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Yusuf 72

Ayah 72 of 111 · Meccan

قَالُواْ نَفۡقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلۡمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمۡلُ بَعِيرٖ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٞ ٧٢

They said, "We are missing the measure of the king. And for he who produces it is [the reward of] a camel's load, and I am responsible for it."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  2. نَفۡقِدُWe are missingnafqidu
  3. صُوَاعَ(the) cupṣuwāʿa
  4. ٱلۡمَلِكِ(of) the kingl-maliki
  5. وَلِمَنAnd for (one) whowaliman
  6. جَآءَbringsjāa
  7. بِهِۦitbihi
  8. حِمۡلُ(is) a loadḥim'lu
  9. بَعِيرٖ(of) a camelbaʿīrin
  10. وَأَنَا۠and Iwa-anā
  11. بِهِۦfor itbihi
  12. زَعِيمٞ(is) responsiblezaʿīmun

Tafsir

The caller and his companions, who were with him, said to the brothers of Joseph that they were missing the bowl of the king which they measured with. Whoever produced the bowl of the king before the inspection would get a reward, which would be a camel load, and the speaker guaranteed this to whoever did so.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran