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Sura Xii. Yusuf, Or Joseph. Section 8

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Xii.: Ysuf, Or Joseph.

Section 8

58.
Wajaa ikhwatu yoosufa fadakhaloo AAalayhi faAAarafahum wahum lahu munkiroonA

58. Then came Joseph's brethren:


They entered his presence,

And he knew them,

But they knew him not.

59.
Walamma jahhazahum bijahazihim qala i/toonee bi-akhin lakum min abeekum ala tarawna annee oofee alkayla waana khayru almunzileenA

59.
And when he had furnished

Them forth with provisions

(Suitable) for them, he said:

"Bring unto me a brother

Ye have, of the same father

As yourselves, (but a different mother):

See ye not that I pay out

Full measure, and that I

Do provide the best hospitality?

60.
Fa-in lam ta/toonee bihi fala kayla lakum AAindee wala taqraboonI

60.
\"Now if ye bring him not

To me, ye shall have

No measure (of corn) from me,

Nor shall ye (even) come

Near me."

61. Qaloo sanurawidu AAanhu abahu wa-inna lafaAAiloonA

61.
They said: "We shall

Certainly seek to get

Our wish about him

From his father:


Indeed we shall do it.
"

62. Waqala lifityanihi ijAAaloo bidaAAatahum fee rihalihim laAAallahum yaAArifoonaha itha inqalaboo ila ahlihim laAAallahum yarjiAAoonA

62.
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.

63.
Falamma rajaAAoo ila abeehim qaloo ya abana muniAAa minna alkaylu faarsil maAAana akhana naktal wa-inna lahu lahafi"th"oonA

63.
Now when they returned

To their father, they said:

"O our father! No more

Measure of grain shall we get

(Unless we take our brother):

So send our brother with us,

That we may get our measure;

And we will indeed

Take every care of him.
"

64. Qala hal amanukum AAalayhi illa kama amintukum AAala akheehi min qablu faAllahu khayrun hafi"th"an wahuwa arhamu aLrrahimeenA

64.
He said: "Shall I trust you

With him with any result

Other than when I trusted you

With his brother aforetime?

But God is the best

To take care (of him),

And He is the Most Merciful

Of those who show mercy!"

65. Walamma fatahoo mataAAahum wajadoo bidaAAatahum ruddat ilayhim qaloo ya abana ma nabghee hathihi bidaAAatuna ruddat ilayna wanameeru ahlana wanahfa"th"u akhana wanazdadu kayla baAAeerin thalika kaylun yaseerUn

65.
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.

66.
Qala lan orsilahu maAAakum hatta tu/tooni mawthiqan mina Allahi lata/tunnanee bihi illa an yuhata bikum falamma atawhu mawthiqahum qala Allahu AAala ma naqoolu wakeelUn

66.
(Jacob) said: "Never will I

Send him with you until

Ye swear a solemn oath to me,

In God's name, that ye

Will be sure to bring him back

To me unless ye are yourselves

Hemmed in (and made powerless)."

And when they had sworn

Their solemn oath,

He said: "Over all

That we say, be God

The Witness and Guardian!
"

67. Waqala ya baniyya la tadkhuloo min babin wahidin waOdkhuloo min abwabin mutafarriqatin wama oghnee AAankum mina Allahi min shay-in ini alhukmu illa lillahi AAalayhi tawakkaltu waAAalayhi falyatawakkali almutawakkiloonA

67. Further he said:


"O my sons! enter not

All by one gate: enter ye

By different gates. Not that

I can profit you aught

Against God (with my advice):


None can command except God:

On Him do I put my trust:

And let all that trust

Put their trust on Him."

68. Walamma dakhaloo min haythu amarahum aboohum ma kana yughnee AAanhum mina Allahi min shay-in illa hajatan fee nafsi yaAAqooba qadaha wa-innahu lathoo AAilmin lima AAallamnahu walakinna akthara aLnnasi la yaAAlamoonA

68.
And when they entered

In the manner their father

Had enjoined, it did not

Profit them in the least

Against (the Plan of) God:


It was but a necessity

Of Jacob's soul, which he

Discharged. For he was,

By Our instruction, full

Of knowledge (and experience):

But most men know not.

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