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Yusuf 64

Ayah 64 of 111 · Meccan

قَالَ هَلۡ ءَامَنُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَخِيهِ مِن قَبۡلُ فَٱللَّهُ خَيۡرٌ حَٰفِظٗاۖ وَهُوَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ٦٤

He said, "Should I entrust you with him except [under coercion] as I entrusted you with his brother before? But Allāh is the best guardian, and He is the most merciful of the merciful."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. هَلۡShouldhal
  3. ءَامَنُكُمۡI entrust youāmanukum
  4. عَلَيۡهِwith himʿalayhi
  5. إِلَّاexceptillā
  6. كَمَآaskamā
  7. أَمِنتُكُمۡI entrusted youamintukum
  8. عَلَىٰٓwithʿalā
  9. أَخِيهِhis brotherakhīhi
  10. مِنbeforemin
  11. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  12. فَٱللَّهُBut Allahfal-lahu
  13. خَيۡرٌ(is) the bestkhayrun
  14. حَٰفِظٗاۖGuardianḥāfiẓan
  15. وَهُوَand Hewahuwa
  16. أَرۡحَمُ(is the) Most Mercifularḥamu
  17. ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ(of) the mercifull-rāḥimīna

Tafsir

Their father asked them if he should trust them with him as he had trusted them with his full brother, Joseph. He had trusted them with Joseph and made them promise to take care of him, and they had not done what they promised, so he did not trust their promise to take care of his brother; but he trusted in Allah, for He is the best of guardians to whom He wills, and the most Merciful of the merciful to whom He wills.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran