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Yusuf 68

Ayah 68 of 111 · Meccan

وَلَمَّا دَخَلُواْ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ أَمَرَهُمۡ أَبُوهُم مَّا كَانَ يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَيۡءٍ إِلَّا حَاجَةٗ فِي نَفۡسِ يَعۡقُوبَ قَضَىٰهَاۚ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذُو عِلۡمٖ لِّمَا عَلَّمۡنَٰهُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٦٨

And when they entered from where their father had ordered them, it did not avail them against Allāh at all except [it was] a need [i.e., concern] within the soul of Jacob, which he satisfied. And indeed, he was a possessor of knowledge because of what We had taught him, but most of the people do not know.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَمَّاAnd whenwalammā
  2. دَخَلُواْthey entereddakhalū
  3. مِنۡfrommin
  4. حَيۡثُwhereḥaythu
  5. أَمَرَهُمۡordered themamarahum
  6. أَبُوهُمtheir fatherabūhum
  7. مَّاnotmā
  8. كَانَitkāna
  9. يُغۡنِيavail(ed)yugh'nī
  10. عَنۡهُمthemʿanhum
  11. مِّنَagainstmina
  12. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  13. مِنanymin
  14. شَيۡءٍthingshayin
  15. إِلَّاbutillā
  16. حَاجَةٗ(it was) a needḥājatan
  17. فِيoffī
  18. نَفۡسِYaqub's soulnafsi
  19. يَعۡقُوبَYaqub's soulyaʿqūba
  20. قَضَىٰهَاۚwhich he carried outqaḍāhā
  21. وَإِنَّهُۥAnd indeed, hewa-innahu
  22. لَذُو(was) a possessorladhū
  23. عِلۡمٖ(of) knowledgeʿil'min
  24. لِّمَاbecauselimā
  25. عَلَّمۡنَٰهُWe had taught himʿallamnāhu
  26. وَلَٰكِنَّbutwalākinna
  27. أَكۡثَرَmostakthara
  28. ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the peoplel-nāsi
  29. لَا(do) notlā
  30. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

So they journeyed with Joseph’s full brother. When they entered through different gates, as their father had instructed them, it did not stop what Allah had decreed for them in any way. It was just Jacob’s concern for his sons which he showed, advising them, knowing that the decree is Allah’s alone. He knew what Allah had taught him in terms of faith in the divine decree and taking precautions, but most people do not know this.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran