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Yusuf 42

Ayah 42 of 111 · Meccan

وَقَالَ لِلَّذِي ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٖ مِّنۡهُمَا ٱذۡكُرۡنِي عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ ذِكۡرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِي ٱلسِّجۡنِ بِضۡعَ سِنِينَ ٤٢

And he said to the one whom he knew would go free, "Mention me before your master." But Satan made him forget the mention [to] his master, and he [i.e., Joseph] remained in prison several years.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَAnd he saidwaqāla
  2. لِلَّذِيto the one whomlilladhī
  3. ظَنَّhe thoughtẓanna
  4. أَنَّهُۥthat heannahu
  5. نَاجٖ(would be) savednājin
  6. مِّنۡهُمَاof both of themmin'humā
  7. ٱذۡكُرۡنِيMention meudh'kur'nī
  8. عِندَtoʿinda
  9. رَبِّكَyour masterrabbika
  10. فَأَنسَىٰهُBut made him forgetfa-ansāhu
  11. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُthe Shaitaanl-shayṭānu
  12. ذِكۡرَ(the) mentiondhik'ra
  13. رَبِّهِۦ(to) his masterrabbihi
  14. فَلَبِثَso he remainedfalabitha
  15. فِيinfī
  16. ٱلسِّجۡنِthe prisonl-sij'ni
  17. بِضۡعَseveralbiḍ'ʿa
  18. سِنِينَyearssinīna

Tafsir

Joseph asked the one he considered to be saved of the two, the wine bearer of the king, to mention his story and his situation to the king, so that he might release him from prison. Satan made the man forget to mention Joseph to the king, so he stayed in prison for several years after that.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran