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Yusuf 35

Ayah 35 of 111 · Meccan

ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا رَأَوُاْ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَيَسۡجُنُنَّهُۥ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ ٣٥

Then it appeared to them after they had seen the signs1 that he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] should surely imprison him for a time.2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Proofs of his innocence.

2 Until the scandal be forgotten.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ثُمَّThenthumma
  2. بَدَا(it) appearedbadā
  3. لَهُمto themlahum
  4. مِّنۢaftermin
  5. بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
  6. مَا[what]mā
  7. رَأَوُاْthey had seenra-awū
  8. ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِthe signsl-āyāti
  9. لَيَسۡجُنُنَّهُۥsurely they should imprison himlayasjununnahu
  10. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  11. حِينٖa timeḥīnin

Tafsir

Then the view of the minister and his people, after they had seen evidence of his innocence, was that they should put him in prison for an unknown period, so that the scandal was not exposed.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran