قَالَ ٱجۡعَلۡنِي عَلَىٰ خَزَآئِنِ ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ إِنِّي حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٞ ٥٥
[Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالَHe saidqāla
- ٱجۡعَلۡنِيAppoint meij'ʿalnī
- عَلَىٰoverʿalā
- خَزَآئِنِ(the) treasurieskhazāini
- ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ(of) the landl-arḍi
- إِنِّيIndeed, Iinnī
- حَفِيظٌ(will be) a guardianḥafīẓun
- عَلِيمٞknowingʿalīmun
Tafsir
Joseph asked the king to put him in charge of taking care of the storehouses of wealth and food in the land of Egypt, because he would be a trustworthy guardian, with knowledge and insight about what he was taking care of.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran