Quran 12:62

Surah Yusuf, Verse 62

Juz 13 · Page 242 · Ruku 200 · Meccan

وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَٰنِهِ ٱجْعَلُوا۟ بِضَٰعَتَهُمْ فِى رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَآ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Word by word

وَقَالَ waqāla And he said لِفِتْيَـٰنِهِ lifit'yānihi to his servants ٱجْعَلُوا۟ ij'ʿalū Put بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ biḍāʿatahum their merchandise فِى fī in رِحَالِهِمْ riḥālihim their saddlebags لَعَلَّهُمْ laʿallahum so that they يَعْرِفُونَهَآ yaʿrifūnahā may recognize it إِذَا idhā when ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ inqalabū they go back إِلَىٰٓ ilā to أَهْلِهِمْ ahlihim their people لَعَلَّهُمْ laʿallahum so that they may يَرْجِعُونَ yarjiʿūna return

Transliteration

Waqala lifityanihi ijAAaloo bidaAAatahumfee rihalihim laAAallahum yaAArifoonaha ithainqalaboo ila ahlihim laAAallahum yarjiAAoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

He said unto his young men: Place their merchandise in their saddlebags, so that they may know it when they go back to their folk, and so will come again.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And (Joseph) told his servants to put their stock-in-trade (with which they had bartered) into their saddle-bags, so they should know it only when they returned to their people, in order that they might come back.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( وقال لفتيانه ) أي : غلمانه ( اجعلوا بضاعتهم ) وهي التي قدموا بها ليمتاروا عوضا عنها ( في رحالهم ) أي : في أمتعتهم من حيث لا يشعرون ، ( لعلهم يرجعون ) بها .

قيل : خشي يوسف ، عليه السلام ، ألا يكون عندهم بضاعة أخرى يرجعون للميرة بها . وقيل : تذمم أن يأخذ من أبيه وإخوته عوضا عن الطعام . وقيل : أراد أن يردهم إذا وجدوها في متاعهم تحرجا وتورعا لأنه يعلم ذلك منهم . والله أعلم .