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Yusuf 78

Ayah 78 of 111 · Meccan

قَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥٓ أَبٗا شَيۡخٗا كَبِيرٗا فَخُذۡ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥٓۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٧٨

They said, "O ʿAzeez,1 indeed he has a father [who is] an old man, so take one of us in place of him. Indeed, we see you as a doer of good."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Addressing Joseph, who now held the title of "al-ʿAzeez."

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  2. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhā
  3. ٱلۡعَزِيزُAzizl-ʿazīzu
  4. إِنَّIndeedinna
  5. لَهُۥٓhe haslahu
  6. أَبٗاa fatheraban
  7. شَيۡخٗاoldshaykhan
  8. كَبِيرٗا[great]kabīran
  9. فَخُذۡso takefakhudh
  10. أَحَدَنَاone of usaḥadanā
  11. مَكَانَهُۥٓۖ(in) his placemakānahu
  12. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  13. نَرَىٰكَ[we] see younarāka
  14. مِنَofmina
  15. ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَthe good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna

Tafsir

Joseph’s brothers told him that their father was old and elderly and loved their brother dearly. They asked him to take one of them instead of him, saying that they saw that he was a doer of good in his dealings with them and others, and they asked him to be generous with them by doing this.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran