Surah Yusuf

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 12:1 ▶

   الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿١﴾

   alif-lām-rā | tilka 'āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīn

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

   See footnote to 2:1.

2. 12:2 ▶

   إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٢﴾

   innā 'anzalnāhu qur'ānan ʿarabiyyal laʿallakum taʿqilūn

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

   i.e., revealed in the Arabic language.

3. 12:3 ▶

   نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ ﴿٣﴾

   naḥnu naquṣṣu ʿalayka 'aḥsana l-qaṣaṣi bimā 'awḥaynā 'ilayka hādha l-qur'āna wa'in kunta min qablihī lamina l-ghāfilīn

   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.

4. 12:4 ▶

   إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٤﴾

   idh qāla yūsufu li'abīhi yā'abati 'innī ra'aytu 'aḥada ʿashara kawkabaw wash-shamsa wal-qamara ra'aytuhum lī sājidīn

   [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."

   The prophet Jacob (upon whom be peace).

5. 12:5 ▶

   قَالَ يَـٰبُنَىَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُءْيَاكَ عَلَىٰٓ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا۟ لَكَ كَيْدًا ۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٥﴾

   qāla yābunayya lā taqṣuṣ ru'yāka ʿalā 'ikhwatika fayakīdū laka kaydā | inna sh-shayṭāna lil-insāni ʿaduwwum mubīn

   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.

6. 12:6 ▶

   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 ﴿٦﴾

   wakadhālika yajtabīka rabbuka wayuʿallimuka min ta'wīli l-aḥādīthi wayutimmu niʿmatahū ʿalayka waʿalā 'āli yaʿqūba kamā 'atammahā ʿalā 'abawayka min qablu 'ibrāhīma wa'isḥāq | inna rabbaka ʿalīmun ḥakīm

   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."

7. 12:7 ▶

   ۞ لَّقَدْ كَانَ فِى يُوسُفَ وَإِخْوَتِهِۦٓ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ ﴿٧﴾

   laqad kāna fī yūsufa wa'ikhwatihī 'āyātul lis-sā'ilīn

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

8. 12:8 ▶

   إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٨﴾

   idh qālū layūsufu wa'akhūhu 'aḥabbu 'ilā 'abīnā minnā wanaḥnu ʿuṣbatun 'inna 'abānā lafī ḍalālim mubīn

   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.

   Benjamin, who was born of the same mother as Joseph.

9. 12:9 ▶

   ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ قَوْمًا صَـٰلِحِينَ ﴿٩﴾

   uqtulū yūsufa 'awi ṭraḥūhu 'arḍay yakhlu lakum wajhu 'abīkum watakūnū mim baʿdihī qawman ṣāliḥīn

   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."

   i.e., You can repent thereafter.

10. 12:10 ▶

    قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِى غَيَـٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

    qāla qā'ilum minhum lā taqtulū yūsufa wa'alqūhu fī ghayābati l-jubbi yaltaqiṭhu baʿḍu s-sayyārati 'in kuntum fāʿilīn

    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]."

11. 12:11 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَ۫نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَـٰصِحُونَ ﴿١١﴾

    qālū yā'abānā mā laka lā ta'mannā ʿalā yūsufa wa'innā lahū lanāṣiḥūn

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

12. 12:12 ▶

    أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًا يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

    arsilhu maʿanā ghaday yartaʿ wayalʿab wa'innā lahū laḥāfiẓūn

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

13. 12:13 ▶

    قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَـٰفِلُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

    qāla 'innī layaḥzununī 'an tadhhabū bihī wa'akhāfu 'ay ya'kulahu dh-dhi'bu wa'antum ʿanhu ghāfilūn

    [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."

14. 12:14 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

    qālū la'in 'akalahu dh-dhi'bu wanaḥnu ʿuṣbatun 'innā 'idhal lakhāsirūn

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

15. 12:15 ▶

    فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِى غَيَـٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَـٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

    falammā dhahabū bihī wa'ajmaʿū 'ay yajʿalūhu fī ghayābati l-jubb | wa'awḥaynā 'ilayhi latunabbi'annahum bi'amrihim hādhā wahum lā yashʿurūn

    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]."

    The conclusion of this sentence is estimated to be "...they tormented him."

16. 12:16 ▶

    وَجَآءُوٓ أَبَاهُمْ عِشَآءً يَبْكُونَ ﴿١٦﴾

    wajā'ū 'abāhum ʿishā'ay yabkūn

    And they came to their father at night, weeping.

17. 12:17 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا يُوسُفَ عِندَ مَتَـٰعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَّنَا وَلَوْ كُنَّا صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿١٧﴾

    qālū yā'abānā 'innā dhahabnā nastabiqu wataraknā yūsufa ʿinda matāʿinā fa'akalahu dh-dhi'b | wamā 'anta bimu'minil lanā walaw kunnā ṣādiqīn

    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."

18. 12:18 ▶

    وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ ﴿١٨﴾

    wajā'ū ʿalā qamīṣihī bidamin kadhib | qāla bal sawwalat lakum 'anfusukum 'amrā | faṣabrun jamīl | wallāhu l-mustaʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūn

    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."

    They had stained Joseph's shirt with the blood of a lamb but had forgotten to tear it, thereby arousing their father's suspicion.

19. 12:19 ▶

    وَجَآءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا۟ وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَىٰ دَلْوَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ يَـٰبُشْرَىٰ هَـٰذَا غُلَـٰمٌ ۚ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَـٰعَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

    wajā'at sayyāratun fa'arsalū wāridahum fa'adlā dalwah | qāla yābushrā hādhā ghulām | wa'asarrūhu biḍāʿah | wallāhu ʿalīmum bimā yaʿmalūn

    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.

    To be sold as a slave.

20. 12:20 ▶

    وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍۭ بَخْسٍ دَرَٰهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍ وَكَانُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ ﴿٢٠﴾

    washarawhu bithamanim bakhsin darāhima maʿdūdatiw wakānū fīhi mina z-zāhidīn

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

21. 12:21 ▶

    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 ﴿٢١﴾

    waqāla lladhi shtarāhu mim miṣra limra'atihī 'akrimī mathwāhu ʿasā 'ay yanfaʿanā 'aw nattakhidhahū waladā | wakadhālika makkannā liyūsufa fi l-arḍi walinuʿallimahū min ta'wīli l-aḥādīth | wallāhu ghālibun ʿalā 'amrihī walākinna 'akthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

    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.

    The minister in charge of supplies, whose title was al-ʿAzeez.

22. 12:22 ▶

    وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٢٢﴾

    walammā balagha 'ashuddahū 'ātaynāhu ḥukmaw waʿilmā | wakadhālika najzi l-muḥsinīn

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

23. 12:23 ▶

    وَرَٰوَدَتْهُ ٱلَّتِى هُوَ فِى بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ ۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَاىَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    warāwadat-hu llatī huwa fī baytihā ʿan nafsihī waghallaqati l-abwāba waqālat hayta lak | qāla maʿādha llāhi 'innahū rabbī 'aḥsana mathwāy | innahū lā yufliḥu ẓ-ẓālimūn

    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."

    Her husband, al-ʿAzeez.

24. 12:24 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرْهَـٰنَ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾

    walaqad hammat bihī wahamma bihā lawlā 'ar ra'ā burhāna rabbih | kadhālika linaṣrifa ʿanhu s-sū'a wal-faḥshā' | innahū min ʿibādina l-mukhlaṣīn

    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.

25. 12:25 ▶

    وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ ۚ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٥﴾

    wastabaqa l-bāba waqaddat qamīṣahū min duburiw wa'alfayā sayyidahā lada l-bāb | qālat mā jazā'u man 'arāda bi'ahlika sū'an 'illā 'ay yusjana 'aw ʿadhābun 'alīm

    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?"

26. 12:26 ▶

    قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى ۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    qāla hiya rāwadatnī ʿan nafsī | washahida shāhidum min 'ahlihā 'in kāna qamīṣuhū qudda min qubulin faṣadaqat wahuwa mina l-kādhibīn

    [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.

27. 12:27 ▶

    وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾

    wa'in kāna qamīṣuhū qudda min duburin fakadhabat wahuwa mina ṣ-ṣādiqīn

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

28. 12:28 ▶

    فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّ ۖ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ ﴿٢٨﴾

    falammā ra'ā qamīṣahū qudda min duburin qāla 'innahū min kaydikunn | inna kaydakunna ʿaẓīm

    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].

29. 12:29 ▶

    يُوسُفُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَـٰذَا ۚ وَٱسْتَغْفِرِى لِذَنۢبِكِ ۖ إِنَّكِ كُنتِ مِنَ ٱلْخَاطِـِٔينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    yūsufu 'aʿriḍ ʿan hādhā | wastaghfirī lidhambik | innaki kunti mina l-khāṭi'īn

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

    i.e., conceal it and act as if it had not taken place.

30. 12:30 ▶

    ۞ وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۖ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّا ۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٣٠﴾

    waqāla niswatun fi l-madīnati mra'atu l-ʿazīzi turāwidu fatāhā ʿan nafsih | qad shaghafahā ḥubbā | innā lanarāhā fī ḍalālim mubīn

    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."

31. 12:31 ▶

    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 ﴿٣١﴾

    falammā samiʿat bimakrihinna 'arsalat 'ilayhinna wa'aʿtadat lahunna muttaka'aw wa'ātat kulla wāḥidatim minhunna sikkīnaw waqālati khruj ʿalayhinna falammā ra'aynahū 'akbarnahū waqaṭṭaʿna 'aydiyahunna waqulna ḥāsha lillāhi mā hādhā basharan 'in hādhā 'illā malakun karīm

    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."

    So distracted were they at the sight of him.

    In His ability to create such beauty.

32. 12:32 ▶

    قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِى لُمْتُنَّنِى فِيهِ ۖ وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖ وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَآ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾

    qālat fadhālikunna lladhī lumtunnanī fīh | walaqad rāwattuhū ʿan nafsihī fastaʿṣam | wala'il lam yafʿal mā 'āmuruhū layusjananna walayakūnam mina ṣ-ṣāghirīn

    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."

33. 12:33 ▶

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾

    qāla rabbi s-sijnu 'aḥabbu 'ilayya mimmā yadʿūnanī 'ilayh | wa'illā taṣrif ʿannī kaydahunna 'aṣbu 'ilayhinna wa'akum mina l-jāhilīn

    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."

34. 12:34 ▶

    فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ فَصَرَفَ عَنْهُ كَيْدَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٣٤﴾

    fastajāba lahū rabbuhū faṣarafa ʿanhu kaydahunn | innahū huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

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

35. 12:35 ▶

    ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ﴿٣٥﴾

    thumma badā lahum mim baʿdi mā ra'awu l-āyāti layasjununnahū ḥattā ḥīn

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

    Proofs of his innocence.

    Until the scandal be forgotten.

36. 12:36 ▶

    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 ﴿٣٦﴾

    wadakhala maʿahu s-sijna fatayān | qāla 'aḥaduhumā 'innī 'arānī 'aʿṣiru khamrā | waqāla l-ākharu 'innī 'arānī 'aḥmilu fawqa ra'sī khubzan ta'kulu ṭ-ṭayru minh | nabbi'nā bita'wīlih | innā narāka mina l-muḥsinīn

    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."

37. 12:37 ▶

    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 ﴿٣٧﴾

    qāla lā ya'tīkumā ṭaʿāmun turzaqānihī 'illā nabba'tukumā bita'wīlihī qabla 'ay ya'tiyakumā | dhālikumā mimmā ʿallamanī rabbī | innī taraktu millata qawmil lā yu'minūna billāhi wahum bil-ākhirati hum kāfirūn

    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.

38. 12:38 ▶

    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 ﴿٣٨﴾

    wattabaʿtu millata 'ābā'ī 'ibrāhīma wa'isḥāqa wayaʿqūb | mā kāna lanā 'an nushrika billāhi min shay' | dhālika min faḍli llāhi ʿalaynā waʿala n-nāsi walākinna 'akthara n-nāsi lā yashkurūn

    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.

39. 12:39 ▶

    يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ ﴿٣٩﴾

    yāṣāḥibayi s-sijni 'a'arbābum mutafarriqūna khayrun 'ami llāhu l-wāḥidu l-qahhār

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

    Single, individual and unique in His attributes and His deeds.

    He who subdues doubts and false arguments with clear evidences and who subdues and imposes His will upon all creation.

40. 12:40 ▶

    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 ﴿٤٠﴾

    mā taʿbudūna min dūnihī 'illā 'asmā'an sammaytumūhā 'antum wa'ābā'ukum mā 'anzala llāhu bihā min sulṭān | ini l-ḥukmu 'illā lillāh | amara 'allā taʿbudū 'illā 'iyyāh | dhālika d-dīnu l-qayyimu walākinna 'akthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

    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.

    The false objects of worship which you have called "gods."

41. 12:41 ▶

    يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ أَمَّآ أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْقِى رَبَّهُۥ خَمْرًا ۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِن رَّأْسِهِۦ ۚ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِ ﴿٤١﴾

    yāṣāḥibayi s-sijni 'ammā 'aḥadukumā fayasqī rabbahū khamrā | wa'amma l-ākharu fayuṣlabu fata'kulu ṭ-ṭayru mir ra'sih | quḍiya l-amru lladhī fīhi tastaftiyān

    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."

42. 12:42 ▶

    وَقَالَ لِلَّذِى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِى ٱلسِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    waqāla lilladhī ẓanna 'annahū nājim minhuma dhkurnī ʿinda rabbika fa'ansāhu sh-shayṭānu dhikra rabbihī falabitha fi s-sijni biḍʿa sinīn

    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.

43. 12:43 ▶

    وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ سَبْعَ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ ۖ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِى فِى رُءْيَـٰىَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    waqāla l-maliku 'innī 'arā sabʿa baqarātin simāniy ya'kuluhunna sabʿun ʿijāfuw wasabʿa sumbulātin khuḍriw wa'ukhara yābisāt | yā'ayyuha l-mala'u 'aftūnī fī ru'yāya 'in kuntum lir-ru'yā taʿburūn

    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."

44. 12:44 ▶

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍ ۖ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحْلَـٰمِ بِعَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٤٤﴾

    qālū 'aḍghāthu 'aḥlām | wamā naḥnu bita'wīli l-aḥlāmi biʿālimīn

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

45. 12:45 ▶

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى نَجَا مِنْهُمَا وَٱدَّكَرَ بَعْدَ أُمَّةٍ أَنَا۠ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ فَأَرْسِلُونِ ﴿٤٥﴾

    waqāla lladhī najā minhumā waddakara baʿda 'ummatin 'ana 'unabbi'ukum bita'wīlihī fa'arsilūn

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

46. 12:46 ▶

    يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِى سَبْعِ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ لَّعَلِّىٓ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

    yūsufu 'ayyuha ṣ-ṣiddīqu 'aftinā fī sabʿi baqarātin simāniy ya'kuluhunna sabʿun ʿijāfuw wasabʿi sumbulātin khuḍriw wa'ukhara yābisātil laʿallī 'arjiʿu 'ila n-nāsi laʿallahum yaʿlamūn

    [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]."

47. 12:47 ▶

    قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِى سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

    qāla tazraʿūna sabʿa sinīna da'aban famā ḥaṣattum fadharūhu fī sumbulihī 'illā qalīlam mimmā ta'kulūn

    [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.

48. 12:48 ▶

    ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ سَبْعٌ شِدَادٌ يَأْكُلْنَ مَا قَدَّمْتُمْ لَهُنَّ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تُحْصِنُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

    thumma ya'tī mim baʿdi dhālika sabʿun shidāduy ya'kulna mā qaddamtum lahunna 'illā qalīlam mimmā tuḥṣinūn

    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.

49. 12:49 ▶

    ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَامٌ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعْصِرُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾

    thumma ya'tī mim baʿdi dhālika ʿāmun fīhi yughāthu n-nāsu wafīhi yaʿṣirūn

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

50. 12:50 ▶

    وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُ ٱلرَّسُولُ قَالَ ٱرْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَسْـَٔلْهُ مَا بَالُ ٱلنِّسْوَةِ ٱلَّـٰتِى قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٥٠﴾

    waqāla l-maliku 'tūnī bih | falammā jā'ahu r-rasūlu qāla rjiʿ 'ilā rabbika fas'alhu mā bālu n-niswati llātī qaṭṭaʿna 'aydiyahunn | inna rabbī bikaydihinna ʿalīm

    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."

51. 12:51 ▶

    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 ﴿٥١﴾

    qāla mā khaṭbukunna 'idh rāwattunna yūsufa ʿan nafsih | qulna ḥāsha lillāhi mā ʿalimnā ʿalayhi min sū' | qālati mra'atu l-ʿazīzi l-āna ḥaṣḥaṣa l-ḥaqqu 'ana rāwattuhū ʿan nafsihī wa'innahū lamina ṣ-ṣādiqīn

    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.

    In His ability to create such purity of character.

52. 12:52 ▶

    ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّى لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى كَيْدَ ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ ﴿٥٢﴾

    dhālika liyaʿlama 'annī lam 'akhunhu bil-ghaybi wa'anna llāha lā yahdī kayda l-khā'inīn

    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.

53. 12:53 ▶

    ۞ وَمَآ أُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِىٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌۢ بِٱلسُّوٓءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿٥٣﴾

    wamā 'ubarri'u nafsī | inna n-nafsa la'ammāratum bis-sū'i 'illā mā raḥima rabbī | inna rabbī ghafūrur raḥīm

    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."

    Although Ibn Katheer attributes the words of verses 52-53 to the wife of al-ʿAzeez, others have concluded that they were spoken by Joseph, thereby justifying his request for an inquiry and acknowledging Allāh's mercy to him.

54. 12:54 ▶

    وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦٓ أَسْتَخْلِصْهُ لِنَفْسِى ۖ فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُۥ قَالَ إِنَّكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِينٌ أَمِينٌ ﴿٥٤﴾

    waqāla l-maliku 'tūnī bihī 'astakhliṣhu linafsī | falammā kallamahū qāla 'innaka l-yawma ladaynā makīnun 'amīn

    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."

55. 12:55 ▶

    قَالَ ٱجْعَلْنِى عَلَىٰ خَزَآئِنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ إِنِّى حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٥٥﴾

    qāla jʿalnī ʿalā khazā'ini l-arḍ | innī ḥafīẓun ʿalīm

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

56. 12:56 ▶

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَتَبَوَّأُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَآءُ ۚ نُصِيبُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا مَن نَّشَآءُ ۖ وَلَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٥٦﴾

    wakadhālika makkannā liyūsufa fi l-arḍi yatabawwa'u minhā ḥaythu yashā' | nuṣību biraḥmatinā man nashā' | walā nuḍīʿu 'ajra l-muḥsinīn

    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.

57. 12:57 ▶

    وَلَأَجْرُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

    wala'ajru l-ākhirati khayrul lilladhīna 'āmanū wakānū yattaqūn

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

58. 12:58 ▶

    وَجَآءَ إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ فَدَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَعَرَفَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾

    wajā'a 'ikhwatu yūsufa fadakhalū ʿalayhi faʿarafahum wahum lahū munkirūn

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

    Due to the change in his appearance over the years.

59. 12:59 ▶

    وَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ قَالَ ٱئْتُونِى بِأَخٍ لَّكُم مِّنْ أَبِيكُمْ ۚ أَلَا تَرَوْنَ أَنِّىٓ أُوفِى ٱلْكَيْلَ وَأَنَا۠ خَيْرُ ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ ﴿٥٩﴾

    walammā jahhazahum bijahāzihim qāla 'tūnī bi'akhil lakum min 'abīkum | alā tarawna 'annī 'ūfi l-kayla wa'ana khayru l-munzilīn

    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?

    i.e., Benjamin, who had been kept at home by his father Jacob.

60. 12:60 ▶

    فَإِن لَّمْ تَأْتُونِى بِهِۦ فَلَا كَيْلَ لَكُمْ عِندِى وَلَا تَقْرَبُونِ ﴿٦٠﴾

    fa'il lam ta'tūnī bihī falā kayla lakum ʿindī walā taqrabūn

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

61. 12:61 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ سَنُرَٰوِدُ عَنْهُ أَبَاهُ وَإِنَّا لَفَـٰعِلُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

    qālū sanurāwidu ʿanhu 'abāhu wa'innā lafāʿilūn

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

62. 12:62 ▶

    وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَـٰنِهِ ٱجْعَلُوا۟ بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ فِى رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَآ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٦٢﴾

    waqāla lifityānihi jʿalū biḍāʿatahum fī riḥālihim laʿallahum yaʿrifūnahā 'idha nqalabū 'ilā 'ahlihim laʿallahum yarjiʿūn

    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."

    The goods which they had brought to trade for food supplies.

63. 12:63 ▶

    فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا ٱلْكَيْلُ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَآ أَخَانَا نَكْتَلْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾

    falammā rajaʿū 'ilā 'abīhim qālū yā'abānā muniʿa minna l-kaylu fa'arsil maʿanā 'akhānā naktal wa'innā lahū laḥāfiẓūn

    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."

64. 12:64 ▶

    قَالَ هَلْ ءَامَنُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَخِيهِ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ فَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَـٰفِظًا ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ﴿٦٤﴾

    qāla hal 'āmanukum ʿalayhi 'illā kamā 'amintukum ʿalā 'akhīhi min qabl | fallāhu khayrun ḥāfiẓā | wahuwa 'arḥamu r-rāḥimīn

    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."

65. 12:65 ▶

    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 ﴿٦٥﴾

    walammā fataḥū matāʿahum wajadū biḍāʿatahum ruddat 'ilayhim | qālū yā'abānā mā nabghī | hādhihī biḍāʿatunā ruddat 'ilaynā | wanamīru 'ahlanā wanaḥfaẓu 'akhānā wanazdādu kayla baʿīr | dhālika kayluy yasīr

    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."

    For them. Or one obtained by us with ease.

66. 12:66 ▶

    قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُۥ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ ۖ فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ ﴿٦٦﴾

    qāla lan 'ursilahū maʿakum ḥattā tu'tūni mawthiqam mina llāhi lata'tunnanī bihī 'illā 'ay yuḥāṭa bikum | falammā 'ātawhu mawthiqahum qāla llāhu ʿalā mā naqūlu wakīl

    [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."

    i.e., sufficient to witness and deal with the matter.

67. 12:67 ▶

    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 ﴿٦٧﴾

    waqāla yābaniyya lā tadkhulū mim bābiw wāḥidiw wadkhulū min 'abwābim mutafarriqah | wamā 'ughnī ʿankum mina llāhi min shay' | ini l-ḥukmu 'illā lillāh | ʿalayhi tawakkaltu waʿalayhi falyatawakkali l-mutawakkilūn

    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."

68. 12:68 ▶

    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 ﴿٦٨﴾

    walammā dakhalū min ḥaythu 'amarahum 'abūhum mā kāna yughnī ʿanhum mina llāhi min shay'in 'illā ḥājatan fī nafsi yaʿqūba qaḍāhā | wa'innahū ladhū ʿilmil limā ʿallamnāhu walākinna 'akthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

    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.

69. 12:69 ▶

    وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَخَاهُ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ أَخُوكَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٦٩﴾

    walammā dakhalū ʿalā yūsufa 'āwā 'ilayhi 'akhāh | qāla 'innī 'ana 'akhūka falā tabta'is bimā kānū yaʿmalūn

    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]."

70. 12:70 ▶

    فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ ٱلسِّقَايَةَ فِى رَحْلِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسَـٰرِقُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾

    falammā jahhazahum bijahāzihim jaʿala s-siqāyata fī raḥli 'akhīhi thumma 'adhdhana mu'adhdhinun 'ayyatuha l-ʿīru 'innakum lasāriqūn

    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."

71. 12:71 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ وَأَقْبَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم مَّاذَا تَفْقِدُونَ ﴿٧١﴾

    qālū wa'aqbalū ʿalayhim mādhā tafqidūn

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

72. 12:72 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ ﴿٧٢﴾

    qālū nafqidu ṣuwāʿa l-maliki waliman jā'a bihī ḥimlu baʿīriw wa'ana bihī zaʿīm

    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."

73. 12:73 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَـٰرِقِينَ ﴿٧٣﴾

    qālū tallāhi laqad ʿalimtum mā ji'nā linufsida fi l-arḍi wamā kunnā sāriqīn

    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."

74. 12:74 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ فَمَا جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓ إِن كُنتُمْ كَـٰذِبِينَ ﴿٧٤﴾

    qālū famā jazā'uhū 'in kuntum kādhibīn

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

    The punishment for theft.

75. 12:75 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ مَن وُجِدَ فِى رَحْلِهِۦ فَهُوَ جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٧٥﴾

    qālū jazā'uhū maw wujida fī raḥlihī fahuwa jazā'uh | kadhālika najzi ẓ-ẓālimīn

    [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."

    According to their law, a convicted thief was made a slave of the one from whom he had stolen.

76. 12:76 ▶

    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 ﴿٧٦﴾

    fabada'a bi'awʿiyatihim qabla wiʿā'i 'akhīhi thumma stakhrajahā miw wiʿā'i 'akhīh | kadhālika kidnā liyūsuf | mā kāna liya'khudha 'akhāhu fī dīni l-maliki 'illā 'ay yashā'a llāh | narfaʿu darajātim man nashā' | wafawqa kulli dhī ʿilmin ʿalīm

    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.

    Ending with the ultimate knowledge of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

77. 12:77 ▶

    ۞ قَالُوٓا۟ إِن يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ وَلَمْ يُبْدِهَا لَهُمْ ۚ قَالَ أَنتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ ﴿٧٧﴾

    qālū 'iy yasriq faqad saraqa 'akhul lahū min qabl | fa'asarrahā yūsufu fī nafsihī walam yubdihā lahum | qāla 'antum sharrum makānā | wallāhu 'aʿlamu bimā taṣifūn

    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."

    He did not answer that he himself had been stolen by them from his father.

78. 12:78 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥٓ أَبًا شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٧٨﴾

    qālū yā'ayyuha l-ʿazīzu 'inna lahū 'aban shaykhan kabīran fakhudh 'aḥadanā makānah | innā narāka mina l-muḥsinīn

    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."

    Addressing Joseph, who now held the title of "al-ʿAzeez."

79. 12:79 ▶

    قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَـٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّظَـٰلِمُونَ ﴿٧٩﴾

    qāla maʿādha llāhi 'an na'khudha 'illā maw wajadnā matāʿanā ʿindahū 'innā 'idhal laẓālimūn

    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."

80. 12:80 ▶

    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 ﴿٨٠﴾

    falamma stay'asū minhu khalaṣū najiyyā | qāla kabīruhum 'alam taʿlamū 'anna 'abākum qad 'akhadha ʿalaykum mawthiqam mina llāhi wamin qablu mā farraṭtum fī yūsuf | falan 'abraḥa l-arḍa ḥattā ya'dhana lī 'abī 'aw yaḥkuma llāhu lī | wahuwa khayru l-ḥākimīn

    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.

    i.e., in my favor by bringing about the release of Benjamin.

81. 12:81 ▶

    ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَـٰفِظِينَ ﴿٨١﴾

    irjiʿū 'ilā 'abīkum faqūlū yā'abānā 'inna bnaka saraqa wamā shahidnā 'illā bimā ʿalimnā wamā kunnā lil-ghaybi ḥāfiẓīn

    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.

    i.e., We could not have known when we gave you the oath that he would steal and be apprehended.

82. 12:82 ▶

    وَسْـَٔلِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ ٱلَّتِى كُنَّا فِيهَا وَٱلْعِيرَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَقْبَلْنَا فِيهَا ۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ ﴿٨٢﴾

    was'ali l-qaryata llatī kunnā fīhā wal-ʿīra llatī 'aqbalnā fīhā | wa'innā laṣādiqūn

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

83. 12:83 ▶

    قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِيَنِى بِهِمْ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ﴿٨٣﴾

    qāla bal sawwalat lakum 'anfusukum 'amrā | faṣabrun jamīl | ʿasa llāhu 'ay ya'tiyanī bihim jamīʿā | innahū huwa l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīm

    [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."

84. 12:84 ▶

    وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَٱبْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ ﴿٨٤﴾

    watawallā ʿanhum waqāla yā'asafā ʿalā yūsufa wabyaḍḍat ʿaynāhu mina l-ḥuzni fahuwa kaẓīm

    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.

    i.e., he lost his sight.

    He did not express the extent of his grief or his anger at what he suspected his sons had done but was patient, depending only upon Allāh for help.

85. 12:85 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ تَفْتَؤُا۟ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَ ﴿٨٥﴾

    qālū tallāhi tafta'u tadhkuru yūsufa ḥattā takūna ḥaraḍan 'aw takūna mina l-hālikīn

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

86. 12:86 ▶

    قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشْكُوا۟ بَثِّى وَحُزْنِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٨٦﴾

    qāla 'innamā 'ashkū baththī waḥuznī 'ila llāhi wa'aʿlamu mina llāhi mā lā taʿlamūn

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

87. 12:87 ▶

    يَـٰبَنِىَّ ٱذْهَبُوا۟ فَتَحَسَّسُوا۟ مِن يُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ وَلَا تَا۟يْـَٔسُوا۟ مِن رَّوْحِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يَا۟يْـَٔسُ مِن رَّوْحِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٨٧﴾

    yābaniyya dhhabū fataḥassasū miy yūsufa wa'akhīhi walā tay'asū mir rawḥi llāh | innahū lā yay'asu mir rawḥi llāhi 'illa l-qawmu l-kāfirūn

    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."

88. 12:88 ▶

    فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ مَسَّنَا وَأَهْلَنَا ٱلضُّرُّ وَجِئْنَا بِبِضَـٰعَةٍ مُّزْجَىٰةٍ فَأَوْفِ لَنَا ٱلْكَيْلَ وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْنَآ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَجْزِى ٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ ﴿٨٨﴾

    falammā dakhalū ʿalayhi qālū yā'ayyuha l-ʿazīzu massanā wa'ahlana ḍ-ḍurru waji'nā bibiḍāʿatim muzjātin fa'awfi lana l-kayla wataṣaddaq ʿalaynā | inna llāha yajzi l-mutaṣaddiqīn

    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."

89. 12:89 ▶

    قَالَ هَلْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا فَعَلْتُم بِيُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ إِذْ أَنتُمْ جَـٰهِلُونَ ﴿٨٩﴾

    qāla hal ʿalimtum mā faʿaltum biyūsufa wa'akhīhi 'idh 'antum jāhilūn

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

90. 12:90 ▶

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ يُوسُفُ وَهَـٰذَآ أَخِى ۖ قَدْ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٩٠﴾

    qālū 'a'innaka la'anta yūsuf | qāla 'ana yūsufu wahādhā 'akhī | qad manna llāhu ʿalaynā | innahū may yattaqi wayaṣbir fa'inna llāha lā yuḍīʿu 'ajra l-muḥsinīn

    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."

91. 12:91 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ ءَاثَرَكَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَإِن كُنَّا لَخَـٰطِـِٔينَ ﴿٩١﴾

    qālū tallāhi laqad 'ātharaka llāhu ʿalaynā wa'in kunnā lakhāṭi'īn

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

92. 12:92 ▶

    قَالَ لَا تَثْرِيبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ يَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ﴿٩٢﴾

    qāla lā tathrība ʿalaykumu l-yawm | yaghfiru llāhu lakum | wahuwa 'arḥamu r-rāḥimīn

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

93. 12:93 ▶

    ٱذْهَبُوا۟ بِقَمِيصِى هَـٰذَا فَأَلْقُوهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِ أَبِى يَأْتِ بَصِيرًا وَأْتُونِى بِأَهْلِكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٩٣﴾

    idhhabū biqamīṣī hādhā fa'alqūhu ʿalā wajhi 'abī ya'ti baṣīraw wa'tūnī bi'ahlikum 'ajmaʿīn

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

94. 12:94 ▶

    وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ ٱلْعِيرُ قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ إِنِّى لَأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ ۖ لَوْلَآ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ ﴿٩٤﴾

    walammā faṣalati l-ʿīru qāla 'abūhum 'innī la'ajidu rīḥa yūsuf | lawlā 'an tufannidūn

    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."

    To those present with him, either some of his sons or other relatives.

95. 12:95 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَفِى ضَلَـٰلِكَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ ﴿٩٥﴾

    qālū tallāhi 'innaka lafī ḍalālika l-qadīm

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

96. 12:96 ▶

    فَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَ ٱلْبَشِيرُ أَلْقَىٰهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ فَٱرْتَدَّ بَصِيرًا ۖ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾

    falammā 'an jā'a l-bashīru 'alqāhu ʿalā wajhihī fartadda baṣīrā | qāla 'alam 'aqul lakum 'innī 'aʿlamu mina llāhi mā lā taʿlamūn

    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?"

    He who carried Joseph's shirt from among the brothers.

97. 12:97 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا ٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا خَـٰطِـِٔينَ ﴿٩٧﴾

    qālū yā'abāna staghfir lanā dhunūbanā 'innā kunnā khāṭi'īn

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

98. 12:98 ▶

    قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٩٨﴾

    qāla sawfa 'astaghfiru lakum rabbī 'innahū huwa l-ghafūru r-raḥīm

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

99. 12:99 ▶

    فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَبَوَيْهِ وَقَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مِصْرَ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ءَامِنِينَ ﴿٩٩﴾

    falammā dakhalū ʿalā yūsufa 'āwā 'ilayhi 'abawayhi waqāla dkhulū miṣra 'in shā'a llāhu 'āminīn

    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]."

100. 12:100 ▶

     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 ﴿١٠٠﴾

     warafaʿa 'abawayhi ʿala l-ʿarshi wakharrū lahū sujjadā | waqāla yā'abati hādhā ta'wīlu ru'yāya min qablu qad jaʿalahā rabbī ḥaqqā | waqad 'aḥsana bī 'idh 'akhrajanī mina s-sijni wajā'a bikum mina l-badwi mim baʿdi 'an nazagha sh-shayṭānu baynī wabayna 'ikhwatī | inna rabbī laṭīful limā yashā' | innahū huwa l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīm

     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.

     That of greeting and respect, which was lawful until the time of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ). Prostration to any person or object other than Allāh was then prohibited conclusively.

     Perceptive of unapparent matters within which is benefit to His servants.

101. 12:101 ▶

     ۞ رَبِّ قَدْ ءَاتَيْتَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِى مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَنتَ وَلِىِّۦ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ تَوَفَّنِى مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿١٠١﴾

     rabbi qad 'ātaytanī mina l-mulki waʿallamtanī min ta'wīli l-aḥādīth | fāṭira s-samāwāti wal-arḍi 'anta waliyyī fi d-dunyā wal-ākhirah | tawaffanī muslimaw wa'alḥiqnī biṣ-ṣāliḥīn

     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."

102. 12:102 ▶

     ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ أَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَمْكُرُونَ ﴿١٠٢﴾

     dhālika min 'ambā'i l-ghaybi nūḥīhi 'ilayk | wamā kunta ladayhim 'idh 'ajmaʿū 'amrahum wahum yamkurūn

     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.

103. 12:103 ▶

     وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٠٣﴾

     wamā 'aktharu n-nāsi walaw ḥaraṣta bimu'minīn

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

104. 12:104 ▶

     وَمَا تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٠٤﴾

     wamā tas'aluhum ʿalayhi min 'ajr | in huwa 'illā dhikrul lil-ʿālamīn

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

105. 12:105 ▶

     وَكَأَيِّن مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ ﴿١٠٥﴾

     waka'ayyim min 'āyatin fi s-samāwāti wal-arḍi yamurrūna ʿalayhā wahum ʿanhā muʿriḍūn

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

106. 12:106 ▶

     وَمَا يُؤْمِنُ أَكْثَرُهُم بِٱللَّهِ إِلَّا وَهُم مُّشْرِكُونَ ﴿١٠٦﴾

     wamā yu'minu 'aktharuhum billāhi 'illā wahum mushrikūn

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

107. 12:107 ▶

     أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ غَـٰشِيَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿١٠٧﴾

     afa'aminū 'an ta'tiyahum ghāshiyatum min ʿadhābi llāhi 'aw ta'tiyahumu s-sāʿatu baghtataw wahum lā yashʿurūn

     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?

108. 12:108 ▶

     قُلْ هَـٰذِهِۦ سَبِيلِىٓ أَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا۠ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَنِى ۖ وَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿١٠٨﴾

     qul hādhihī sabīlī 'adʿū 'ila llāh | ʿalā baṣīratin 'ana wamani ttabaʿanī | wasubḥāna llāhi wamā 'ana mina l-mushrikīn

     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."

109. 12:109 ▶

     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 ﴿١٠٩﴾

     wamā 'arsalnā min qablika 'illā rijālan nūḥī 'ilayhim min 'ahli l-qurā | afalam yasīrū fi l-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu lladhīna min qablihim | waladāru l-ākhirati khayrul lilladhīna ttaqaw | afalā taʿqilūn

     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?

     Those who deny Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

110. 12:110 ▶

     حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱسْتَيْـَٔسَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا۟ جَآءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّىَ مَن نَّشَآءُ ۖ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿١١٠﴾

     ḥattā 'idha stay'asa r-rusulu waẓannū 'annahum qad kudhibū jā'ahum naṣrunā fanujjiya man nashā'u walā yuraddu ba'sunā ʿani l-qawmi l-mujrimīn

     [They continued] until, when the messengers despaired and were certain that they had been denied, there came to them Our victory, and whoever We willed was saved. And Our punishment cannot be repelled from the people who are criminals.

111. 12:111 ▶

     لَقَدْ كَانَ فِى قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ۗ مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًا يُفْتَرَىٰ وَلَـٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١١١﴾

     laqad kāna fī qaṣaṣihim ʿibratul li'uli l-albāb | mā kāna ḥadīthay yuftarā walākin taṣdīqa lladhī bayna yadayhi watafṣīla kulli shay'iw wahudaw waraḥmatal liqawmiy yu'minūn

     There was certainly in their stories a lesson for those of understanding. Never was it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a narration invented, but a confirmation of what was before it and a detailed explanation of all things and guidance and mercy for a people who believe.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.