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Yusuf 65

Ayah 65 of 111 · Meccan

وَلَمَّا فَتَحُواْ مَتَٰعَهُمۡ وَجَدُواْ بِضَٰعَتَهُمۡ رُدَّتۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ قَالُواْ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا نَبۡغِيۖ هَٰذِهِۦ بِضَٰعَتُنَا رُدَّتۡ إِلَيۡنَاۖ وَنَمِيرُ أَهۡلَنَا وَنَحۡفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزۡدَادُ كَيۡلَ بَعِيرٖۖ ذَٰلِكَ كَيۡلٞ يَسِيرٞ ٦٥

And when they opened their baggage, they found their merchandise returned to them. They said, "O our father, what [more] could we desire? This is our merchandise returned to us. And we will obtain supplies [i.e., food] for our family and protect our brother and obtain an increase of a camel's load; that is an easy measurement."1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 For them. Or one obtained by us with ease.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَمَّاAnd whenwalammā
  2. فَتَحُواْthey openedfataḥū
  3. مَتَٰعَهُمۡtheir baggagematāʿahum
  4. وَجَدُواْthey foundwajadū
  5. بِضَٰعَتَهُمۡtheir merchandisebiḍāʿatahum
  6. رُدَّتۡreturnedruddat
  7. إِلَيۡهِمۡۖto themilayhim
  8. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  9. يَٰٓأَبَانَاO our fatheryāabānā
  10. مَاWhatmā
  11. نَبۡغِيۖ(could) we desirenabghī
  12. هَٰذِهِۦThishādhihi
  13. بِضَٰعَتُنَا(is) our merchandisebiḍāʿatunā
  14. رُدَّتۡreturnedruddat
  15. إِلَيۡنَاۖto usilaynā
  16. وَنَمِيرُAnd we will get provisionwanamīru
  17. أَهۡلَنَا(for) our familyahlanā
  18. وَنَحۡفَظُand we will protectwanaḥfaẓu
  19. أَخَانَاour brotherakhānā
  20. وَنَزۡدَادُand get an increasewanazdādu
  21. كَيۡلَmeasurekayla
  22. بَعِيرٖۖ(of) a camel's (load)baʿīrin
  23. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  24. كَيۡلٞ(is) a measurementkaylun
  25. يَسِيرٞeasyyasīrun

Tafsir

When they opened the bags containing the food which they had brought, they found what they had traded for it had been returned to them. They asked their father what more could they ask for from this king after such generosity. What they had traded for their food had been returned by the king as a favour from him to them. They told their father that they would get food for their family and protect their brother from what he feared might happen to him, and they would get an extra camel load because of him accompanying them – an extra camel load being an easy matter for the king.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran