْwahumلَاlāيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna ﴿١٥﴾

[12:16] They came back to their father in the evening, weeping.

وَجَآءُوٓwajāūأَبَاهُمْabāhumعِشَآءًʿishāanيَبْكُونَyabkūna ﴿١٦﴾

[12:17] They said, "Our father, we went racing with each other, leaving Joseph with our equipment, and the wolf devoured him. You will never believe us, even if we were telling the truth."

قَالُوا۟qālūيَـٰٓأَبَانَآyāabānāإِنَّاinnāذَهَبْنَاdhahabnāنَسْتَبِقُnastabiquوَتَرَكْنَاwataraknāيُوسُفَyūsufaعِندَʿindaمَتَـٰعِنَاmatāʿināفَأَكَلَهُfa-akalahuٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'buوَمَآwamāأَنتَantaبِمُؤْمِنٍbimu'mininلَّنَاlanāوَلَوْwalawكُنَّاkunnāصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna ﴿١٧﴾

[12:18] They produced his shirt with fake blood on it. He said, "Indeed, you have conspired with each other to commit a certain scheme. All I can do is resort to a quiet patience. May GOD help me in the face of your conspiracy."

وَجَآءُوwajāūعَلَىٰʿalāقَمِيصِهِۦqamīṣihiبِدَمٍbidaminكَذِبٍkadhibinقَالَqālaبَلْbalسَوَّلَتْsawwalatلَكُمْlakumأَنفُسُكُمْanfusukumأَمْرًاamranفَصَبْرٌfaṣabrunجَمِيلٌjamīlunوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuٱلْمُسْتَعَانُl-mus'taʿānuعَلَىٰʿalāمَاmāتَصِفُونَtaṣifūna ﴿١٨﴾

[12:19] A caravan passed by, and soon sent their waterer. He let down his bucket, then said, "How lucky! There is a boy here!" They took him along as merchandise, and GOD was fully aware of what they did.

وَجَآءَتْwajāatسَيَّارَةٌsayyāratunفَأَرْسَلُوا۟fa-arsalūوَارِدَهُمْwāridahumفَأَدْلَىٰfa-adlāدَلْوَهُۥdalwahuقَالَqālaيَـٰبُشْرَىٰyābush'rāهَـٰذَاhādhāغُلَـٰمٌghulāmunوَأَسَرُّوهُwa-asarrūhuبِضَـٰعَةًbiḍāʿatanوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuعَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunبِمَاbimāيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna ﴿١٩﴾

[12:20] They sold him for a cheap price - a few Dirhams - for they did not have any need for him.

وَشَرَوْهُwasharawhuبِثَمَنٍۭbithamaninبَخْسٍbakhsinدَرَٰهِمَdarāhimaمَعْدُودَةٍmaʿdūdatinوَكَانُوا۟wakānūفِيهِfīhiمِنَminaٱلزَّٰهِدِينَl-zāhidīna ﴿٢٠﴾

[12:21] The one who bought him in Egypt said to his wife, "Take good care of him. Maybe he can help us, or maybe we can adopt him." We thus established Joseph on earth, and we taught him the interpretation of dreams. GOD's command is always done, but most people do not know.

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلَّذِىalladhīٱشْتَرَىٰهُish'tarāhuمِنminمِّصْرَmiṣ'raلِٱمْرَأَتِهِۦٓli-im'ra-atihiأَكْرِمِىakrimīمَثْوَىٰهُmathwāhuعَسَىٰٓʿasāأَنanيَنفَعَنَآyanfaʿanāأَوْawنَتَّخِذَهُۥnattakhidhahuوَلَدًاwaladanوَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaمَكَّنَّاmakkannāلِيُوسُفَliyūsufaفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥwalinuʿallimahuمِنminتَأْوِيلِtawīliٱلْأَحَادِيثِl-aḥādīthiوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuغَالِبٌghālibunعَلَىٰٓʿalāأَمْرِهِۦamrihiوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaأَكْثَرَaktharaٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiلَاlāيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿٢١﴾

[12:22] When he reached maturity, we endowed him with wisdom and knowledge. We thus reward the righteous.

وَلَمَّاwalammāبَلَغَbalaghaأَشُدَّهُۥٓashuddahuءَاتَيْنَـٰهُātaynāhuحُكْمًاḥuk'manوَعِلْمًاwaʿil'manوَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaنَجْزِىnajzīٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna ﴿٢٢﴾

[12:23] The lady of the house where he lived tried to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "I am all yours." He said, "May GOD protect me. He is my Lord, who gave me a good home.* The transgressors never succeed."

وَرَٰوَدَتْهُwarāwadathuٱلَّتِىallatīهُوَhuwaفِىfīبَيْتِهَاbaytihāعَنʿanنَّفْسِهِۦnafsihiوَغَلَّقَتِwaghallaqatiٱلْأَبْوَٰبَl-abwābaوَقَالَتْwaqālatهَيْتَhaytaلَكَlakaقَالَqālaمَعَاذَmaʿādhaٱللَّهِl-lahiإِنَّهُۥinnahuرَبِّىٓrabbīأَحْسَنَaḥsanaمَثْوَاىَmathwāyaإِنَّهُۥinnahuلَاlāيُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna ﴿٢٣﴾

*12:23 Joseph worded this statement in such a way that the governor's wife thought that he was talking about her husband, when in fact he was talking about God.

[12:24] She almost succumbed to him, and he almost succumbed to her, if it were not that he saw a proof from his Lord. We thus diverted evil and sin away from him, for he was one of our devoted servants.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadهَمَّتْhammatبِهِۦbihiوَهَمَّwahammaبِهَاbihāلَوْلَآlawlāأَنanرَّءَاraāبُرْهَـٰنَbur'hānaرَبِّهِۦrabbihiكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaلِنَصْرِفَlinaṣrifaعَنْهُʿanhuٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūaوَٱلْفَحْشَآءَwal-faḥshāaإِنَّهُۥinnahuمِنْminعِبَادِنَاʿibādināٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīna ﴿٢٤﴾

[12:25] The two of them raced towards the door, and, in the process, she tore his garment from the back. They found her husband at the door. She said, "What should be the punishment for one who wanted to molest your wife, except imprisonment or a painful punishment?"

وَٱسْتَبَقَاwa-is'tabaqāٱلْبَابَl-bābaوَقَدَّتْwaqaddatقَمِيصَهُۥqamīṣahuمِنminدُبُرٍduburinوَأَلْفَيَاwa-alfayāسَيِّدَهَاsayyidahāلَدَاladāٱلْبَابِl-bābiقَالَتْqālatمَاmāجَزَآءُjazāuمَنْmanأَرَادَarādaبِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikaسُوٓءًاsūanإِلَّآillāأَنanيُسْجَنَyus'janaأَوْawعَذَابٌʿadhābunأَلِيمٌalīmun ﴿٢٥﴾

[12:26] He said, "She is the one who tried to seduce me." A witness from her family suggested: "If his garment is torn from the front, then she is telling the truth and he is a liar.

قَالَqālaهِىَhiyaرَٰوَدَتْنِىrāwadatnīعَنʿanنَّفْسِىnafsīوَشَهِدَwashahidaشَاهِدٌshāhidunمِّنْminأَهْلِهَآahlihāإِنinكَانَkānaقَمِيصُهُۥqamīṣuhuقُدَّquddaمِنminقُبُلٍqubulinفَصَدَقَتْfaṣadaqatوَهُوَwahuwaمِنَminaٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīna ﴿٢٦﴾

[12:27] "And if his garment is torn from the back, then she lied, and he is telling the truth."

وَإِنwa-inكَانَkānaقَمِيصُهُۥqamīṣuhuقُدَّquddaمِنminدُبُرٍduburinفَكَذَبَتْfakadhabatوَهُوَwahuwaمِنَminaٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīna ﴿٢٧﴾

[12:28] When her husband saw that his garment was torn from the back, he said, "This is a woman's scheme. Indeed, your scheming is formidable.

فَلَمَّاfalammāرَءَاraāقَمِيصَهُۥqamīṣahuقُدَّquddaمِنminدُبُرٍduburinقَالَqālaإِنَّهُۥinnahuمِنminكَيْدِكُنَّkaydikunnaإِنَّinnaكَيْدَكُنَّkaydakunnaعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmun ﴿٢٨﴾

[12:29] "Joseph, disregard this incident. As for you (my wife), you should seek forgiveness for your sin. You have committed an error."

يُوسُفُyūsufuأَعْرِضْaʿriḍعَنْʿanهَـٰذَاhādhāوَٱسْتَغْفِرِىwa-is'taghfirīلِذَنۢبِكِlidhanbikiإِنَّكِinnakiكُنتِkuntiمِنَminaٱلْخَاطِـِٔينَl-khāṭiīna ﴿٢٩﴾

[12:30] Some women in the city gossiped: "The governor's wife is trying to seduce her servant. She is deeply in love with him. We see that she has gone astray."

وَقَالَwaqālaنِسْوَةٌnis'watunفِىfīٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatiٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atuٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīziتُرَٰوِدُturāwiduفَتَىٰهَاfatāhāعَنʿanنَّفْسِهِۦnafsihiقَدْqadشَغَفَهَاshaghafahāحُبًّاḥubbanإِنَّاinnāلَنَرَىٰهَاlanarāhāفِىfīضَلَـٰلٍḍalālinمُّبِينٍmubīnin ﴿٣٠﴾

[12:31] When she heard of their gossip, she invited them, prepared for them a comfortable place, and gave each of them a knife. She then said to him, "Enter their room." When they saw him, they so admired him, that they cut their hands.* They said, "Glory be to GOD, this is not a human being; this is an honorable angel."

فَلَمَّاfalammāسَمِعَتْsamiʿatبِمَكْرِهِنَّbimakrihinnaأَرْسَلَتْarsalatإِلَيْهِنَّilayhinnaوَأَعْتَدَتْwa-aʿtadatلَهُنَّlahunnaمُتَّكَـًٔاmuttaka-anوَءَاتَتْwaātatكُلَّkullaوَٰحِدَةٍwāḥidatinمِّنْهُنَّmin'hunnaسِكِّينًاsikkīnanوَقَالَتِwaqālatiٱخْرُجْukh'rujعَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaفَلَمَّاfalammāرَأَيْنَهُۥٓra-aynahuأَكْبَرْنَهُۥakbarnahuوَقَطَّعْنَwaqaṭṭaʿnaأَيْدِيَهُنَّaydiyahunnaوَقُلْنَwaqul'naحَـٰشَḥāshaلِلَّهِlillahiمَاmāهَـٰذَاhādhāبَشَرًاbasharanإِنْinهَـٰذَآhādhāإِلَّاillāمَلَكٌmalakunكَرِيمٌkarīmun ﴿٣١﴾

*12:31 This is the same word used in 5:38 regarding the hand of the thief, and the sum of sura and verse numbers (12+31 and 5+38) are the same. Therefore, the thief 's hand should be marked, not severed as practiced by the corrupted Islam (see Footnote 5:38).

[12:32] She said, "This is the one you blamed me for falling in love with. I did indeed try to seduce him, and he refused. Unless he does what I command him to do, he will surely go to prison, and will be debased."

قَالَتْqālatفَذَٰلِكُنَّfadhālikunnaٱلَّذِىalladhīلُمْتُنَّنِىlum'tunnanīفِيهِfīhiوَلَقَدْwalaqadرَٰوَدتُّهُۥrāwadttuhuعَنʿanنَّفْسِهِۦnafsihiفَٱسْتَعْصَمَfa-is'taʿṣamaوَلَئِنwala-inلَّمْlamيَفْعَلْyafʿalمَآmāءَامُرُهُۥāmuruhuلَيُسْجَنَنَّlayus'janannaوَلَيَكُونًاwalayakūnanمِّنَminaٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَl-ṣāghirīna ﴿٣٢﴾

[12:33] He said, "My Lord, the prison is better than giving in to them. Unless You divert their scheming from me, I may desire them and behave like the ignorant ones."

قَالَqālaرَبِّrabbiٱلسِّجْنُl-sij'nuأَحَبُّaḥabbuإِلَىَّilayyaمِمَّاmimmāيَدْعُونَنِىٓyadʿūnanīإِلَيْهِilayhiوَإِلَّاwa-illāتَصْرِفْtaṣrifعَنِّىʿannīكَيْدَهُنَّkaydahunnaأَصْبُaṣbuإِلَيْهِنَّilayhinnaوَأَكُنwa-akunمِّنَminaٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīna ﴿٣٣﴾

[12:34] His Lord answered his prayer and diverted their scheming from him. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient.

فَٱسْتَجَابَfa-is'tajābaلَهُۥlahuرَبُّهُۥrabbuhuفَصَرَفَfaṣarafaعَنْهُʿanhuكَيْدَهُنَّkaydahunnaإِنَّهُۥinnahuهُوَhuwaٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu ﴿٣٤﴾

[12:35] Later, they saw to it, despite the clear proofs, that they should imprison him for awhile.

ثُمَّthummaبَدَاbadāلَهُمlahumمِّنۢminبَعْدِbaʿdiمَاmāرَأَوُا۟ra-awūٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātiلَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥlayasjununnahuحَتَّىٰḥattāحِينٍḥīnin ﴿٣٥﴾

[12:36] Two young men were in the prison with him. One of them said, "I saw (in my dream) that I was making wine," and the other said, "I saw myself carrying bread on my head, from which the birds were eating. Inform us of the interpretation of these dreams. We see that you are righteous."

وَدَخَلَwadakhalaمَعَهُmaʿahuٱلسِّجْنَl-sij'naفَتَيَانِfatayāniقَالَqālaأَحَدُهُمَآaḥaduhumāإِنِّىٓinnīأَرَىٰنِىٓarānīأَعْصِرُaʿṣiruخَمْرًاkhamranوَقَالَwaqālaٱلْـَٔاخَرُl-ākharuإِنِّىٓinnīأَرَىٰنِىٓarānīأَحْمِلُaḥmiluفَوْقَfawqaرَأْسِىrasīخُبْزًاkhub'zanتَأْكُلُtakuluٱلطَّيْرُl-ṭayruمِنْهُmin'huنَبِّئْنَاnabbi'nāبِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓbitawīlihiإِنَّاinnāنَرَىٰكَnarākaمِنَminaٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna ﴿٣٦﴾

[12:37] He said, "If any food is provided to you, I can inform you about it before you receive it. This is some of the knowledge bestowed upon me by my Lord. I have forsaken the religion of people who do not believe in GOD, and with regard to the Hereafter, they are really disbelievers.

قَالَqālaلَاlāيَأْتِيكُمَاyatīkumāطَعَامٌṭaʿāmunتُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓtur'zaqānihiإِلَّاillāنَبَّأْتُكُمَاnabbatukumāبِتَأْوِيلِهِۦbitawīlihiقَبْلَqablaأَنanيَأْتِيَكُمَاyatiyakumāذَٰلِكُمَاdhālikumāمِمَّاmimmāعَلَّمَنِىʿallamanīرَبِّىٓrabbīإِنِّىinnīتَرَكْتُtaraktuمِلَّةَmillataقَوْمٍqawminلَّاlāيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiوَهُمwahumبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiهُمْhumكَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna ﴿٣٧﴾

[12:38] "And I followed instead the religion of my ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We never set up any idols beside GOD. Such is the blessing from GOD upon us and upon the people, but most people are unappreciative.

وَٱتَّبَعْتُwa-ittabaʿtuمِلَّةَmillataءَابَآءِىٓābāīإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaوَإِسْحَـٰقَwa-is'ḥāqaوَيَعْقُوبَwayaʿqūbaمَاmāكَانَkānaلَنَآlanāأَنanنُّشْرِكَnush'rikaبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiمِنminشَىْءٍshayinذَٰلِكَdhālikaمِنminفَضْلِfaḍliٱللَّهِl-lahiعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāوَعَلَىwaʿalāٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaأَكْثَرَaktharaٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiلَاlāيَشْكُرُونَyashkurūna ﴿٣٨﴾

[12:39] "O my prison mates, are several gods better, or GOD alone, the One, the Supreme?

يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِyāṣāḥibayiٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'niءَأَرْبَابٌa-arbābunمُّتَفَرِّقُونَmutafarriqūnaخَيْرٌkhayrunأَمِamiٱللَّهُl-lahuٱلْوَٰحِدُl-wāḥiduٱلْقَهَّارُl-qahāru ﴿٣٩﴾

[12:40] "You do not worship beside Him except innovations that you have made up, you and your parents. GOD has never authorized such idols. All ruling belongs to GOD, and He has ruled that you shall not worship except Him. This is the perfect religion, but most people do not know.

مَاmāتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnaمِنminدُونِهِۦٓdūnihiإِلَّآillāأَسْمَآءًasmāanسَمَّيْتُمُوهَآsammaytumūhāأَنتُمْantumوَءَابَآؤُكُمwaābāukumمَّآmāأَنزَلَanzalaٱللَّهُl-lahuبِهَاbihāمِنminسُلْطَـٰنٍsul'ṭāninإِنِiniٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'muإِلَّاillāلِلَّهِlillahiأَمَرَamaraأَلَّاallāتَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūإِلَّآillāإِيَّاهُiyyāhuذَٰلِكَdhālikaٱلدِّينُl-dīnuٱلْقَيِّمُl-qayimuوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaأَكْثَرَaktharaٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiلَاlāيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿٤٠﴾

[12:41] "O my prison mates, one of you will be the wine butler for his lord, while the other will be crucified - the birds will eat from his head. This settles the matter about which you have inquired."

يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِyāṣāḥibayiٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'niأَمَّآammāأَحَدُكُمَاaḥadukumāفَيَسْقِىfayasqīرَبَّهُۥrabbahuخَمْرًاkhamranوَأَمَّاwa-ammāٱلْـَٔاخَرُl-ākharuفَيُصْلَبُfayuṣ'labuفَتَأْكُلُfatakuluٱلطَّيْرُl-ṭayruمِنminرَّأْسِهِۦrasihiقُضِىَquḍiyaٱلْأَمْرُl-amruٱلَّذِىalladhīفِيهِfīhiتَسْتَفْتِيَانِtastaftiyāni ﴿٤١﴾

[12:42] He then said to the one to be saved "Remember me at your lord."* Thus, the devil caused him to forget his Lord, and, consequently, he remained in prison a few more years.

وَقَالَwaqālaلِلَّذِىlilladhīظَنَّẓannaأَنَّهُۥannahuنَاجٍnājinمِّنْهُمَاmin'humāٱذْكُرْنِىudh'kur'nīعِندَʿindaرَبِّكَrabbikaفَأَنسَىٰهُfa-ansāhuٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuذِكْرَdhik'raرَبِّهِۦrabbihiفَلَبِثَfalabithaفِىfīٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'niبِضْعَbiḍ'ʿaسِنِينَsinīna ﴿٤٢﴾

*12:42 When Joseph begged his companion to intercede with the king on his behalf, he exhibited dependence on other than God to be saved from the prison. This does not befit a true believer, and such a serious slip cost Joseph a few years in the prison. We learn from the Quran that only God can relieve any hardship that might befall us. A true believer trusts in God and depends totally on Him alone (1:5, 6:17, 8:17, 10:107).

[12:43] The king said, "I saw seven fat cows being devoured by seven skinny cows, and seven green spikes (of wheat), and others shriveled. O my elders, advise me regarding my dream, if you know how to interpret the dreams."

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuإِنِّىٓinnīأَرَىٰarāسَبْعَsabʿaبَقَرَٰتٍbaqarātinسِمَانٍsimāninيَأْكُلُهُنَّyakuluhunnaسَبْعٌsabʿunعِجَافٌʿijāfunوَسَبْعَwasabʿaسُنۢبُلَـٰتٍsunbulātinخُضْرٍkhuḍ'rinوَأُخَرَwa-ukharaيَابِسَـٰتٍyābisātinيَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uأَفْتُونِىaftūnīفِىfīرُءْيَـٰىَru'yāyaإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumلِلرُّءْيَاlilrru'yāتَعْبُرُونَtaʿburūna ﴿٤٣﴾

[12:44] They said, "Nonsense dreams. When it comes to the interpretation of dreams, we are not knowledgeable."

قَالُوٓا۟qālūأَضْغَـٰثُaḍghāthuأَحْلَـٰمٍaḥlāminوَمَاwamāنَحْنُnaḥnuبِتَأْوِيلِbitawīliٱلْأَحْلَـٰمِl-aḥlāmiبِعَـٰلِمِينَbiʿālimīna ﴿٤٤﴾

[12:45] The one who was saved (from the prison) said, now that he finally remembered, "I can tell you its interpretation, so send me (to Joseph)."

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلَّذِىalladhīنَجَاnajāمِنْهُمَاmin'humāوَٱدَّكَرَwa-iddakaraبَعْدَbaʿdaأُمَّةٍummatinأَنَا۠anāأُنَبِّئُكُمunabbi-ukumبِتَأْوِيلِهِۦbitawīlihiفَأَرْسِلُونِfa-arsilūni ﴿٤٥﴾

[12:46] "Joseph my friend, inform us about seven fat cows being devoured by seven skinny cows, and seven green spikes, and others shriveled. I wish to go back with some information for the people."

يُوسُفُyūsufuأَيُّهَاayyuhāٱلصِّدِّيقُl-ṣidīquأَفْتِنَاaftināفِىfīسَبْعِsabʿiبَقَرَٰتٍbaqarātinسِمَانٍsimāninيَأْكُلُهُنَّyakuluhunnaسَبْعٌsabʿunعِجَافٌʿijāfunوَسَبْعِwasabʿiسُنۢبُلَـٰتٍsunbulātinخُضْرٍkhuḍ'rinوَأُخَرَwa-ukharaيَابِسَـٰتٍyābisātinلَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallīأَرْجِعُarjiʿuإِلَىilāٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿٤٦﴾

[12:47] He said, "What you cultivate during the next seven years, when the time of harvest comes, leave the grains in their spikes, except for what you eat.

قَالَqālaتَزْرَعُونَtazraʿūnaسَبْعَsabʿaسِنِينَsinīnaدَأَبًاda-abanفَمَاfamāحَصَدتُّمْḥaṣadttumفَذَرُوهُfadharūhuفِىfīسُنۢبُلِهِۦٓsunbulihiإِلَّاillāقَلِيلًاqalīlanمِّمَّاmimmāتَأْكُلُونَtakulūna ﴿٤٧﴾

[12:48] "After that, seven years of drought will come, which will consume most of what you stored for them.

ثُمَّthummaيَأْتِىyatīمِنۢminبَعْدِbaʿdiذَٰلِكَdhālikaسَبْعٌsabʿunشِدَادٌshidādunيَأْكُلْنَyakul'naمَاmāقَدَّمْتُمْqaddamtumلَهُنَّlahunnaإِلَّاillāقَلِيلًاqalīlanمِّمَّاmimmāتُحْصِنُونَtuḥ'ṣinūna ﴿٤٨﴾

[12:49] "After that, a year will come that brings relief for the people, and they will, once again, press juice."

ثُمَّthummaيَأْتِىyatīمِنۢminبَعْدِbaʿdiذَٰلِكَdhālikaعَامٌʿāmunفِيهِfīhiيُغَاثُyughāthuٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuوَفِيهِwafīhiيَعْصِرُونَyaʿṣirūna ﴿٤٩﴾

[12:50] The king said, "Bring him to me." When the messenger came to him, he said, "Go back to your lord and ask him to investigate the women who cut their hands. My Lord is fully aware of their schemes."

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuٱئْتُونِىi'tūnīبِهِۦbihiفَلَمَّاfalammāجَآءَهُjāahuٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluقَالَqālaٱرْجِعْir'jiʿإِلَىٰilāرَبِّكَrabbikaفَسْـَٔلْهُfasalhuمَاmāبَالُbāluٱلنِّسْوَةِl-nis'watiٱلَّـٰتِىallātīقَطَّعْنَqaṭṭaʿnaأَيْدِيَهُنَّaydiyahunnaإِنَّinnaرَبِّىrabbīبِكَيْدِهِنَّbikaydihinnaعَلِيمٌʿalīmun ﴿٥٠﴾

[12:51] (The king) said (to the women), "What do you know about the incident when you tried to seduce Joseph?" They said, "GOD forbid; we did not know of anything evil committed by him." The wife of the governor said, "Now the truth has prevailed. I am the one who tried to seduce him, and he was the truthful one.

قَالَqālaمَاmāخَطْبُكُنَّkhaṭbukunnaإِذْidhرَٰوَدتُّنَّrāwadttunnaيُوسُفَyūsufaعَنʿanنَّفْسِهِۦnafsihiقُلْنَqul'naحَـٰشَḥāshaلِلَّهِlillahiمَاmāعَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāعَلَيْهِʿalayhiمِنminسُوٓءٍsūinقَالَتِqālatiٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atuٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīziٱلْـَٔـٰنَl-ānaحَصْحَصَḥaṣḥaṣaٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquأَنَا۠anāرَٰوَدتُّهُۥrāwadttuhuعَنʿanنَّفْسِهِۦnafsihiوَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuلَمِنَlaminaٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīna ﴿٥١﴾

[12:52] "I hope that he will realize that I never betrayed him in his absence, for GOD does not bless the schemes of the betrayers.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaلِيَعْلَمَliyaʿlamaأَنِّىannīلَمْlamأَخُنْهُakhun'huبِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiوَأَنَّwa-annaٱللَّهَl-lahaلَاlāيَهْدِىyahdīكَيْدَkaydaٱلْخَآئِنِينَl-khāinīna ﴿٥٢﴾

[12:53] "I do not claim innocence for myself. The self is an advocate of vice, except for those who have attained mercy from my Lord. My Lord is Forgiver, Most Merciful."

وَمَآwamāأُبَرِّئُubarri-uنَفْسِىٓnafsīإِنَّinnaٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsaلَأَمَّارَةٌۢla-ammāratunبِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūiإِلَّاillāمَاmāرَحِمَraḥimaرَبِّىٓrabbīإِنَّinnaرَبِّىrabbīغَفُورٌghafūrunرَّحِيمٌraḥīmun ﴿٥٣﴾

[12:54] The king said, "Bring him to me, so I can hire him to work for me." When he talked with him, he said, "Today, you have a prominent position with us."

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuٱئْتُونِىi'tūnīبِهِۦٓbihiأَسْتَخْلِصْهُastakhliṣ'huلِنَفْسِىlinafsīفَلَمَّاfalammāكَلَّمَهُۥkallamahuقَالَqālaإِنَّكَinnakaٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaلَدَيْنَاladaynāمَكِينٌmakīnunأَمِينٌamīnun ﴿٥٤﴾

[12:55] He said, "Make me the treasurer, for I am experienced in this area and knowledgeable."

قَالَqālaٱجْعَلْنِىij'ʿalnīعَلَىٰʿalāخَزَآئِنِkhazāiniٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiإِنِّىinnīحَفِيظٌḥafīẓunعَلِيمٌʿalīmun ﴿٥٥﴾

[12:56] We thus established Joseph on earth, ruling as he wished. We shower our mercy upon whomever we will, and we never fail to recompense the righteous.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaمَكَّنَّاmakkannāلِيُوسُفَliyūsufaفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiيَتَبَوَّأُyatabawwa-uمِنْهَاmin'hāحَيْثُḥaythuيَشَآءُyashāuنُصِيبُnuṣībuبِرَحْمَتِنَاbiraḥmatināمَنmanنَّشَآءُnashāuوَلَاwalāنُضِيعُnuḍīʿuأَجْرَajraٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna ﴿٥٦﴾

[12:57] Additionally, the reward in the Hereafter is even better for those who believe and lead a righteous life.

وَلَأَجْرُwala-ajruٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiخَيْرٌkhayrunلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūوَكَانُوا۟wakānūيَتَّقُونَyattaqūna ﴿٥٧﴾

[12:58] Joseph's brothers came; when they entered, he recognized them, while they did not recognize him.

وَجَآءَwajāaإِخْوَةُikh'watuيُوسُفَyūsufaفَدَخَلُوا۟fadakhalūعَلَيْهِʿalayhiفَعَرَفَهُمْfaʿarafahumوَهُمْwahumلَهُۥlahuمُنكِرُونَmunkirūna ﴿٥٨﴾

[12:59] After he provided them with their provisions, he said, "Next time, bring with you your half-brother. Do you not see that I give full measure, and treat you generously?

وَلَمَّاwalammāجَهَّزَهُمjahhazahumبِجَهَازِهِمْbijahāzihimقَالَqālaٱئْتُونِىi'tūnīبِأَخٍbi-akhinلَّكُمlakumمِّنْminأَبِيكُمْabīkumأَلَاalāتَرَوْنَtarawnaأَنِّىٓannīأُوفِىūfīٱلْكَيْلَl-kaylaوَأَنَا۠wa-anāخَيْرُkhayruٱلْمُنزِلِينَl-munzilīna ﴿٥٩﴾

[12:60] "If you fail to bring him to me, you will get no share from me; you will not even come close."

فَإِنfa-inلَّمْlamتَأْتُونِىtatūnīبِهِۦbihiفَلَاfalāكَيْلَkaylaلَكُمْlakumعِندِىʿindīوَلَاwalāتَقْرَبُونِtaqrabūni ﴿٦٠﴾

[12:61] They said, "We will negotiate with his father about him. We will surely do this."

قَالُوا۟qālūسَنُرَٰوِدُsanurāwiduعَنْهُʿanhuأَبَاهُabāhuوَإِنَّاwa-innāلَفَـٰعِلُونَlafāʿilūna ﴿٦١﴾

[12:62] He then instructed his assistants: "Put their goods back in their bags. When they find them upon their return to their family, they may come back sooner."

وَقَالَwaqālaلِفِتْيَـٰنِهِlifit'yānihiٱجْعَلُوا۟ij'ʿalūبِضَـٰعَتَهُمْbiḍāʿatahumفِىfīرِحَالِهِمْriḥālihimلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumيَعْرِفُونَهَآyaʿrifūnahāإِذَاidhāٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟inqalabūإِلَىٰٓilāأَهْلِهِمْahlihimلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumيَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna ﴿٦٢﴾

[12:63] When they returned to their father, they said, "Our father, we can no longer get any provisions, unless you send our brother with us. We will take good care of him."

فَلَمَّاfalammāرَجَعُوٓا۟rajaʿūإِلَىٰٓilāأَبِيهِمْabīhimقَالُوا۟qālūيَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāمُنِعَmuniʿaمِنَّاminnāٱلْكَيْلُl-kayluفَأَرْسِلْfa-arsilمَعَنَآmaʿanāأَخَانَاakhānāنَكْتَلْnaktalوَإِنَّاwa-innāلَهُۥlahuلَحَـٰفِظُونَlaḥāfiẓūna ﴿٦٣﴾

[12:64] He said, "Shall I trust you with him, as I trusted you with his brother before that? GOD is the best Protector, and, of all the merciful ones, He is the Most Merciful."

قَالَqālaهَلْhalءَامَنُكُمْāmanukumعَلَيْهِʿalayhiإِلَّاillāكَمَآkamāأَمِنتُكُمْamintukumعَلَىٰٓʿalāأَخِيهِakhīhiمِنminقَبْلُqabluفَٱللَّهُfal-lahuخَيْرٌkhayrunحَـٰفِظًاḥāfiẓanوَهُوَwahuwaأَرْحَمُarḥamuٱلرَّٰحِمِينَl-rāḥimīna ﴿٦٤﴾

[12:65] When they opened their bags, they found their goods returned to them. They said, "Our father, what more can we ask for? Here are our goods returned to us. We can thus provide for our family, protect our brother, and receive one more camel-load. This is certainly a profitable deal."

وَلَمَّاwalammāفَتَحُوا۟fataḥūمَتَـٰعَهُمْmatāʿahumوَجَدُوا۟wajadūبِضَـٰعَتَهُمْbiḍāʿatahumرُدَّتْruddatإِلَيْهِمْilayhimقَالُوا۟qālūيَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāمَاmāنَبْغِىnabghīهَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiبِضَـٰعَتُنَاbiḍāʿatunāرُدَّتْruddatإِلَيْنَاilaynāوَنَمِيرُwanamīruأَهْلَنَاahlanāوَنَحْفَظُwanaḥfaẓuأَخَانَاakhānāوَنَزْدَادُwanazdāduكَيْلَkaylaبَعِيرٍbaʿīrinذَٰلِكَdhālikaكَيْلٌkaylunيَسِيرٌyasīrun ﴿٦٥﴾

[12:66] He said, "I will not send him with you, unless you give me a solemn pledge before GOD that you will bring him back, unless you are utterly overwhelmed." When they gave him their solemn pledge, he said, "GOD is witnessing everything we say."

قَالَqālaلَنْlanأُرْسِلَهُۥur'silahuمَعَكُمْmaʿakumحَتَّىٰḥattāتُؤْتُونِtu'tūniمَوْثِقًاmawthiqanمِّنَminaٱللَّهِl-lahiلَتَأْتُنَّنِىlatatunnanīبِهِۦٓbihiإِلَّآillāأَنanيُحَاطَyuḥāṭaبِكُمْbikumفَلَمَّآfalammāءَاتَوْهُātawhuمَوْثِقَهُمْmawthiqahumقَالَqālaٱللَّهُl-lahuعَلَىٰʿalāمَاmāنَقُولُnaqūluوَكِيلٌwakīlun ﴿٦٦﴾

[12:67] And he said, "O my sons, do not enter from one door; enter through separate doors. However, I cannot save you from anything that is predetermined by GOD. To GOD belongs all judgments. I trust in Him, and in Him shall all the trusters put their trust."

وَقَالَwaqālaيَـٰبَنِىَّyābaniyyaلَاlāتَدْخُلُوا۟tadkhulūمِنۢminبَابٍbābinوَٰحِدٍwāḥidinوَٱدْخُلُوا۟wa-ud'khulūمِنْminأَبْوَٰبٍabwābinمُّتَفَرِّقَةٍmutafarriqatinوَمَآwamāأُغْنِىugh'nīعَنكُمʿankumمِّنَminaٱللَّهِl-lahiمِنminشَىْءٍshayinإِنِiniٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'muإِلَّاillāلِلَّهِlillahiعَلَيْهِʿalayhiتَوَكَّلْتُtawakkaltuوَعَلَيْهِwaʿalayhiفَلْيَتَوَكَّلِfalyatawakkaliٱلْمُتَوَكِّلُونَl-mutawakilūna ﴿٦٧﴾

[12:68] When they went (to Joseph), they entered in accordance with their father's instructions. Although this could not change anything decreed by GOD, Jacob had a private reason for asking them to do this. For he possessed certain knowledge that we taught him, but most people do not know.

وَلَمَّاwalammāدَخَلُوا۟dakhalūمِنْminحَيْثُḥaythuأَمَرَهُمْamarahumأَبُوهُمabūhumمَّاmāكَانَkānaيُغْنِىyugh'nīعَنْهُمʿanhumمِّنَminaٱللَّهِl-lahiمِنminشَىْءٍshayinإِلَّاillāحَاجَةًḥājatanفِىfīنَفْسِnafsiيَعْقُوبَyaʿqūbaقَضَىٰهَاqaḍāhāوَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuلَذُوladhūعِلْمٍʿil'minلِّمَاlimāعَلَّمْنَـٰهُʿallamnāhuوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaأَكْثَرَaktharaٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiلَاlāيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿٦٨﴾

[12:69] When they entered Joseph's place, he brought his brother closer to him and said, "I am your brother; do not be saddened by their actions."

وَلَمَّاwalammāدَخَلُوا۟dakhalūعَلَىٰʿalāيُوسُفَyūsufaءَاوَىٰٓāwāإِلَيْهِilayhiأَخَاهُakhāhuقَالَqālaإِنِّىٓinnīأَنَا۠anāأَخُوكَakhūkaفَلَاfalāتَبْتَئِسْtabta-isبِمَاbimāكَانُوا۟kānūيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna ﴿٦٩﴾

[12:70] When he provided them with their provisions, he placed the drinking cup in his brother's bag, then an announcer announced: "The owners of this caravan are thieves."

فَلَمَّاfalammāجَهَّزَهُمjahhazahumبِجَهَازِهِمْbijahāzihimجَعَلَjaʿalaٱلسِّقَايَةَl-siqāyataفِىfīرَحْلِraḥliأَخِيهِakhīhiثُمَّthummaأَذَّنَadhanaمُؤَذِّنٌmu-adhinunأَيَّتُهَاayyatuhāٱلْعِيرُl-ʿīruإِنَّكُمْinnakumلَسَـٰرِقُونَlasāriqūna ﴿٧٠﴾

[12:71] They said, as they came towards them, "What did you lose?"

قَالُوا۟qālūوَأَقْبَلُوا۟wa-aqbalūعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimمَّاذَاmādhāتَفْقِدُونَtafqidūna ﴿٧١﴾

[12:72] They said, "We lost the king's cup. Anyone who returns it will receive an extra camel-load; I personally guarantee this."

قَالُوا۟qālūنَفْقِدُnafqiduصُوَاعَṣuwāʿaٱلْمَلِكِl-malikiوَلِمَنwalimanجَآءَjāaبِهِۦbihiحِمْلُḥim'luبَعِيرٍbaʿīrinوَأَنَا۠wa-anāبِهِۦbihiزَعِيمٌzaʿīmun ﴿٧٢﴾

[12:73] They said, "By GOD, you know full well that we did not come here to commit evil, nor are we thieves."

قَالُوا۟qālūتَٱللَّهِtal-lahiلَقَدْlaqadعَلِمْتُمʿalim'tumمَّاmāجِئْنَاji'nāلِنُفْسِدَlinuf'sidaفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَمَاwamāكُنَّاkunnāسَـٰرِقِينَsāriqīna ﴿٧٣﴾

[12:74] They said, "What is the punishment for the thief, if you are liars?"

قَالُوا۟qālūفَمَاfamāجَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓjazāuhuإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumكَـٰذِبِينَkādhibīna ﴿٧٤﴾

[12:75] They said, "The punishment, if it is found in his bag, is that the thief belongs to you. We thus punish the guilty."

قَالُوا۟qālūجَزَٰٓؤُهُۥjazāuhuمَنmanوُجِدَwujidaفِىfīرَحْلِهِۦraḥlihiفَهُوَfahuwaجَزَٰٓؤُهُۥjazāuhuكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaنَجْزِىnajzīٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna ﴿٧٥﴾

[12:76] He then started by inspecting their containers, before getting to his brother's container, and he extracted it out of his brother's container. We thus perfected the scheme for Joseph; he could not have kept his brother if he applied the king's law. But that was the will of GOD. We exalt whomever we choose to higher ranks. Above every knowledgeable one, there is one who is even more knowledgeable.

فَبَدَأَfabada-aبِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْbi-awʿiyatihimقَبْلَqablaوِعَآءِwiʿāiأَخِيهِakhīhiثُمَّthummaٱسْتَخْرَجَهَاis'takhrajahāمِنminوِعَآءِwiʿāiأَخِيهِakhīhiكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaكِدْنَاkid'nāلِيُوسُفَliyūsufaمَاmāكَانَkānaلِيَأْخُذَliyakhudhaأَخَاهُakhāhuفِىfīدِينِdīniٱلْمَلِكِl-malikiإِلَّآillāأَنanيَشَآءَyashāaٱللَّهُl-lahuنَرْفَعُnarfaʿuدَرَجَـٰتٍdarajātinمَّنmanنَّشَآءُnashāuوَفَوْقَwafawqaكُلِّkulliذِىdhīعِلْمٍʿil'minعَلِيمٌʿalīmun ﴿٧٦﴾

[12:77] They said, "If he stole, so did a brother of his in the past." Joseph concealed his feelings in himself, and did not give them any clue. He said (to himself), "You are really bad. GOD is fully aware of your accusations."

قَالُوٓا۟qālūإِنinيَسْرِقْyasriqفَقَدْfaqadسَرَقَsaraqaأَخٌakhunلَّهُۥlahuمِنminقَبْلُqabluفَأَسَرَّهَاfa-asarrahāيُوسُفُyūsufuفِىfīنَفْسِهِۦnafsihiوَلَمْwalamيُبْدِهَاyub'dihāلَهُمْlahumقَالَqālaأَنتُمْantumشَرٌّsharrunمَّكَانًاmakānanوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuأَعْلَمُaʿlamuبِمَاbimāتَصِفُونَtaṣifūna ﴿٧٧﴾

[12:78] They said, “O you noble one, he has a father who is elderly; would you take one of us in his place? We see that you are a kind man."

قَالُوا۟qālūيَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuإِنَّinnaلَهُۥٓlahuأَبًاabanشَيْخًاshaykhanكَبِيرًاkabīranفَخُذْfakhudhأَحَدَنَاaḥadanāمَكَانَهُۥٓmakānahuإِنَّاinnāنَرَىٰكَnarākaمِنَminaٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna ﴿٧٨﴾

[12:79] He said, "GOD forbid that we should take other than the one in whose possession we found our goods. Otherwise, we would be unjust."

قَالَqālaمَعَاذَmaʿādhaٱللَّهِl-lahiأَنanنَّأْخُذَnakhudhaإِلَّاillāمَنmanوَجَدْنَاwajadnāمَتَـٰعَنَاmatāʿanāعِندَهُۥٓʿindahuإِنَّآinnāإِذًاidhanلَّظَـٰلِمُونَlaẓālimūna ﴿٧٩﴾

[12:80] When they despaired of changing his mind, they conferred together. Their eldest said, "Do you realize that your father has taken a solemn pledge from you before GOD? In the past you lost Joseph. I am not leaving this place until my father gives me permission, or until GOD judges for me; He is the best Judge.

فَلَمَّاfalammāٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟is'tayasūمِنْهُmin'huخَلَصُوا۟khalaṣūنَجِيًّاnajiyyanقَالَqālaكَبِيرُهُمْkabīruhumأَلَمْalamتَعْلَمُوٓا۟taʿlamūأَنَّannaأَبَاكُمْabākumقَدْqadأَخَذَakhadhaعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumمَّوْثِقًاmawthiqanمِّنَminaٱللَّهِl-lahiوَمِنwaminقَبْلُqabluمَاmāفَرَّطتُمْfarraṭtumفِىfīيُوسُفَyūsufaفَلَنْfalanأَبْرَحَabraḥaٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍaحَتَّىٰḥattāيَأْذَنَyadhanaلِىٓlīأَبِىٓabīأَوْawيَحْكُمَyaḥkumaٱللَّهُl-lahuلِىlīوَهُوَwahuwaخَيْرُkhayruٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَl-ḥākimīna ﴿٨٠﴾

[12:81] "Go back to your father and tell him...'Our father, your son has committed a theft. We know for sure, because this is what we have witnessed. This was an unexpected occurrence.

ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ir'jiʿūإِلَىٰٓilāأَبِيكُمْabīkumفَقُولُوا۟faqūlūيَـٰٓأَبَانَآyāabānāإِنَّinnaٱبْنَكَib'nakaسَرَقَsaraqaوَمَاwamāشَهِدْنَآshahid'nāإِلَّاillāبِمَاbimāعَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāوَمَاwamāكُنَّاkunnāلِلْغَيْبِlil'ghaybiحَـٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīna ﴿٨١﴾

[12:82] You may ask the community where we were, and the caravan that came back with us. We are telling the truth.'"

وَسْـَٔلِwasaliٱلْقَرْيَةَl-qaryataٱلَّتِىallatīكُنَّاkunnāفِيهَاfīhāوَٱلْعِيرَwal-ʿīraٱلَّتِىٓallatīأَقْبَلْنَاaqbalnāفِيهَاfīhāوَإِنَّاwa-innāلَصَـٰدِقُونَlaṣādiqūna ﴿٨٢﴾

[12:83] He said, "Indeed, you have conspired to carry out a certain scheme. Quiet patience is my only recourse. May GOD bring them all back to me. He is the Omniscient, Most Wise."

قَالَqālaبَلْbalسَوَّلَتْsawwalatلَكُمْlakumأَنفُسُكُمْanfusukumأَمْرًاamranفَصَبْرٌfaṣabrunجَمِيلٌjamīlunعَسَىʿasāٱللَّهُl-lahuأَنanيَأْتِيَنِىyatiyanīبِهِمْbihimجَمِيعًاjamīʿanإِنَّهُۥinnahuهُوَhuwaٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu ﴿٨٣﴾

[12:84] He turned away from them, saying, "I am grieving over Joseph." His eyes turned white from grieving so much; he was truly sad.

وَتَوَلَّىٰwatawallāعَنْهُمْʿanhumوَقَالَwaqālaيَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰyāasafāعَلَىٰʿalāيُوسُفَyūsufaوَٱبْيَضَّتْwa-ib'yaḍḍatعَيْنَاهُʿaynāhuمِنَminaٱلْحُزْنِl-ḥuz'niفَهُوَfahuwaكَظِيمٌkaẓīmun ﴿٨٤﴾

[12:85] They said, "By GOD, you will keep on grieving over Joseph until you become ill, or until you die."

قَالُوا۟qālūتَٱللَّهِtal-lahiتَفْتَؤُا۟tafta-uتَذْكُرُtadhkuruيُوسُفَyūsufaحَتَّىٰḥattāتَكُونَtakūnaحَرَضًاḥaraḍanأَوْawتَكُونَtakūnaمِنَminaٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَl-hālikīna ﴿٨٥﴾

[12:86] He said, "I simply complain to GOD about my dilemma and grief, for I know from GOD what you do not know.

قَالَqālaإِنَّمَآinnamāأَشْكُوا۟ashkūبَثِّىbathīوَحُزْنِىٓwaḥuz'nīإِلَىilāٱللَّهِl-lahiوَأَعْلَمُwa-aʿlamuمِنَminaٱللَّهِl-lahiمَاmāلَاlāتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna ﴿٨٦﴾

[12:87] "O my sons, go fetch Joseph and his brother, and never despair of GOD's grace. None despairs of GOD's grace except the disbelieving people.

يَـٰبَنِىَّyābaniyyaٱذْهَبُوا۟idh'habūفَتَحَسَّسُوا۟fataḥassasūمِنminيُوسُفَyūsufaوَأَخِيهِwa-akhīhiوَلَاwalāتَا۟يْـَٔسُوا۟tāy'asūمِنminرَّوْحِrawḥiٱللَّهِl-lahiإِنَّهُۥinnahuلَاlāيَا۟يْـَٔسُyāy'asuمِنminرَّوْحِrawḥiٱللَّهِl-lahiإِلَّاillāٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmuٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūna ﴿٨٧﴾

[12:88] When they entered (Joseph's) quarters, they said, "O you noble one, we have suffered a lot of hardship, along with our family, and we have brought inferior goods. But we hope that you will give us full measure and be charitable to us. GOD rewards the charitable."

فَلَمَّاfalammāوَتَصَدَّقْwataṣaddaqدَخَلُوا۟dakhalūعَلَيْنَآʿalaynāعَلَيْهِʿalayhiإِنَّinnaقَالُوا۟qālūٱللَّهَl-lahaيَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāيَجْزِىyajzīٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَl-mutaṣadiqīnaمَسَّنَاmassanāوَأَهْلَنَاwa-ahlanāٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuruوَجِئْنَاwaji'nāبِبِضَـٰعَةٍbibiḍāʿatinمُّزْجَىٰةٍmuz'jātinفَأَوْفِfa-awfiلَنَاlanāٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla ﴿٨٨﴾

[12:89] He said, "Do you recall what you did to Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant?"

قَالَqālaهَلْhalعَلِمْتُمʿalim'tumمَّاmāفَعَلْتُمfaʿaltumبِيُوسُفَbiyūsufaوَأَخِيهِwa-akhīhiإِذْidhأَنتُمْantumجَـٰهِلُونَjāhilūna ﴿٨٩﴾

[12:90] They said, "You must be Joseph." He said, "I am Joseph, and here is my brother. GOD has blessed us. That is because if one leads a righteous life, and steadfastly perseveres, GOD never fails to reward the righteous."

قَالُوٓا۟qālūأَءِنَّكَa-innakaلَأَنتَla-antaيُوسُفُyūsufuقَالَqālaأَنَا۠anāيُوسُفُyūsufuوَهَـٰذَآwahādhāأَخِىakhīقَدْqadمَنَّmannaٱللَّهُl-lahuعَلَيْنَآʿalaynāإِنَّهُۥinnahuمَنmanيَتَّقِyattaqiوَيَصْبِرْwayaṣbirفَإِنَّfa-innaٱللَّهَl-lahaلَاlāيُضِيعُyuḍīʿuأَجْرَajraٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna ﴿٩٠﴾

[12:91] They said, "By GOD, GOD has truly preferred you over us. We were definitely wrong."

قَالُوا۟qālūتَٱللَّهِtal-lahiلَقَدْlaqadءَاثَرَكَātharakaٱللَّهُl-lahuعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāوَإِنwa-inكُنَّاkunnāلَخَـٰطِـِٔينَlakhāṭiīna ﴿٩١﴾

[12:92] He said, "There is no blame upon you today. May GOD forgive you. Of all the merciful ones, He is the Most Merciful.

قَالَqālaلَاlāتَثْرِيبَtathrībaعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaيَغْفِرُyaghfiruٱللَّهُl-lahuلَكُمْlakumوَهُوَwahuwaأَرْحَمُarḥamuٱلرَّٰحِمِينَl-rāḥimīna ﴿٩٢﴾

[12:93] "Take this shirt of mine; when you throw it on my father's face, his vision will be restored. Bring your whole family and come back to me."*

ٱذْهَبُوا۟idh'habūبِقَمِيصِىbiqamīṣīهَـٰذَاhādhāفَأَلْقُوهُfa-alqūhuعَلَىٰʿalāوَجْهِwajhiأَبِىabīيَأْتِyatiبَصِيرًاbaṣīranوَأْتُونِىwatūnīبِأَهْلِكُمْbi-ahlikumأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna ﴿٩٣﴾

*12:93 This marks the beginning of the Children of Israel in Egypt. Moses led them out of Egypt a few centuries later.

[12:94] Even before the caravan arrived, their father said, "I can sense the smell of Joseph. Will someone enlighten me?"

وَلَمَّاwalammāفَصَلَتِfaṣalatiٱلْعِيرُl-ʿīruقَالَqālaأَبُوهُمْabūhumإِنِّىinnīلَأَجِدُla-ajiduرِيحَrīḥaيُوسُفَyūsufaلَوْلَآlawlāأَنanتُفَنِّدُونِtufannidūni ﴿٩٤﴾

[12:95] They said, "By GOD, you are still in your old confusion."

قَالُوا۟qālūتَٱللَّهِtal-lahiإِنَّكَinnakaلَفِىlafīضَلَـٰلِكَḍalālikaٱلْقَدِيمِl-qadīmi ﴿٩٥﴾

[12:96] When the bearer of good news arrived, he threw (the shirt) on his face, whereupon his vision was restored. He said, "Did I not tell you that I knew from GOD what you did not know?"

فَلَمَّآfalammāأَنanجَآءَjāaٱلْبَشِيرُl-bashīruأَلْقَىٰهُalqāhuعَلَىٰʿalāوَجْهِهِۦwajhihiفَٱرْتَدَّfa-ir'taddaبَصِيرًاbaṣīranقَالَqālaأَلَمْalamأَقُلaqulلَّكُمْlakumإِنِّىٓinnīأَعْلَمُaʿlamuمِنَminaٱللَّهِl-lahiمَاmāلَاlāتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna ﴿٩٦﴾

[12:97] They said, "Our father, pray for our forgiveness; we were wrong indeed."

قَالُوا۟qālūيَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāٱسْتَغْفِرْis'taghfirلَنَاlanāذُنُوبَنَآdhunūbanāإِنَّاinnāكُنَّاkunnāخَـٰطِـِٔينَkhāṭiīna ﴿٩٧﴾

[12:98] He said, "I will implore my Lord to forgive you; He is the Forgiver, Most Merciful."

قَالَqālaسَوْفَsawfaأَسْتَغْفِرُastaghfiruلَكُمْlakumرَبِّىٓrabbīإِنَّهُۥinnahuهُوَhuwaٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūruٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmu ﴿٩٨﴾

[12:99] When they entered Joseph's quarters, he embraced his parents, saying, "Welcome to Egypt. GOD willing, you will be safe here."

فَلَمَّاfalammāدَخَلُوا۟dakhalūعَلَىٰʿalāيُوسُفَyūsufaءَاوَىٰٓāwāإِلَيْهِilayhiأَبَوَيْهِabawayhiوَقَالَwaqālaٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūمِصْرَmiṣ'raإِنinشَآءَshāaٱللَّهُl-lahuءَامِنِينَāminīna ﴿٩٩﴾

[12:100] He raised his parents upon the throne. They fell prostrate before him. He said, "O my father, this is the fulfillment of my old dream. My Lord has made it come true. He has blessed me, delivered me from the prison, and brought you from the desert, after the devil had driven a wedge between me and my brothers. My Lord is Most Kind towards whomever He wills. He is the Knower, the Most Wise."

وَجَآءَwajāaوَرَفَعَwarafaʿaأَبَوَيْهِabawayhiعَلَىʿalāٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshiوَخَرُّوا۟wakharrūلَهُۥlahuسُجَّدًاsujjadanوَقَالَwaqālaيَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiهَـٰذَاhādhāتَأْوِيلُtawīluرُءْيَـٰىَru'yāyaمِنminقَبْلُqabluقَدْqadجَعَلَهَاjaʿalahāرَبِّىrabbīحَقًّاḥaqqanوَقَدْwaqadأَحْسَنَaḥsanaبِىٓbīإِذْidhأَخْرَجَنِىakhrajanīمِنَminaٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'niبِكُمbikumمِّنَminaٱلْبَدْوِl-badwiمِنۢminبَعْدِbaʿdiأَنanنَّزَغَnazaghaٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuبَيْنِىbaynīوَبَيْنَwabaynaإِخْوَتِىٓikh'watīإِنَّinnaرَبِّىrabbīلَطِيفٌlaṭīfunلِّمَاlimāيَشَآءُyashāuإِنَّهُۥinnahuهُوَhuwaٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu ﴿١٠٠﴾

[12:101] "My Lord, You have given me kingship and taught me the interpretation of dreams. Initiator of the heavens and the earth; You are my Lord and Master in this life and in the Hereafter. Let me die as a submitter, and count me with the righteous."

رَبِّrabbiقَدْqadءَاتَيْتَنِىātaytanīمِنَminaٱلْمُلْكِl-mul'kiوَعَلَّمْتَنِىwaʿallamtanīمِنminتَأْوِيلِtawīliٱلْأَحَادِيثِl-aḥādīthiفَاطِرَfāṭiraٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiأَنتَantaوَلِىِّۦwaliyyīفِىfīٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiتَوَفَّنِىtawaffanīمُسْلِمًاmus'limanوَأَلْحِقْنِىwa-alḥiq'nīبِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَbil-ṣāliḥīna ﴿١٠١﴾

[12:102] This is news from the past that we reveal to you. You were not present when they made their unanimous decision (to throw Joseph in the well), as they conspired together.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaمِنْminأَنۢبَآءِanbāiٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybiنُوحِيهِnūḥīhiإِلَيْكَilaykaوَمَاwamāكُنتَkuntaلَدَيْهِمْladayhimإِذْidhأَجْمَعُوٓا۟ajmaʿūأَمْرَهُمْamrahumوَهُمْwahumيَمْكُرُونَyamkurūna ﴿١٠٢﴾

[12:103] Most people, no matter what you do, will not believe.

وَمَآwamāأَكْثَرُaktharuٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiوَلَوْwalawحَرَصْتَḥaraṣtaبِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīna ﴿١٠٣﴾

[12:104] You are not asking them for any money; you simply deliver this reminder for all the people.

وَمَاwamāتَسْـَٔلُهُمْtasaluhumعَلَيْهِʿalayhiمِنْminأَجْرٍajrinإِنْinهُوَhuwaإِلَّاillāذِكْرٌdhik'runلِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīna ﴿١٠٤﴾

[12:105] So many proofs in the heavens and the earth are given to them, but they pass by them, heedlessly!

وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyinمِّنْminءَايَةٍāyatinفِىfīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiيَمُرُّونَyamurrūnaعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāوَهُمْwahumعَنْهَاʿanhāمُعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna ﴿١٠٥﴾

[12:106] The majority of those who believe in GOD do not do so without committing idol worship.

وَمَاwamāيُؤْمِنُyu'minuأَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhumبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiإِلَّاillāوَهُمwahumمُّشْرِكُونَmush'rikūna ﴿١٠٦﴾

[12:107] Have they guaranteed that an overwhelming retribution from GOD will not strike them, or the Hour will not come to them suddenly, when they least expect it?

أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟afa-aminūأَنanتَأْتِيَهُمْtatiyahumغَـٰشِيَةٌghāshiyatunمِّنْminعَذَابِʿadhābiٱللَّهِl-lahiأَوْawتَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumuٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuبَغْتَةًbaghtatanوَهُمْwahumلَاlāيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna ﴿١٠٧﴾

[12:108] Say, "This is my path: I invite to GOD, on the basis of a clear proof, and so do those who follow me. GOD be glorified. I am not an idol worshiper."

قُلْqulهَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiسَبِيلِىٓsabīlīأَدْعُوٓا۟adʿūإِلَىilāٱللَّهِl-lahiعَلَىٰʿalāبَصِيرَةٍbaṣīratinأَنَا۠anāوَمَنِwamaniٱتَّبَعَنِىittabaʿanīوَسُبْحَـٰنَwasub'ḥānaٱللَّهِl-lahiوَمَآwamāأَنَا۠anāمِنَminaٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna ﴿١٠٨﴾

[12:109] We did not send before you except men whom we inspired, chosen from the people of various communities. Did they not roam the earth and see the consequences for those before them? The abode of the Hereafter is far better for those who lead a righteous life. Would you then understand?

وَمَآwamāأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāمِنminقَبْلِكَqablikaإِلَّاillāرِجَالًاrijālanنُّوحِىٓnūḥīإِلَيْهِمilayhimمِّنْminأَهْلِahliٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurāأَفَلَمْafalamيَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiفَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurūكَيْفَkayfaكَانَkānaعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatuٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaمِنminقَبْلِهِمْqablihimوَلَدَارُwaladāruٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiخَيْرٌkhayrunلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnaٱتَّقَوْا۟ittaqawأَفَلَاafalāتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna ﴿١٠٩﴾

[12:110] Just when the messengers despair, and think that they had been rejected, our victory comes to them. We then save whomever we choose, while our retribution for the guilty people is unavoidable.

حَتَّىٰٓḥattāنَصْرُنَاnaṣrunāإِذَاidhāفَنُجِّىَfanujjiyaٱسْتَيْـَٔسَis'tayasaمَنmanٱلرُّسُلُl-rusuluنَّشَآءُnashāuوَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannūوَلَاwalāأَنَّهُمْannahumيُرَدُّyuradduقَدْqadبَأْسُنَاbasunāكُذِبُوا۟kudhibūعَنِʿaniجَآءَهُمْjāahumٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmiٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīna ﴿١١٠﴾

[12:111] In their history, there is a lesson for those who possess intelligence. This is not fabricated Hadith; this (Quran) confirms all previous scriptures, provides the details of everything, and is a beacon and mercy for those who believe.

لَقَدْlaqadكَانَkānaفِىfīقَصَصِهِمْqaṣaṣihimعِبْرَةٌʿib'ratunلِّأُو۟لِىli-ulīٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābiمَاmāكَانَkānaحَدِيثًاḥadīthanيُفْتَرَىٰyuf'tarāوَلَـٰكِنwalākinتَصْدِيقَtaṣdīqaٱلَّذِىalladhīبَيْنَbayna يَدَيْهِyadayhiوَتَفْصِيلَwatafṣīlaكُلِّkulliشَىْءٍshayinوَهُدًىwahudanوَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanلِّقَوْمٍliqawminيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna ﴿١١١﴾

Sura 12: Yousuf (Joseph) يوسف

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