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Yūsuf (#12)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ alif lām rā ۚ tilka āyātul kitābil mubīn ALIF LAM RA. These are the verses of the immaculate Book.
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إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ innā anzalnāhu qur-ānan `arabiyyal la`allakum ta`qilūn We have sent it down as a clear discourse that you may understand.
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نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ naḥnu naquṣṣu `alayka aḥsanal qaṣaṣi bimā awḥaynā ilayka hādhal qur-āna wa in kunta min qablihi laminal ghāfilīn Through the revelation of this Qur'an We narrate the best of histories of which you were unaware before.
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إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَـٰجِدِينَ idh qāla yūsufu li-abīhi yā-abati innī ra-aytu aḥada `ashara kawkaban wash shamsa wal qamara ra-aytuhum lī sājidīn When Joseph told his father: "O my father, I saw eleven stars and the sun and the moon bowing before me in homage,"
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قَالَ يَـٰبُنَىَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُءْيَاكَ عَلَىٰٓ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا۟ لَكَ كَيْدًا ۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ qāla yābunayya lā taqṣuṣ ru-yāka `alā ikhwatika fayakīdū laka kaydā ۖ innash shayṭāna lilinsāni `aduwwun mubīn He said: "O son, do not narrate your dream to your brothers, or they will plot against you. Surely Satan is man's acknowledged foe.
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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 wakadhālika yajtabīka rabbuka wayu`allimuka min ta-wīlil-aḥādīthi wayutimmu ni`matahu `alayka wa`alā āli ya`qūba kamā atammahā `alā abawayka min qablu ibrāhīma wa is-ḥāq ۚ inna rabbaka `alīmun ḥakīm Your Lord will choose you and teach you to interpret events, and confer His favours on you and the house of Jacob, as He had done in the case of two ancestors of yours, Abraham and Isaac, before you. Indeed your Lord is all-knowing and all-wise."
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لَّقَدْ كَانَ فِى يُوسُفَ وَإِخْوَتِهِۦٓ ءَايَـٰتٌ لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ laqad kāna fī yūsufa wa ikhwatihi āyātul lissā-ilīn In the story of Joseph and his brothers are lessons for those who inquire.
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إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ idh qālū layūsufu wa-akhūhu aḥabbu ilā abīnā minnā wanaḥnu `uṣbatun inna abānā lafī ḍalālin mubīn "Surely Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we," (said his half brothers) "even though we are a well-knit band. Our father is surely in the wrong.
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ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ قَوْمًا صَـٰلِحِينَ uqtulū yūsufa awiṭ-raḥūhu arḍan yakhlu lakum wajhu abīkum watakūnū min ba`dihi qawman ṣāliḥīn Let us kill Joseph or cast him in some distant land so that we may get our father's exclusive affection; then play innocent."
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قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِى غَيَـٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ qāla qā-ilun minhum lā taqtulū yūsufa wa-alqūhu fī ghayābatil jubbi yaltaqiṭ-hu ba`ḍus sayyārati in kuntum fā`ilīn One of them said: "If you must do so, then do not kill Joseph, but throw him into an unused well. Some passing caravan may rescue him."
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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَ۫نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَـٰصِحُونَ qālū yā-abānā mā laka lā ta-mannā `alā yūsufa wa innā lahu lanāṣiḥūn (Then going to their father) they said: "O father, why don't you trust us with Joseph? We are in fact his well-wishers.
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أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًا يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ arsilhu ma`anā ghadan yarta` wayal`ab wa innā lahu laḥāfiẓūn Let him go out with us tomorrow that he may enjoy and play. We shall take care of him."
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قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَـٰفِلُونَ qāla innī layaḥzununī an tadh-habū bihi wa-akhāfu an ya-kulahudh dhi-bu wa-antum `anhu ghāfilūn He said: "I am afraid of sending him with you lest a wolf should devour him when you are unmindful."
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قَالُوا۟ لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ qālū la-in akalahudh dhi-bu wanaḥnu `uṣbatun innā idhal lakhāsirūn They replied: "If a wolf should devour him when we are there, a well-knit band, we shall certainly be treacherous."
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فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِى غَيَـٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَـٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ falammā dhahabū bihi wa-ajma`ū an yaj`alūhu fī ghayābatil jubb ۚ wa-awḥaynā ilayhi latunabbi-annahum bi-amrihim hādhā wahum lā yash`urūn So, when they took him out they planned to throw him into an unused well. We revealed to Joseph: "You will tell them (one day) of this deed when they will not apprehend it."
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وَجَآءُوٓ أَبَاهُمْ عِشَآءً يَبْكُونَ wajā-ū abāhum `ishā-an yabkūn At nightfall they came to their father weeping,
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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا يُوسُفَ عِندَ مَتَـٰعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَّنَا وَلَوْ كُنَّا صَـٰدِقِينَ qālū yā-abānā innā dhahabnā nastabiqu wataraknā yūsufa `inda matā`inā fa-akalahudh dhi-b ۖ wa mā anta bimu-minin lanā walaw kunnā ṣādiqīn And said: "We went racing with one another and left Joseph to guard our things when a wolf devoured him. But you will not believe us even though we tell the truth."
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وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ wajā-ū `alā qamīṣihi bidamin kadhib ۚ qāla bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amrā ۖ faṣabrun jamīl ۖ wallāhul musta`ānu `alā mā taṣifūn They showed him the shirt with false blood on it. (Their father) said: "It is not so; you have made up the story. Yet endurance is best. I seek the help of God alone for what you impute."
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وَجَآءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا۟ وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَىٰ دَلْوَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ يَـٰبُشْرَىٰ هَـٰذَا غُلَـٰمٌ ۚ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَـٰعَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ wajā-at sayyāratun fa-arsalū wāridahum fa-adlā dalwah ۖ qāla yābushrā hādhā ghulām ۚ wa-asarrūhu biḍā`ah ۚ wallāhu `alīmun bimā ya`malūn A caravan happened to pass, and sent the water-carrier to bring water from the well. He let down his bucket (and pulled Joseph up with it). "What luck," said the man; "here is a boy;" and they hid him as an item of merchandise; but what they did was known to God.
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وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍۭ بَخْسٍ دَرَٰهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍ وَكَانُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ washarawhu bithamanin bakhsin darāhima ma`dūdatin wakānū fīhi minaz zāhidīn And they sold him as worthless for a few paltry dirham.
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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 waqālal ladhish-tarāhu min miṣra līmra-atihi akrimī mathwāhu `asā an yanfa`anā aw nattakhidhahu waladā ۚ wakadhālika makkannā liyūsufa fil-arḍi walinu`allimahu min ta-wīlil-aḥādīth ۚ wallāhu ghālibun `alā amrihi walākinna aktharan nāsi lā ya`lamūn The Egyptian who bought him instructed his wife: "House him honourably. He may be of use to us. We may even adopt him as a son." So, We firmly established Joseph in the land, and taught him the interpretation of dreams. God dominated in his affairs, though most men do not know.
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وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ walammā balagha ashuddahu ātaynāhu ḥukman wa`il-mā ۚ wakadhālika najzil muḥsinīn When he reached the prime of life We gave him wisdom and knowledge. Thus We reward those who are good.
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وَرَٰوَدَتْهُ ٱلَّتِى هُوَ فِى بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ ۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَاىَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ warāwadat-hul latī huwa fī baytihā `an nafsihi waghallaqatil-abwāba waqālat hayta lak ۚ qāla ma`ādhallāh ۖ innahu rabbī aḥsana mathwāy ۖ innahu lā yufliḥuẓ ẓālimūn But she in whose house he resided wished to seduce him and, closing the doors, said: "Come into me. "God forbid!" he said; "he is my master who has approved my stay. Surely those who act wrongly do not prosper."
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وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرْهَـٰنَ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ walaqad hammat bih ۖ wahamma bihā lawlā an ra-ā burhāna rabbih ۚ kadhālika linaṣrifa `anhus sū a wal faḥshā-a ۚ innahu min `ibādinal mukhlaṣīn But the woman desired him, and he would have desired her but for the indication he received from his Lord. This was so that We may avert both evil and lechery from him, for he was one of Our chosen devotees.
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وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ ۚ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ wastabaqal bāba waqaddat qamīṣahu min duburin wa-alfayā sayyidahā ladal bāb ۚ qālat mā jazā-u man arāda bi-ahlika sū-an illā an yusjana aw `adhābun alīm Both of them raced to the door, and she (grabbed and) rent his shirt from behind. They met her lord outside the door. "There is no other penalty for a man," said she, "who wanted to outrage your wife but imprisonment or grievous punishment."
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قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى ۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ qāla hiya rāwadatnī `an nafsī ۚ washahida shāhidun min ahlihā in kāna qamīṣuhu qudda min qubulin faṣadaqat wahuwa minal kādhibīn (Joseph) said: "It was she who wanted to seduce me." And a witness from her family testified: "If the shirt is torn from the front then the woman is speaking the truth, and he is a liar.
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وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ wa in kāna qamīṣuhu qudda min duburin fakadhabat wahuwa minaṣ ṣādiqīn But if the shirt is torn from behind then she is a liar, and he speaks the truth."
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فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّ ۖ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ falammā ra-ā qamīṣahu qudda min duburin qāla innahu min kaydikunn ۖ inna kaydakunna `aẓīm When the husband saw the shirt torn at the back, he said: "Surely this is a woman's ruse, and the wiles of women are great.
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يُوسُفُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَـٰذَا ۚ وَٱسْتَغْفِرِى لِذَنۢبِكِ ۖ إِنَّكِ كُنتِ مِنَ ٱلْخَاطِـِٔينَ yūsufu a`riḍ `an hādhā ۚ wastaghfirī lidhanbik ۖ innaki kunti minal khāṭi-īn Ignore this affair, O Joseph; and you, O woman, ask forgiveness for your sin, for you were surely errant."
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وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۖ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّا ۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ waqāla niswatun fil madīnatim-ra-atul `azīzi turāwidu fatāhā `an nafsih ۖ qad shaghafahā ḥubbā ۖ innā lanarāhā fī ḍalālin mubīn In the city the women gossiped: "The minister's wife longs after her page. He has captured her heart. We think she is in clear error."
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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 falammā sami`at bimakrihinna arsalat ilayhinna wa-a`tadat lahunna muttaka-an wa-ātat kulla wāḥidatim minhunna sikkīnan waqālatikh-ruj `alayhinn ۖ falammā ra-aynahu akbarnahu waqaṭṭa`na aydiyahunna waqulna ḥāsha lillāhi mā hādhā basharan in hādhā illā malakun karīm When she heard their slanderings, she sent for them and prepared a banquet, and gave each of them a knife (for paring fruit), and called (to Joseph): "Come out before them." When they saw him, the women were so wonderstruck they cut their hands, and exclaimed: "O Lord preserve us! He is no mortal but an honourable angel."
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قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِى لُمْتُنَّنِى فِيهِ ۖ وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖ وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَآ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ qālat fadhālikunnal ladhī lumtunnanī fīh ۖ walaqad rāwadtuhu `an nafsihi fasta`ṣam ۖ wala-in lam yaf`al mā āmuruhu layusjananna walayakūnan minaṣ ṣāghirīn She said: "This is the one you blamed me for. I did desire his person, but he preserved himself from sin. Yet in case he does not do my bidding he will be put into prison and disgraced."
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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ qāla rabbis sijnu aḥabbu ilayya mimmā yad`ūnanī ilayh ۖ wa illā taṣrif `annī kaydahunna aṣbu ilayhinna wa-akun minal jāhilīn (Joseph) prayed: "O Lord, dearer is prison than what they invite me to. Unless You turn their guiles away from me I shall succumb to their charms and thus become a pagan."
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فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ فَصَرَفَ عَنْهُ كَيْدَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ fastajāba lahu rabbuhu faṣarafa `anhu kaydahunn ۚ innahu huwas samī`ul `alīm His Lord heard his prayer, and averted the women's wiles from him. He verily hears and knows everything.
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ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ thumma badā lahum min ba`di mā ra-awul-āyāti layasjununnahu ḥattā ḥīn And yet in spite of having seen these clear proofs they found it proper to incarcerate him for a time.
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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 wadakhala ma`ahus sijna fatayān ۖ qāla aḥaduhumā innī arānī a`ṣiru khamrā ۖ waqālal-ākharu innī arānī aḥmilu fawqa ra-sī khubzan ta-kuluṭ ṭayru minh ۖ nabbi-nā bita-wīlih ۖ innā narāka minal muḥsinīn Two other youths were imprisoned along with him. Said one of them: "I dreamt that I was pressing grapes;" and the other: "I dreamt that I was carrying bread on my head, and the birds were pecking at it. You tell us the meaning of this. You seem to be a righteous man."
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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 qāla lā ya-tīkumā ṭa`āmun turzaqānihi illā nabba-tukumā bita-wīlihi qabla an ya-tiyakumā ۚ dhālikumā mimmā `allamanī rabbī ۚ innī taraktu millata qawmin lā yu-minūna billāhi wahum bil-ākhirati hum kāfirūn (Joseph) answered: "I will give you its interpretation before the food you are served arrives. This knowledge is one of the things my Lord has taught me. I have given up the religion of those who do not believe in God and deny the life to come.
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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 wattaba`tu millata ābā-ī ibrāhīma wa is-ḥāqa waya`qūb ۚ mā kāna lanā an nushrika billāhi min shay-ī ۚ dhālika min faḍlillāhi `alaynā wa`alan nāsi walākinna aktharan nāsi lā yashkurūn I follow the faith of my fathers, of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. We cannot associate anyone with God. This is among God's favours to us and to all mankind; but most men are not grateful.
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يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ yāṣāḥibayis sijni a-arbābun mutafarriqūna khayrun amillāhul wāḥidul qahhār (Tell me) O fellow-prisoners, are a number of gods better, or one God omnipotent?
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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 mā ta`budūna min dūnihi illā asmā-an sammaytumūhā antum wa-ābā-ukum mā anzalallāhu bihā min sulṭān ۚ inil ḥukmu illā lillāh ۚ amara allā ta`budū illā iyyāh ۚ dhālikad dīnul qayyimu walākinna aktharan nāsi lā ya`lamūn (What) you worship besides Him are nothing but names that you and your fathers have assigned, for which no sanction has been sent down by God. Authority belongs to God alone. He commands that you worship none but Him. This is the right way; but most men are ignorant.
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يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ أَمَّآ أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْقِى رَبَّهُۥ خَمْرًا ۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِن رَّأْسِهِۦ ۚ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِ yāṣāḥibayis sijni ammā aḥadukumā fayasqī rabbahu khamrā ۖ wa-ammal-ākharu fayuṣlabu fata-kuluṭ ṭayru min ra-sih ۚ quḍiyal-amrul ladhī fīhi tastaftiyān O fellow-prisoners, one of you will serve wine to your master, the other will be crucified and the birds will peck at his brain. Determined is the matter of your inquiry."
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وَقَالَ لِلَّذِى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِى ٱلسِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ waqāla lilladhī ẓanna annahu nājin minhumadh-kurnī `inda rabbika fa-ansāhush shayṭānu dhikra rabbihi falabitha fis sijni biḍ`a sinīn And (Joseph) asked the man he knew would be released: "Remember me to your lord;" but Satan made him forget to mention this to his lord, and Joseph remained in prison for a number of years.
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وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ سَبْعَ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ ۖ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِى فِى رُءْيَـٰىَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ waqālal-maliku innī arā sab`a baqarātin simāniy ya-kuluhunna sab`un `ijāfun wasab`a sunbulātin khuḍrin wa-ukhara yābisāt ۖ yā-ayyuhal mala-u aftūnī fī ru-yāya in kuntum lirru-iyā ta`burūn (One day) the king said (to his courtiers): "I saw seven fat cows in a dream being devoured by seven lean ones, and seven ears of corn that were green and seven others that were seared. O courtiers, tell me the significance of my dream, if you know how to interpret them."
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قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍ ۖ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحْلَـٰمِ بِعَـٰلِمِينَ qālū aḍghāthu aḥlām ۖ wa mā naḥnu bita-wīlil-aḥlāmi bi`ālimīn "They were only confused dreams," they said; "we do not know how to interpret them."
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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى نَجَا مِنْهُمَا وَٱدَّكَرَ بَعْدَ أُمَّةٍ أَنَا۠ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ فَأَرْسِلُونِ waqālal ladhī najā minhumā waddakara ba`da ummatin ana unabbi-ukum bita-wīlihi fa-arsilūn Then the servant, who of the two had been released, remembering (Joseph), said: "I will give you its interpretation; let me go for it."
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يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِى سَبْعِ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ لَّعَلِّىٓ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ yūsufu ayyuhaṣ ṣiddīqu aftinā fī sab`i baqarātin simāniy ya-kuluhunna sab`un `ijāfun wasab`i sunbulātin khuḍrin wa-ukhara yābisātin la`allī arji`u ilan nāsi la`allahum ya`lamūn (And coming to the prison) he said: "O Joseph the truthful, tell us (the meaning of) seven fat cows being devoured by seven lean ones, and seven green ears of corn and seven seared, that I may go back to the people and tell them."
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قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِى سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ qāla tazra`ūna sab`a sinīna da-aban famā ḥaṣadtum fadharūhu fī sunbulihi illā qalīlan mimmā ta-kulūn He said: "Sow as usual for seven years, and after reaping leave the corn in the ears, except the little you need for food.
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ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ سَبْعٌ شِدَادٌ يَأْكُلْنَ مَا قَدَّمْتُمْ لَهُنَّ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تُحْصِنُونَ thumma ya-tī min ba`di dhālika sab`un shidādun ya-kulna mā qaddamtum lahunna illā qalīlan mimmā tuḥṣinūn Then there will come seven years of hardship which will consume the grain you had laid up against them, except a little you may have stored away.
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ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَامٌ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعْصِرُونَ thumma ya-tī min ba`di dhālika `āmun fīhi yughāthun nāsu wafīhi ya`ṣirūn This will be followed by a year of rain, and people shall press (the grapes)."
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وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُ ٱلرَّسُولُ قَالَ ٱرْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَسْـَٔلْهُ مَا بَالُ ٱلنِّسْوَةِ ٱلَّـٰتِى قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌ waqālal-maliku-tūnī bih ۖ falammā jā-ahur rasūlu qālar-ji` ilā rabbika fas-alhu mā bālun niswatil lātī qaṭṭa`na aydiyahunn ۚ inna rabbī bikaydihinna `alīm The king said: "Bring him to me. So when the messenger came to Joseph, he said: "Go back to your lord and ask him: 'How fare the women who had cut their hands?' My Lord is cognisant of their guile."
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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 qāla mā khaṭbukunna idh rāwadtunna yūsufa `an nafsih ۚ qulna ḥāsha lillāhi mā `alimnā `alayhi min sū-ī ۚ qālatim-ra-atul `azīzil-āna ḥaṣ-ḥaṣal ḥaqqu ana rāwadtuhu `an nafsihi wa innahu laminaṣ ṣādiqīn The king asked the women: "What was the affair of seducing Joseph?" "God preserve us," they said; "we know no evil against him." The wife of the minister said: "The truth has now come out. It was I who desired to seduce him, but he is indeed a man of virtue." --
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ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّى لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى كَيْدَ ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ dhālika liya`lama annī lam akhunhu bil ghaybi wa-annallāha lā yahdī kaydal khā-inīn (At this Joseph remarked:) "From this (the Minister) should know that I did not betray him in his absence, and that God does not surely let the wiles of those who betray ever succeed.
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وَمَآ أُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِىٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌۢ بِٱلسُّوٓءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ wa mā ubarri-u nafsī ۚ innan nafsa la-ammāratun bis sū-i illā mā raḥima rabbī ۚ inna rabbī ghafūrun raḥīm But I do not wish to absolve myself, for the soul is prone to evil, unless my Lord have mercy. Indeed my Lord is forgiving and kind." --
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وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦٓ أَسْتَخْلِصْهُ لِنَفْسِى ۖ فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُۥ قَالَ إِنَّكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِينٌ أَمِينٌ waqālal-maliku-tūnī bihi astakhliṣ-hu linafsī ۖ falammā kallamahu qāla innakal yawma ladaynā makīnun amīn When the king heard this he said: "Bring him to me. I shall take him in my special service." When he had talked to him, he said: "Today you are established in a rank of trust with us."
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قَالَ ٱجْعَلْنِى عَلَىٰ خَزَآئِنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ إِنِّى حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ qālaj-`alnī `alā khazā-inil-arḍ ۖ innī ḥafīẓun `alīm "Appoint me over the granaries of the land," (he said); "I shall be a knowledgeable keeper."
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وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَتَبَوَّأُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَآءُ ۚ نُصِيبُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا مَن نَّشَآءُ ۖ وَلَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ wakadhālika makkannā liyūsufa fil-arḍi yatabawwa-u minhā ḥaythu yashā-u ۚ nuṣību biraḥmatinā man nashā-u ۖ walā nuḍī`u ajral muḥsinīn Thus We gave Joseph authority in the land so that he lived wherever he liked. We bestow Our favours on whomsoever We please, and do not allow the reward of those who are good to go waste.
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وَلَأَجْرُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ wala-ajrul-ākhirati khayrul lilladhīna āmanū wakānū yattaqūn And certainly the recompense of the life to come is better for those who believe and follow the right path.
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وَجَآءَ إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ فَدَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَعَرَفَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ wajā-a ikhwatu yūsufa fadakhalū `alayhi fa`arafahum wahum lahu munkirūn The brothers of Joseph came (to Egypt) and visited him. He recognised them, though they did not recognise him.
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وَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ قَالَ ٱئْتُونِى بِأَخٍ لَّكُم مِّنْ أَبِيكُمْ ۚ أَلَا تَرَوْنَ أَنِّىٓ أُوفِى ٱلْكَيْلَ وَأَنَا۠ خَيْرُ ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ walammā jahhazahum bijahāzihim qāla-tūnī bi-akhin lakum min abīkum ۚ alā tarawna annī ūfil kayla wa-ana khayrul munzilīn When he had supplied their provisions, he said to them: "Bring your (half) brother with you. Have you not seen that I have given full measure, and that I am the best of hosts?
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فَإِن لَّمْ تَأْتُونِى بِهِۦ فَلَا كَيْلَ لَكُمْ عِندِى وَلَا تَقْرَبُونِ fa-in lam ta-tūnī bihi falā kayla lakum `indī walā taqrabūn But if you do not bring him with you, then I shall have no grain for you, nor should you come back to me."
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قَالُوا۟ سَنُرَٰوِدُ عَنْهُ أَبَاهُ وَإِنَّا لَفَـٰعِلُونَ qālū sanurāwidu `anhu abāhu wa innā lafā`ilūn They said: "We shall request his father, and will certainly do that."
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وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَـٰنِهِ ٱجْعَلُوا۟ بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ فِى رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَآ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ waqāla lifityānihij-`alū biḍā`atahum fī riḥālihim la`allahum ya`rifūnahā idhan-qalabū ilā ahlihim la`allahum yarji`ūn Then he ordered his servants: "Put their money back in their packs: They may find it on reaching home, and perhaps come again."
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فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا ٱلْكَيْلُ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَآ أَخَانَا نَكْتَلْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ falammā raja`ū ilā abīhim qālū yā-abānā muni`a minnal kaylu fa-arsil ma`anā akhānā naktal wa innā lahu laḥāfiẓūn When they returned to their father, they said: "O father, a further measure has been denied us. So send our brother with us that he may bring more grain. We shall take care of him."
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قَالَ هَلْ ءَامَنُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَخِيهِ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ فَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَـٰفِظًا ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ qāla hal āmanukum `alayhi illā kamā amintukum `alā akhīhi min qabl ۖ fallāhu khayrun ḥāfiẓā ۖ wahuwa arḥamur rāḥimīn He replied: "Should I trust you with him as I did his brother? But God is the best of guardians, and most merciful of all."
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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 walammā fataḥū matā`ahum wajadū biḍā`atahum ruddat ilayhim ۖ qālū yā-abānā mā nabghī ۖ hādhihi biḍā`atunā ruddat ilaynā ۖ wanamīru ahlanā wanaḥfaẓu akhānā wanazdādu kayla ba`īr ۖ dhālika kaylun yasīr When they unpacked their goods they said: "O father, what more can we ask? Look, even our money has been returned. We shall go and bring a camel-load more of grain for our family, and take good care of our brother. That will be an easy measure."
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قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُۥ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ ۖ فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ qāla lan ursilahu ma`akum ḥattā tu-tūni mawthiqan minallāhi lata-tunnanī bihi illā an yuḥāṭa bikum ۖ falammā ātawhu mawthiqahum qālallāhu `alā mā naqūlu wakīl He said: "I will never send him with you until you swear by God that you will bring him back to me, unless all of you are overtaken (by misfortune)." When they had given their promise, he said: "God is witness to our conversation."
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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 waqāla yābaniyya lā tadkhulū min bābin wāḥidin wadkhulū min abwābin mutafarriqah ۖ wa mā ughnī `ankum minallāhi min shay-ī ۖ inil ḥukmu illā lillāh ۖ `alayhi tawakkalt ۖ wa`alayhi falyatawakkalil mutawakkilūn (As they were leaving) their father said to them: "O my sons, do not seek one approach but employ different ways (of attaining your object). If anything should befall you from God I shall not be able to avert it, for all authority belongs to God. I have placed my trust in Him, and the trusting should rely on Him alone."
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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 walammā dakhalū min ḥaythu amarahum abūhum mā kāna yughnī `anhum minallāhi min shay-in illā ḥājatan fī nafsi ya`qūba qaḍāhā ۚ wa innahu ladhū `il-min limā `allamnāhu walākinna aktharan nāsi lā ya`lamūn When they entered as their father had advised them, nothing could avail them against (the will of) God, yet it confirmed a premonition Jacob had, for verily he had knowledge as We had taught him, though most men do not know.
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وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَخَاهُ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ أَخُوكَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ walammā dakhalū `alā yūsufa āwā ilayhi akhāh ۖ qāla innī ana akhūka falā tabta-is bimā kānū ya`malūn When they came to Joseph he made his brother his guest, and said: "I am your brother. So do not grieve for what they had done."
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فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ ٱلسِّقَايَةَ فِى رَحْلِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسَـٰرِقُونَ falammā jahhazahum bijahāzihim ja`alas siqāyata fī raḥli akhīhi thumma adhhana mu-adhhinun ayyatuhal `īru innakum lasāriqūn When he had given them their provisions he put his goblet in his brother's saddle-bag. Then a crier announced: "O men of the caravan, you are thieves."
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قَالُوا۟ وَأَقْبَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم مَّاذَا تَفْقِدُونَ qālū wa-aqbalū `alayhim mādhā tafqidūn They turned to them and asked: "What is it you have lost?"
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قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ qālū nafqidu ṣuwā`al maliki waliman jā-a bihi ḥimlu ba`īrin wa-ana bihi za`īm "We cannot find the master's goblet. Whoever comes up with it will be given a camel-load of grain; I vouch for it."
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قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَـٰرِقِينَ qālū tallāhi laqad `alimtum mā ji-nā linufsida fil-arḍi wa mā kunnā sāriqīn They said: "We swear by God. You know we did not come to commit any crime in the land, nor are we thieves."
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قَالُوا۟ فَمَا جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓ إِن كُنتُمْ كَـٰذِبِينَ qālū famā jazā-uhu in kuntum kādhibīn "What should be the punishment," they were asked, "in case you are liars?"
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قَالُوا۟ جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ مَن وُجِدَ فِى رَحْلِهِۦ فَهُوَ جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ qālū jazā-uhu man wujida fī raḥlihi fahuwa jazā-uh ۚ kadhālika najziẓ ẓālimīn "The punishment for that (should be)," they said, "that he in whose luggage it is found should be held as punishment. This is how we repay the wrong-doers."
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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 fabada-a bi-aw`iyatihim qabla wi`ā-i akhīhi thummas-takhrajahā min wi`ā-i akhīh ۚ kadhālika kidnā liyūsuf ۖ mā kāna liya-khudha akhāhu fī dīnil maliki illā an yashā-allāh ۚ narfa`u darajātin man nashā-u ۗ wafawqa kulli dhī `il-min `alīm So he searched their saddle-bags before his brother's, then produced the cup from his brother's bag. That is how We planned an excuse for Joseph, for under the law of the king he could not detain his brother unless God so willed. We raise the status of whom We please. Over every man of knowledge there is one more knowing.
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِن يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ وَلَمْ يُبْدِهَا لَهُمْ ۚ قَالَ أَنتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ qālū in yasriq faqad saraqa akhul lahu min qabl ۚ fa-asarrahā yūsufu fī nafsihi walam yubdihā lahum ۚ qāla antum sharrun makānā ۖ wallāhu a`lamu bimā taṣifūn Said the brothers: "If he has stolen (no wonder), his brother had stolen before." But Joseph kept this secret and did not disclose it to them, and said (to himself): "You are worse in the degree of evil, for God knows better of what you allege."
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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥٓ أَبًا شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ qālū yā-ayyuhal `azīzu inna lahu aban shaykhan kabīran fakhudh aḥadanā makānah ۖ innā narāka minal muḥsinīn They said: "O Minister, he has an aged father, so keep one of us in his place. We see you are a virtuous man."
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قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَـٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّظَـٰلِمُونَ qāla ma`ādhallāhi an na-khudha illā man wajadnā matā`anā `indahu innā idhal laẓālimūn "May God forgive us," he said, "if we hold any one but him with whom we found our property, or else we would be unjust."
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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 falammas-tay-asū minhu khalaṣū najiyyā ۖ qāla kabīruhum alam ta`lamū anna abākum qad akhadha `alaykum mawthiqan minallāhi wa min qablu mā farraṭtum fī yūsuf ۖ falan abraḥal-arḍa ḥattā ya-dhana lī abī aw yaḥkumallāhu lī ۖ wahuwa khayrul ḥākimīn When they despaired of (persuading) him, they went aside to confer. The oldest of them said: "You know that your father has pledged you in the name of God, and you have been guilty of iniquity in the case of Joseph before. I will not leave this place unless my father permits or God decides for me, for He is the best of all judges.
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ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَـٰفِظِينَ irji`ū ilā abīkum faqūlū yā-abānā innab-naka saraqa wa mā shahidnā illā bimā `alimnā wa mā kunnā lilghaybi ḥāfiẓīn So, go to your father and tell him: 'O father, your son has committed a theft. We bear witness to only what we know; we could not prevent the unknown.
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وَسْـَٔلِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ ٱلَّتِى كُنَّا فِيهَا وَٱلْعِيرَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَقْبَلْنَا فِيهَا ۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ was-alil qaryatal latī kunnā fīhā wal `īral latī aqbalnā fīhā ۖ wa innā laṣādiqūn Enquire from the people of that city, or ask the men of the caravan with whom we have come. We are verily speaking the truth.'"
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قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِيَنِى بِهِمْ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ qāla bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amrā ۖ faṣabrun jamīl ۖ `asallāhu an ya-tiyanī bihim jamī`ā ۚ innahu huwal `alīmul ḥakīm "No," said (the father). "You have made up the story; but patience is best; God may bring them back to me. He is all-knowing and all-wise."
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وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَٱبْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ watawallā `anhum waqāla yā-asafā `alā yūsufa wabyaḍḍat `aynāhu minal ḥuzni fahuwa kaẓīm He turned away from them and cried: "Alas for Joseph!" And his eyes turned white with grief which he bore in silence.
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قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ تَفْتَؤُا۟ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَ qālū tallāhi tafta-u tadhkuru yūsufa ḥattā takūna ḥaraḍan aw takūna minal hālikīn "By God," said they, "you will never stop thinking of Joseph till you are consumed or perish."
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قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشْكُوا۟ بَثِّى وَحُزْنِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ qāla innamā ashkū bathhī waḥuznī ilallāhi wa-a`lamu minallāhi mā lā ta`lamūn He replied: "I cry my plaint and grief to God, and know from God what you do not know.
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يَـٰبَنِىَّ ٱذْهَبُوا۟ فَتَحَسَّسُوا۟ مِن يُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ وَلَا تَا۟يْـَٔسُوا۟ مِن رَّوْحِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يَا۟يْـَٔسُ مِن رَّوْحِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ yābaniyyadh-habū fataḥassasū min yūsufa wa-akhīhi walā tay-asū min rawḥillāh ۖ innahu lā yay-asu min rawḥillāhi illal-qawmul kāfirūn O sons, go in search of Joseph and his brother, and do not despair of the mercy of God. Only they despair of God's mercy who do not believe."
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فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ مَسَّنَا وَأَهْلَنَا ٱلضُّرُّ وَجِئْنَا بِبِضَـٰعَةٍ مُّزْجَىٰةٍ فَأَوْفِ لَنَا ٱلْكَيْلَ وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْنَآ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَجْزِى ٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ falammā dakhalū `alayhi qālū yā-ayyuhal `azīzu massanā wa-ahlanaḍ ḍurru waji-nā bibiḍā`atim muzjātin fa-awfi lanal kayla wataṣaddaq `alaynā ۖ innallāha yajzil mutaṣaddiqīn When they returned to him, they said (to Joseph): "O Minister, calamity has befallen us and our people. We have brought but a meagre sum, but give us full measure as alms bestowed. God surely rewards those who give alms."
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قَالَ هَلْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا فَعَلْتُم بِيُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ إِذْ أَنتُمْ جَـٰهِلُونَ qāla hal `alimtum mā fa`altum biyūsufa wa-akhīhi idh antum jāhilūn , He said: "Do you know what you did to Joseph and his brother in your ignorance?"
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قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ يُوسُفُ وَهَـٰذَآ أَخِى ۖ قَدْ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ qālū a-innaka la-anta yūsuf ۖ qāla ana yūsufu wahādhā akhī ۖ qad mannallāhu `alaynā ۖ innahu man yattaqi wayaṣbir fa-innallāha lā yuḍī`u ajral muḥsinīn They said: "Surely you are not Joseph!" "I am Joseph," he said, "and this is my brother. God has been gracious to us; for God does not verily deprive those who fear Him and are patient of the recompense of those who are good."
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قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ ءَاثَرَكَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَإِن كُنَّا لَخَـٰطِـِٔينَ qālū tallāhi laqad ātharakallāhu `alaynā wa in kunnā lakhāṭi-īn They said: "By God, God has favoured you above us, for we have indeed been sinners."
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قَالَ لَا تَثْرِيبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ يَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ qāla lā tathrība `alaykumul yawm ۖ yaghfirullāhu lakum ۖ wahuwa arḥamur rāḥimīn "There is no blame on you today," he said, "May God forgive you. He is the most merciful of all.
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ٱذْهَبُوا۟ بِقَمِيصِى هَـٰذَا فَأَلْقُوهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِ أَبِى يَأْتِ بَصِيرًا وَأْتُونِى بِأَهْلِكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ idh-habū biqamīṣī hādhā fa-alqūhu `alā wajhi abī ya-ti baṣīran wa-tūnī bi-ahlikum ajma`īn Take my shirt and put it on my father's face; his eyesight will be restored; and bring your entire family to me."
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وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ ٱلْعِيرُ قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ إِنِّى لَأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ ۖ لَوْلَآ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ walammā faṣalatil `īru qāla abūhum innī la-ajidu rīḥa yūsuf ۖ lawlā an tufannidūn The caravan departed (from Egypt) and Jacob said (at home): "Say not that I am in my dotage, but I get the smell of Joseph."
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قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَفِى ضَلَـٰلِكَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ qālū tallāhi innaka lafī ḍalālikal qadīm They said: "By God, you are still persisting in your old delusion."
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فَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَ ٱلْبَشِيرُ أَلْقَىٰهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ فَٱرْتَدَّ بَصِيرًا ۖ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ falammā an jā-al bashīru alqāhu `alā wajhihi fartadda baṣīrā ۖ qāla alam aqul lakum innī a`lamu minallāhi mā lā ta`lamūn Then, as the harbinger of happy news arrived and put the garment over his face his eyesight was restored. He said: "Did I not tell you? I know from God what you do not know."
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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا ٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا خَـٰطِـِٔينَ qālū yā-abānas-taghfir lanā dhunūbanā innā kunnā khāṭi-īn Said (the sons): "O our father, pray for us that our sins be forgiven, for we are really sinners."
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قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ qāla sawfa astaghfiru lakum rabbī ۖ innahu huwal ghafūrur raḥīm "I will ask my Lord to forgive you," he replied, "for He is forgiving and kind."
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فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَبَوَيْهِ وَقَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مِصْرَ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ءَامِنِينَ falammā dakhalū `alā yūsufa āwā ilayhi abawayhi waqālad-khulū miṣra in shā-allāhu āminīn When they went back to Joseph he gave his father and mother a place of honour, and said: "Enter Egypt in peace by the will of God."
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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 warafa`a abawayhi `alal-`arshi wakharrū lahu sujjadā ۖ waqāla yā-abati hādhā ta-wīlu ru-yāya min qablu qad ja`alahā rabbī ḥaqqā ۖ waqad aḥsana bī idh akhrajanī minas sijni wajā-a bikum minal badwi min ba`di an nazaghash shayṭānu baynī wabayna ikhwatī ۚ inna rabbī laṭīful limā yashā-u ۚ innahu huwal `alīmul ḥakīm He seated his parents by his side on the throne; and they fell down before him in homage. "O my father," said Joseph, "this is the meaning of my earlier dream. My Lord has made it come true. He was gracious in getting me out of the prison, and bringing you out of the desert to me after the discord created by Satan between me and my brothers, for my Lord is gracious to whomsoever He please. He is indeed all-knowing and all-wise.
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رَبِّ قَدْ ءَاتَيْتَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِى مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَنتَ وَلِىِّۦ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ تَوَفَّنِى مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ rabbi qad ātaytanī minal mulki wa`allamtanī min ta-wīlil-aḥādīth ۚ fāṭiras samāwāti wal-arḍi anta waliyyiy fid dunyā wal-ākhirah ۖ tawaffanī musliman wa-alḥiqnī biṣ ṣāliḥīn O my Lord, you have given me dominion and taught me the interpretation of dreams; O Creator of the heavens and the earth, You alone are my saviour in this world and the world to come; let me die submitting to You, and place me among the upright."
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ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ أَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَمْكُرُونَ dhālika min anbā-il ghaybi nūḥīhi ilayk ۖ wa mā kunta ladayhim idh ajma`ū amrahum wahum yamkurūn This is news of the unknown We reveal to you, for you were not present when Joseph's brothers agreed on their course of action, and devised their plot.
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وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ wa mā aktharun nāsi walaw ḥaraṣta bimu-minīn Many men will not believe howsoever you wish,
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وَمَا تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ wa mā tas-aluhum `alayhi min ajr ۚ in huwa illā dhikrul lil`ālamīn Even though you ask no recompense (for it). It is only a warning for all mankind.
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وَكَأَيِّن مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ waka-ayyin min āyatin fis samāwāti wal-arḍi yamurrūna `alayhā wahum `anhā mu`riḍūn How many a sign there is in the heavens and the earth which most men pass by and ignore,
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وَمَا يُؤْمِنُ أَكْثَرُهُم بِٱللَّهِ إِلَّا وَهُم مُّشْرِكُونَ wa mā yu-minu aktharuhum billāhi illā wahum mushrikūn Not only do they not believe in God, but also associate others with Him.
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أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ غَـٰشِيَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ afa-aminū an ta-tiyahum ghāshiyatun min `adhābillāhi aw ta-tiyahumus sā`atu baghtatan wahum lā yash`urūn Do they really believe that an all-embracing punishment of God will not come upon them, or the Day of Doom overtake them suddenly while they remain unaware?
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قُلْ هَـٰذِهِۦ سَبِيلِىٓ أَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا۠ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَنِى ۖ وَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ qul hādhihi sabīlī ad`ū ilallāh ۚ `alā baṣīratin ana wa manit-taba`anī ۖ wasubḥānallāhi wa mā ana minal mushrikīn Say: "My way, and that of my followers, is to call you to God with full perception. All glory to God, I am not an idolater."
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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 wa mā arsalnā min qablika illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim min ahlil qurā ۗ afalam yasīrū fil-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna `āqibatul ladhīna min qablihim ۗ waladārul-ākhirati khayrul lilladhīnat-taqaw ۗ afalā ta`qilūn All the apostles We had sent before you were men of those regions, to whom We sent Our revelations. Have they not travelled on the earth and seen what befell the people before them? Surely the abode of the Hereafter is better for those who fear straying from the right path. Do you not understand?
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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱسْتَيْـَٔسَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا۟ جَآءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّىَ مَن نَّشَآءُ ۖ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ḥattā idhas-tay-asar rusulu waẓannū annahum qad kudhibū jā-ahum naṣrunā fanujjiya man nashā-u ۖ walā yuraddu ba-sunā `anil qawmil mujrimīn When the apostles despaired and thought they were made false promises, Our help arrived, and We delivered whom We pleased; but never will Our punishment be averted from the sinners.
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لَقَدْ كَانَ فِى قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ۗ مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًا يُفْتَرَىٰ وَلَـٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ laqad kāna fī qaṣaṣihim `ibratun li-ulil-albāb ۗ mā kāna ḥadīthan yuftarā walākin taṣdīqal ladhī bayna yadayhi watafṣīla kulli shay-in wahudan waraḥmatan liqawmiy yu-minūn Verily in their accounts is a lesson for men of wisdom. This is not a fictitious tale, but a verification of earlier Books, and a clear exposition of everything, and a guidance and grace for those who believe.
