بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الر ۚ تلك آيات الكتاب المبين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Alif-Lam-Ra. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'an, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings]. These are the Verses of the Clear Book (the Qur'an that makes clear the legal and illegal things, laws, a guidance and a blessing).
نحن نقص عليك أحسن القصص بما أوحينا إليك هذا القرآن وإن كنت من قبله لمن الغافلين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
We relate unto you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) the best of stories through Our Revelations unto you, of this Qur'an. And before this (i.e. before the coming of Divine Revelation to you), you were among those who knew nothing about it (the Qur'an).
إذ قال يوسف لأبيه يا أبت إني رأيت أحد عشر كوكبا والشمس والقمر رأيتهم لي ساجدين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(Remember) when Yusuf (Joseph) said to his father: "O my father! Verily, I saw (in a dream) eleven stars and the sun and the moon - I saw them prostrating themselves to me."
قال يا بني لا تقصص رؤياك على إخوتك فيكيدوا لك كيدا ۖ إن الشيطان للإنسان عدو مبين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He (the father) said: "O my son! Relate not your vision to your brothers, lest they should arrange a plot against you. Verily! Shaitan (Satan) is to man an open enemy!
وكذلك يجتبيك ربك ويعلمك من تأويل الأحاديث ويتم نعمته عليك وعلى آل يعقوب كما أتمها على أبويك من قبل إبراهيم وإسحاق ۚ إن ربك عليم حكيم
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"Thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of dreams (and other things) and perfect His Favour on you and on the offspring of Ya'qub (Jacob), as He perfected it on your fathers, Ibrahim (Abraham) and Ishaq (Isaac) aforetime! Verily, your Lord is All-Knowing, All-Wise."
إذ قالوا ليوسف وأخوه أحب إلى أبينا منا ونحن عصبة إن أبانا لفي ضلال مبين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
When they said: "Truly, Yusuf (Joseph) and his brother (Benjamin) are dearer to our father than we, while we are a strong group. Really, our father is in a plain error.
اقتلوا يوسف أو اطرحوه أرضا يخل لكم وجه أبيكم وتكونوا من بعده قوما صالحين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"Kill Yusuf (Joseph) or cast him out to some (other) land, so that the favour of your father may be given to you alone, and after that you will be righteous folk (by intending repentance before committing the sin)."
قال قائل منهم لا تقتلوا يوسف وألقوه في غيابت الجب يلتقطه بعض السيارة إن كنتم فاعلين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
One from among them said: "Kill not Yusuf (Joseph), but if you must do something, throw him down to the bottom of a well; he will be picked up by some caravan of travellers."
فلما ذهبوا به وأجمعوا أن يجعلوه في غيابت الجب ۚ وأوحينا إليه لتنبئنهم بأمرهم هذا وهم لا يشعرون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So, when they took him away and they all agreed to throw him down to the bottom of the well, (they did so) and We revealed to him: "Indeed, you shall (one day) inform them of this their affair, when they know (you) not."
قالوا يا أبانا إنا ذهبنا نستبق وتركنا يوسف عند متاعنا فأكله الذئب ۖ وما أنت بمؤمن لنا ولو كنا صادقين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They said: "O our father! We went racing with one another, and left Yusuf (Joseph) by our belongings and a wolf devoured him; but you will never believe us even when we speak the truth."
وجاءوا على قميصه بدم كذب ۚ قال بل سولت لكم أنفسكم أمرا ۖ فصبر جميل ۖ والله المستعان على ما تصفون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And they brought his shirt stained with false blood. He said: "Nay, but your ownselves have made up a tale. So (for me) patience is most fitting. And it is Allah (Alone) Whose help can be sought against that (lie) which you describe."
وجاءت سيارة فأرسلوا واردهم فأدلى دلوه ۖ قال يا بشرى هذا غلام ۚ وأسروه بضاعة ۚ والله عليم بما يعملون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And there came a caravan of travellers and they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his bucket (into the well). He said: "What good news! Here is a boy." So they hid him as merchandise (a slave). And Allah was the All-Knower of what they did.
وقال الذي اشتراه من مصر لامرأته أكرمي مثواه عسى أن ينفعنا أو نتخذه ولدا ۚ وكذلك مكنا ليوسف في الأرض ولنعلمه من تأويل الأحاديث ۚ والله غالب على أمره ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And he (the man) from Egypt who bought him, said to his wife: "Make his stay comfortable, may be he will profit us or we shall adopt him as a son." Thus did We establish Yusuf (Joseph) in the land, that We might teach him the interpretation of events. And Allah has full power and control over His Affairs, but most of men know not.
ولما بلغ أشده آتيناه حكما وعلما ۚ وكذلك نجزي المحسنين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when he [Yusuf (Joseph)] attained his full manhood, We gave him wisdom and knowledge (the Prophethood); thus We reward the Muhsinun (doers of good - see the footnote of V.9:120).
وراودته التي هو في بيتها عن نفسه وغلقت الأبواب وقالت هيت لك ۚ قال معاذ الله ۖ إنه ربي أحسن مثواي ۖ إنه لا يفلح الظالمون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him (to do an evil act), and she closed the doors and said: "Come on, O you." He said: "I seek refuge in Allah (or Allah forbid)! Truly, he (your husband) is my master! He made my living in a great comfort! (So I will never betray him). Verily, the Zalimun (wrong and evil-doers) will never be ."
ولقد همت به ۖ وهم بها لولا أن رأى برهان ربه ۚ كذلك لنصرف عنه السوء والفحشاء ۚ إنه من عبادنا المخلصين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And indeed she did desire him, and he would have inclined to her desire, had he not seen the evidence of his Lord. Thus it was, that We might turn away from him evil and illegal sexual intercourse. Surely, he was one of Our chosen (guided) slaves.
واستبقا الباب وقدت قميصه من دبر وألفيا سيدها لدى الباب ۚ قالت ما جزاء من أراد بأهلك سوءا إلا أن يسجن أو عذاب أليم
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So they raced with one another to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back. They both found her lord (i.e. her husband) at the door. She said: "What is the recompense (punishment) for him who intended an evil design against your wife, except that he be put in prison or a painful torment?"
قال هي راودتني عن نفسي ۚ وشهد شاهد من أهلها إن كان قميصه قد من قبل فصدقت وهو من الكاذبين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He [Yusuf (Joseph)] said: "It was she that sought to seduce me;" and a witness of her household bore witness (saying): "If it be that his shirt is torn from the front, then her tale is true and he is a liar!
فلما رأى قميصه قد من دبر قال إنه من كيدكن ۖ إن كيدكن عظيم
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So when he (her husband) saw his [(Yusuf's (Joseph)] shirt torn at the back, he (her husband) said: "Surely, it is a plot of you women! Certainly mighty is your plot!
۞ وقال نسوة في المدينة امرأت العزيز تراود فتاها عن نفسه ۖ قد شغفها حبا ۖ إنا لنراها في ضلال مبين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And women in the city said: "The wife of Al-'Aziz is seeking to seduce her (slave) young man, indeed she loves him violently; verily we see her in plain error."
فلما سمعت بمكرهن أرسلت إليهن وأعتدت لهن متكأ وآتت كل واحدة منهن سكينا وقالت اخرج عليهن ۖ فلما رأينه أكبرنه وقطعن أيديهن وقلن حاش لله ما هذا بشرا إن هذا إلا ملك كريم
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So when she heard of their accusation, she sent for them and prepared a banquet for them; she gave each one of them a knife (to cut the foodstuff with), and she said [(to Yusuf (Joseph)]: "Come out before them." Then, when they saw him, they exalted him (at his beauty) and (in their astonishment) cut their hands. They said: "How perfect is Allah (or Allah forbid)! No man is this! This is none other than a noble angel!"
قالت فذلكن الذي لمتنني فيه ۖ ولقد راودته عن نفسه فاستعصم ۖ ولئن لم يفعل ما آمره ليسجنن وليكونا من الصاغرين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
She said: "This is he (the young man) about whom you did blame me, and I did seek to seduce him, but he refused. And now if he refuses to obey my order, he shall certainly be cast into prison, and will be one of those who are disgraced."
قال رب السجن أحب إلي مما يدعونني إليه ۖ وإلا تصرف عني كيدهن أصب إليهن وأكن من الجاهلين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He said: "O my Lord! Prison is dearer to me than that to which they invite me. Unless You turn away their plot from me, I will feel inclined towards them and be one (of those who commit sin and deserve blame or those who do deeds) of the ignorant."
ودخل معه السجن فتيان ۖ قال أحدهما إني أراني أعصر خمرا ۖ وقال الآخر إني أراني أحمل فوق رأسي خبزا تأكل الطير منه ۖ نبئنا بتأويله ۖ إنا نراك من المحسنين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And there entered with him two young men in the prison. One of them said: "Verily, I saw myself (in a dream) pressing wine." The other said: "Verily, I saw myself (in a dream) carrying bread on my head and birds were eating thereof." (They said): "Inform us of the interpretation of this. Verily, we think you are one of the Muhsinun (doers of good)."
قال لا يأتيكما طعام ترزقانه إلا نبأتكما بتأويله قبل أن يأتيكما ۚ ذلكما مما علمني ربي ۚ إني تركت ملة قوم لا يؤمنون بالله وهم بالآخرة هم كافرون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He said: "No food will come to you (in wakefulness or in dream) as your provision, but I will inform (in wakefulness) its interpretation before it (the food) comes. This is of that which my Lord has taught me. Verily, I have abandoned the religion of a people that believe not in Allah and are disbelievers in the Hereafter (i.e. the Kan'anyyun of Egypt who were polytheists and used to worship sun and other false deities).
واتبعت ملة آبائي إبراهيم وإسحاق ويعقوب ۚ ما كان لنا أن نشرك بالله من شيء ۚ ذلك من فضل الله علينا وعلى الناس ولكن أكثر الناس لا يشكرون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"And I have followed the religion of my fathers, - Ibrahim (Abraham), Ishaq (Isaac) and Ya'qub (Jacob) [عليهم السلام], and never could we attribute any partners whatsoever to Allah. This is from the Grace of Allah to us and to mankind, but most men thank not (i.e. they neither believe in Allah, nor worship Him).
ما تعبدون من دونه إلا أسماء سميتموها أنتم وآباؤكم ما أنزل الله بها من سلطان ۚ إن الحكم إلا لله ۚ أمر ألا تعبدوا إلا إياه ۚ ذلك الدين القيم ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"You do not worship besides Him but only names which you have named (forged) - you and your fathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. The command (or the judgement) is for none but Allah. He has commanded that you worship none but Him (i.e. His Monotheism); that is the (true) straight religion, but most men know not.
يا صاحبي السجن أما أحدكما فيسقي ربه خمرا ۖ وأما الآخر فيصلب فتأكل الطير من رأسه ۚ قضي الأمر الذي فيه تستفتيان
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"O two companions of the prison! As for one of you, he (as a servant) will pour out wine for his lord (king or master) to drink; and as for the other, he will be crucified and birds will eat from his head. Thus is the case judged concerning which you both did inquire."
وقال للذي ظن أنه ناج منهما اذكرني عند ربك فأنساه الشيطان ذكر ربه فلبث في السجن بضع سنين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And he said to the one whom he knew to be saved: "Mention me to your lord (i.e. your king, so as to get me out of the prison)." But Shaitan (Satan) made him forget to mention it to his Lord [or Satan made Yusuf (Joseph) to forget the remembrance of his Lord (Allah) as to ask for His Help, instead of others]. So [Yusuf (Joseph)] stayed in prison a few (more) years.
وقال الملك إني أرى سبع بقرات سمان يأكلهن سبع عجاف وسبع سنبلات خضر وأخر يابسات ۖ يا أيها الملأ أفتوني في رؤياي إن كنتم للرؤيا تعبرون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the king (of Egypt) said: "Verily, I saw (in a dream) seven fat cows, whom seven lean ones were devouring, and seven green ears of corn, and (seven) others dry. O notables! Explain to me my dream, if it be that you can interpret dreams."
وقال الذي نجا منهما وادكر بعد أمة أنا أنبئكم بتأويله فأرسلون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then the man who was released (one of the two who were in prison), now at length remembered and said: "I will tell you its interpretation, so send me forth."
يوسف أيها الصديق أفتنا في سبع بقرات سمان يأكلهن سبع عجاف وسبع سنبلات خضر وأخر يابسات لعلي أرجع إلى الناس لعلهم يعلمون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(He said): "O Yusuf (Joseph), the man of truth! Explain to us (the dream) of seven fat cows whom seven lean ones were devouring, and of seven green ears of corn, and (seven) others dry, that I may return to the people, and that they may know."
قال تزرعون سبع سنين دأبا فما حصدتم فذروه في سنبله إلا قليلا مما تأكلون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
[(Yusuf (Joseph)] said: "For seven consecutive years, you shall sow as usual and that (the harvest) which you reap you shall leave it in the ears, (all) except a little of it which you may eat.
ثم يأتي من بعد ذلك سبع شداد يأكلن ما قدمتم لهن إلا قليلا مما تحصنون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"Then will come after that, seven hard (years), which will devour what you have laid by in advance for them, (all) except a little of that which you have guarded (stored).
وقال الملك ائتوني به ۖ فلما جاءه الرسول قال ارجع إلى ربك فاسأله ما بال النسوة اللاتي قطعن أيديهن ۚ إن ربي بكيدهن عليم
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the king said: "Bring him to me." But when the messenger came to him, [Yusuf (Joseph)] said: "Return to your lord and ask him, 'What happened to the women who cut their hands? Surely, my Lord (Allah) is Well-Aware of their plot.'"
قال ما خطبكن إذ راودتن يوسف عن نفسه ۚ قلن حاش لله ما علمنا عليه من سوء ۚ قالت امرأت العزيز الآن حصحص الحق أنا راودته عن نفسه وإنه لمن الصادقين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(The King) said (to the women): "What was your affair when you did seek to seduce Yusuf (Joseph)?" The women said: "Allah forbid! No evil know we against him!" The wife of Al-'Aziz said: "Now the truth is manifest (to all); it was I who sought to seduce him, and he is surely of the truthful."
ذلك ليعلم أني لم أخنه بالغيب وأن الله لا يهدي كيد الخائنين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
[Then Yusuf (Joseph) said: "I asked for this enquiry] in order that he (Al-'Aziz) may know that I betrayed him not in (his) absence". And, verily! Allah guides not the plot of the betrayers.
۞ وما أبرئ نفسي ۚ إن النفس لأمارة بالسوء إلا ما رحم ربي ۚ إن ربي غفور رحيم
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"And I free not myself (from the blame). Verily, the (human) self is inclined to evil, except when my Lord bestows His Mercy (upon whom He wills). Verily, my Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
وقال الملك ائتوني به أستخلصه لنفسي ۖ فلما كلمه قال إنك اليوم لدينا مكين أمين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the king said: "Bring him to me that I may attach him to my person." Then, when he spoke to him, he said: "Verily, this day, you are with us high in rank and fully trusted."
وكذلك مكنا ليوسف في الأرض يتبوأ منها حيث يشاء ۚ نصيب برحمتنا من نشاء ۖ ولا نضيع أجر المحسنين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Thus did We give full authority to Yusuf (Joseph) in the land, to take possession therein, when or where he likes. We bestow of Our Mercy on whom We will, and We make not to be lost the reward of Al-Muhsinun (the good doers - See V.2:112).
And verily, the reward of the Hereafter is better for those who believe and used to fear Allah and keep their duty to Him (by abstaining from all kinds of sins and evil deeds and by performing all kinds of righteous good deeds).
ولما جهزهم بجهازهم قال ائتوني بأخ لكم من أبيكم ۚ ألا ترون أني أوفي الكيل وأنا خير المنزلين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when he had furnished them with their provisions (according to their need), he said: "Bring me a brother of yours from your father (he meant Benjamin). See you not that I give full measure, and that I am the best of the hosts?
وقال لفتيانه اجعلوا بضاعتهم في رحالهم لعلهم يعرفونها إذا انقلبوا إلى أهلهم لعلهم يرجعون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And [Yusuf (Joseph)] told his servants to put their money (with which they had bought the corn) into their bags, so that they might know it when they go back to their people; in order they might come again.
فلما رجعوا إلى أبيهم قالوا يا أبانا منع منا الكيل فأرسل معنا أخانا نكتل وإنا له لحافظون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So, 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, and we shall get our measure and truly we will guard him."
قال هل آمنكم عليه إلا كما أمنتكم على أخيه من قبل ۖ فالله خير حافظا ۖ وهو أرحم الراحمين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He said: "Can I entrust him to you except as I entrusted his brother [Yusuf (Joseph)] to you aforetime? But Allah is the Best to guard, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy."
ولما فتحوا متاعهم وجدوا بضاعتهم ردت إليهم ۖ قالوا يا أبانا ما نبغي ۖ هذه بضاعتنا ردت إلينا ۖ ونمير أهلنا ونحفظ أخانا ونزداد كيل بعير ۖ ذلك كيل يسير
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when they opened their bags, they found their money had been returned to them. They said: "O our father! What (more) can we desire? This, our money has been returned to us; so we shall get (more) food for our family, and we shall guard our brother and add one more measure of a camel's load. This quantity is easy (for the king to give)."
قال لن أرسله معكم حتى تؤتون موثقا من الله لتأتنني به إلا أن يحاط بكم ۖ فلما آتوه موثقهم قال الله على ما نقول وكيل
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He [Ya'qub (Jacob)] said: "I will not send him with you until you swear a solemn oath to me in Allah's Name, that you will bring him back to me unless you are yourselves surrounded (by enemies)," And when they had sworn their solemn oath, he said: "Allah is the Witness to what we have said."
وقال يا بني لا تدخلوا من باب واحد وادخلوا من أبواب متفرقة ۖ وما أغني عنكم من الله من شيء ۖ إن الحكم إلا لله ۖ عليه توكلت ۖ وعليه فليتوكل المتوكلون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And he said: "O my sons! Do not enter by one gate, but enter by different gates, and I cannot avail you against Allah at all. Verily! The decision rests only with Allah. In Him, I put my trust and let all those that trust, put their trust in Him."
ولما دخلوا من حيث أمرهم أبوهم ما كان يغني عنهم من الله من شيء إلا حاجة في نفس يعقوب قضاها ۚ وإنه لذو علم لما علمناه ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when they entered according to their father's advice, it did not avail them in the least against (the Will of) Allah; it was but a need of Ya'qub's (Jacob) inner-self which he discharged. And verily, he was endowed with knowledge because We had taught him, but most men know not.
ولما دخلوا على يوسف آوى إليه أخاه ۖ قال إني أنا أخوك فلا تبتئس بما كانوا يعملون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when they went in before Yusuf (Joseph), he took his brother (Benjamin) to himself and said: "Verily! I am your brother, so grieve not for what they used to do."
فلما جهزهم بجهازهم جعل السقاية في رحل أخيه ثم أذن مؤذن أيتها العير إنكم لسارقون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So when he had furnished them forth with their provisions, he put the (golden) bowl in his brother's bag. Then a crier cried: "O you (in) the caravan! Surely, you are thieves!"
قالوا جزاؤه من وجد في رحله فهو جزاؤه ۚ كذلك نجزي الظالمين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They [Yusuf's (Joseph) brothers] said: "His penalty should be that he, in whose bag it is found, should be held for the punishment (of the crime). Thus we punish the Zalimun (wrong-doers)!"
فبدأ بأوعيتهم قبل وعاء أخيه ثم استخرجها من وعاء أخيه ۚ كذلك كدنا ليوسف ۖ ما كان ليأخذ أخاه في دين الملك إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ نرفع درجات من نشاء ۗ وفوق كل ذي علم عليم
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So he [Yusuf (Joseph)] began (the search) in their bags before the bag of his brother. Then he brought it out of his brother's bag. Thus did We plan for Yusuf (Joseph). He could not take his brother by the law of the king (as a slave), except that Allah willed it. (So Allah made the brothers to bind themselves with their way of "punishment, i.e. enslaving of a thief.") We raise to degrees whom We will, but over all those endowed with knowledge is the All-Knowing (Allah).
۞ قالوا إن يسرق فقد سرق أخ له من قبل ۚ فأسرها يوسف في نفسه ولم يبدها لهم ۚ قال أنتم شر مكانا ۖ والله أعلم بما تصفون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They [(Yusuf's (Joseph) brothers] said: "If he steals, there was a brother of his [Yusuf (Joseph)] who did steal before (him)." But these things did Yusuf (Joseph) keep in himself, revealing not the secrets to them. He said (within himself): "You are in worst case, and Allah is the Best Knower of that which you describe!"
قالوا يا أيها العزيز إن له أبا شيخا كبيرا فخذ أحدنا مكانه ۖ إنا نراك من المحسنين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They said: "O ruler of the land! Verily, he has an old father (who will grieve for him); so take one of us in his place. Indeed we think that you are one of the Muhsinun (good-doers - see the footnote of V.9:120)."
قال معاذ الله أن نأخذ إلا من وجدنا متاعنا عنده إنا إذا لظالمون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He said: "Allah forbid, that we should take anyone but him with whom we found our property. Indeed (if we did so), we should be Zalimun (wrong-doers)."
فلما استيأسوا منه خلصوا نجيا ۖ قال كبيرهم ألم تعلموا أن أباكم قد أخذ عليكم موثقا من الله ومن قبل ما فرطتم في يوسف ۖ فلن أبرح الأرض حتى يأذن لي أبي أو يحكم الله لي ۖ وهو خير الحاكمين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So, when they despaired of him, they held a conference in private. The eldest among them said: "Know you not that your father did take an oath from you in Allah's Name, and before this you did fail in your duty with Yusuf (Joseph)? Therefore I will not leave this land until my father permits me, or Allah decides my case (by releasing Benjamin) and He is the Best of the judges.
ارجعوا إلى أبيكم فقولوا يا أبانا إن ابنك سرق وما شهدنا إلا بما علمنا وما كنا للغيب حافظين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"Return to your father and say, 'O our father! Verily, your son (Benjamin) has stolen, and we testify not except according to what we know, and we could not know the Unseen!
قال بل سولت لكم أنفسكم أمرا ۖ فصبر جميل ۖ عسى الله أن يأتيني بهم جميعا ۚ إنه هو العليم الحكيم
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He [Ya'qub (Jacob)] said: "Nay, but your ownselves have beguiled you into something. So patience is most fitting (for me). May be Allah will bring them (back) all to me. Truly He! Only He is All-Knowing, All-Wise."
يا بني اذهبوا فتحسسوا من يوسف وأخيه ولا تيأسوا من روح الله ۖ إنه لا ييأس من روح الله إلا القوم الكافرون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"O my sons! Go you and enquire about Yusuf (Joseph) and his brother, and never give up hope of Allah's Mercy. Certainly no one despairs of Allah's Mercy, except the people who disbelieve."
فلما دخلوا عليه قالوا يا أيها العزيز مسنا وأهلنا الضر وجئنا ببضاعة مزجاة فأوف لنا الكيل وتصدق علينا ۖ إن الله يجزي المتصدقين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then, when they entered unto him [Yusuf (Joseph)], they said: "O ruler of the land! A hard time has hit us and our family, and we have brought but poor capital, so pay us full measure and be charitable to us. Truly, Allah does reward the charitable."
قالوا أإنك لأنت يوسف ۖ قال أنا يوسف وهذا أخي ۖ قد من الله علينا ۖ إنه من يتق ويصبر فإن الله لا يضيع أجر المحسنين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They said: "Are you indeed Yusuf (Joseph)?" He said: "I am Yusuf (Joseph), and this is my brother (Benjamin). Allah has indeed been gracious to us. Verily, he who fears Allah with obedience to Him (by abstaining from sins and evil deeds, and by performing righteous good deeds), and is patient, then surely, Allah makes not the reward of the Muhsinun (good-doers - see V.2:112) to be lost."
ولما فصلت العير قال أبوهم إني لأجد ريح يوسف ۖ لولا أن تفندون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the caravan departed, their father said: "I do indeed feel the smell of Yusuf (Joseph), if only you think me not a dotard (a person who has weakness of mind because of old age)."
فلما أن جاء البشير ألقاه على وجهه فارتد بصيرا ۖ قال ألم أقل لكم إني أعلم من الله ما لا تعلمون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then, when the bearer of the glad tidings arrived, he cast it (the shirt) over his face, and he became clear-sighted. He said: "Did I not say to you, 'I know from Allah that which you know not.'"
ورفع أبويه على العرش وخروا له سجدا ۖ وقال يا أبت هذا تأويل رؤياي من قبل قد جعلها ربي حقا ۖ وقد أحسن بي إذ أخرجني من السجن وجاء بكم من البدو من بعد أن نزغ الشيطان بيني وبين إخوتي ۚ إن ربي لطيف لما يشاء ۚ إنه هو العليم الحكيم
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And he raised his parents to the throne and they fell down before him prostrate. And he said: "O my father! This is the interpretation of my dream aforetime! My Lord has made it come true! He was indeed good to me, when He took me out of the prison, and brought you (all here) out of the bedouin-life, after Shaitan (Satan) had sown enmity between me and my brothers. Certainly, my Lord is the Most Courteous and Kind unto whom He wills. Truly He! Only He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
۞ رب قد آتيتني من الملك وعلمتني من تأويل الأحاديث ۚ فاطر السماوات والأرض أنت وليي في الدنيا والآخرة ۖ توفني مسلما وألحقني بالصالحين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"My Lord! You have indeed bestowed on me of the sovereignty, and taught me something of the interpretation of dreams - the (Only) Creator of the heavens and the earth! You are my Wali (Protector, Helper, Supporter, Guardian, God, Lord.) in this world and in the Hereafter. Cause me to die as a Muslim (the one submitting to Your Will), and join me with the righteous."
ذلك من أنباء الغيب نوحيه إليك ۖ وما كنت لديهم إذ أجمعوا أمرهم وهم يمكرون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
That is of the news of the Ghaib (Unseen) which We reveal to you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم). You were not (present) with them when they arranged their plan together, and (while) they were plotting.
And no reward you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) ask of them (those who deny your Prophethood) for it; it (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder and an advice unto the 'Alamin (men and jinn).
أفأمنوا أن تأتيهم غاشية من عذاب الله أو تأتيهم الساعة بغتة وهم لا يشعرون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Do they then feel secure from the coming against them of the covering veil of the Torment of Allah, or of the coming against them of the (Final) Hour, all of a sudden while they perceive not?
قل هذه سبيلي أدعو إلى الله ۚ على بصيرة أنا ومن اتبعني ۖ وسبحان الله وما أنا من المشركين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم): "This is my way; I invite unto Allah (i.e. to the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism) with sure knowledge, I and whosoever follows me (also must invite others to Allah i.e. to the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism with sure knowledge). And Glorified and Exalted be Allah (above all that they associate as partners with Him). And I am not of the Mushrikun (polytheists, pagans, idolaters and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah; those who worship others along with Allah or set up rivals or partners to Allah)."
وما أرسلنا من قبلك إلا رجالا نوحي إليهم من أهل القرى ۗ أفلم يسيروا في الأرض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين من قبلهم ۗ ولدار الآخرة خير للذين اتقوا ۗ أفلا تعقلون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We sent not before you (as Messengers) any but men unto whom We revealed, from among the people of the townships. Have they not travelled in the land and seen what was the end of those who were before them? And verily, the home of the Hereafter is the best for those who fear Allah and obey Him (by abstaining from sins and evil deeds, and by performing righteous good deeds). Do you not then understand?
حتى إذا استيأس الرسل وظنوا أنهم قد كذبوا جاءهم نصرنا فنجي من نشاء ۖ ولا يرد بأسنا عن القوم المجرمين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(They were reprieved) until, when the Messengers gave up hope and thought that they were denied (by their people), then came to them Our Help, and whomsoever We willed were rescued. And Our punishment cannot be warded off from the people who are Mujrimun (criminals, sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
لقد كان في قصصهم عبرة لأولي الألباب ۗ ما كان حديثا يفترى ولكن تصديق الذي بين يديه وتفصيل كل شيء وهدى ورحمة لقوم يؤمنون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Indeed in their stories, there is a lesson for men of understanding. It (the Qur'an) is not a forged statement but a confirmation of (Allah's existing Books) which were before it [i.e. the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel) and other Scriptures of Allah] and a detailed explanation of everything and a guide and a Mercy for the people who believe.