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Quran 12:65

Surah Yusuf, Verse 65

Juz 13 · Page 243 · Ruku 200 · Meccan

وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا۟ مَتَٰعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا۟ بِضَٰعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى هَٰذِهِۦ بِضَٰعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ ذَٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ

Word by word

وَلَمَّا walammā And when فَتَحُوا۟ fataḥū they opened مَتَـٰعَهُمْ matāʿahum their baggage وَجَدُوا۟ wajadū they found بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ biḍāʿatahum their merchandise رُدَّتْ ruddat returned إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ ilayhim to them قَالُوا۟ qālū They said يَـٰٓأَبَانَا yāabānā O our father مَا mā What نَبْغِى ۖ nabghī (could) we desire هَـٰذِهِۦ hādhihi This بِضَـٰعَتُنَا biḍāʿatunā (is) our merchandise رُدَّتْ ruddat returned إِلَيْنَا ۖ ilaynā to us وَنَمِيرُ wanamīru And we will get provision أَهْلَنَا ahlanā (for) our family وَنَحْفَظُ wanaḥfaẓu and we will protect أَخَانَا akhānā our brother وَنَزْدَادُ wanazdādu and get an increase كَيْلَ kayla measure بَعِيرٍۢ ۖ baʿīrin (of) a camel's (load) ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That كَيْلٌۭ kaylun (is) a measurement يَسِيرٌۭ yasīrun easy

Transliteration

Walamma fatahoo mataAAahumwajadoo bidaAAatahum ruddat ilayhim qaloo yaabana ma nabghee hathihi bidaAAatunaruddat ilayna wanameeru ahlana wanahfathuakhana wanazdadu kayla baAAeerin thalikakaylun yaseer

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And when they opened their belongings they discovered that their merchandise had been returned to them. They said: O our father! What (more) can we ask? Here is our merchandise returned to us. We shall get provision for our folk and guard our brother, and we shall have the extra measure of a camel (load). This (that we bring now) is a light measure.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then when they opened their baggage, they found their stock-in-trade had been returned to them. They said: "O our father! What (more) can we desire? this our stock-in-trade has been returned to us: so we shall get (more) food for our family; We shall take care of our brother; and add (at the same time) a full camel's load (of grain to our provisions). This is but a small quantity.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى : ولما فتح إخوة يوسف متاعهم ، وجدوا بضاعتهم ردت إليهم ، وهي التي كان أمر يوسف فتيانه بوضعها في رحالهم ، فلما وجدوها في متاعهم ( قالوا ياأبانا ما نبغي ) ؟ أي : ماذا نريد ؟ ( هذه بضاعتنا ردت إلينا ) كما قال قتادة . ما نبغي وراء هذا ؟ إن بضاعتنا ردت إلينا وقد أوفي لنا الكيل .

( ونمير أهلنا ) أي : إذا أرسلت أخانا معنا نأتي بالميرة إلى أهلنا ، ( ونحفظ أخانا ونزداد كيل بعير ) وذلك أن يوسف ، عليه السلام ، كان يعطي كل رجل حمل بعير . وقال مجاهد : حمل حمار . وقد يسمى في بعض اللغات بعيرا ، كذا قال .

( ذلك كيل يسير ) هذا من تمام الكلام وتحسينه ، أي : إن هذا يسير في مقابلة أخذ أخيهم ما يعدل هذا .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.