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Yusuf 59

Ayah 59 of 111 · Meccan

وَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمۡ قَالَ ٱئۡتُونِي بِأَخٖ لَّكُم مِّنۡ أَبِيكُمۡۚ أَلَا تَرَوۡنَ أَنِّيٓ أُوفِي ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَأَنَا۠ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡمُنزِلِينَ ٥٩

And when he had furnished them with their supplies, he said, "Bring me a brother of yours from your father.1 Do you not see that I give full measure and that I am the best of accommodators?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., Benjamin, who had been kept at home by his father Jacob.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَمَّاAnd whenwalammā
  2. جَهَّزَهُمhe had furnished themjahhazahum
  3. بِجَهَازِهِمۡwith their suppliesbijahāzihim
  4. قَالَhe saidqāla
  5. ٱئۡتُونِيBring to mei'tūnī
  6. بِأَخٖa brotherbi-akhin
  7. لَّكُمof yourslakum
  8. مِّنۡfrommin
  9. أَبِيكُمۡۚyour fatherabīkum
  10. أَلَاDo notalā
  11. تَرَوۡنَyou seetarawna
  12. أَنِّيٓthat Iannī
  13. أُوفِي[I] give fullūfī
  14. ٱلۡكَيۡلَ[the] measurel-kayla
  15. وَأَنَا۠and that I amwa-anā
  16. خَيۡرُ(the) bestkhayru
  17. ٱلۡمُنزِلِينَ(of) the hostsl-munzilīna

Tafsir

When he had given them the supplies and provisions they came for, and after they had informed him that they had a brother on their father’s side who they had left with their father, Joseph asked them to bring their brother on their father’s side and he would give them more supplies. He asked them if they did not see that he gave full measure, not subtracting from it at all, and that he was the best of hosts.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran