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Yusuf 67

Ayah 67 of 111 · Meccan

وَقَالَ يَٰبَنِيَّ لَا تَدۡخُلُواْ مِنۢ بَابٖ وَٰحِدٖ وَٱدۡخُلُواْ مِنۡ أَبۡوَٰبٖ مُّتَفَرِّقَةٖۖ وَمَآ أُغۡنِي عَنكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَيۡءٍۖ إِنِ ٱلۡحُكۡمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِۖ عَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡتُۖ وَعَلَيۡهِ فَلۡيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلۡمُتَوَكِّلُونَ ٦٧

And he said, "O my sons, do not enter from one gate but enter from different gates; and I cannot avail you against [the decree of] Allāh at all. The decision is only for Allāh; upon Him I have relied, and upon Him let those who would rely [indeed] rely."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَAnd he saidwaqāla
  2. يَٰبَنِيَّO my sonsyābaniyya
  3. لَا(Do) notlā
  4. تَدۡخُلُواْentertadkhulū
  5. مِنۢfrommin
  6. بَابٖone gatebābin
  7. وَٰحِدٖone gatewāḥidin
  8. وَٱدۡخُلُواْbut enterwa-ud'khulū
  9. مِنۡfrommin
  10. أَبۡوَٰبٖgatesabwābin
  11. مُّتَفَرِّقَةٖۖdifferentmutafarriqatin
  12. وَمَآAnd notwamā
  13. أُغۡنِيI can availugh'nī
  14. عَنكُمyouʿankum
  15. مِّنَagainstmina
  16. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  17. مِنanymin
  18. شَيۡءٍۖthingshayin
  19. إِنِNotini
  20. ٱلۡحُكۡمُ(is) the decisionl-ḥuk'mu
  21. إِلَّاexceptillā
  22. لِلَّهِۖwith Allahlillahi
  23. عَلَيۡهِupon Himʿalayhi
  24. تَوَكَّلۡتُۖI put my trusttawakkaltu
  25. وَعَلَيۡهِand upon Himwaʿalayhi
  26. فَلۡيَتَوَكَّلِlet put (their) trustfalyatawakkali
  27. ٱلۡمُتَوَكِّلُونَthe ones who put trustl-mutawakilūna

Tafsir

Also, their father advised them not to enter Egypt from one gate all together, but to enter from different gates. This would be safer in terms of someone harming all of them if someone wished to do so. He did not say this so as to be able to stop any harm that Allah willed for them, or to bring them any benefit which Allah did not will for them, because the decree is Allah’s alone, and the command is His alone. Their father said that he placed his trust in Him alone concerning everything in his life, and that those who trust should put their trust in Him alone concerning everything in their lives.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran