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Yusuf 83

Ayah 83 of 111 · Meccan

قَالَ بَلۡ سَوَّلَتۡ لَكُمۡ أَنفُسُكُمۡ أَمۡرٗاۖ فَصَبۡرٞ جَمِيلٌۖ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأۡتِيَنِي بِهِمۡ جَمِيعًاۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٨٣

[Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. Perhaps Allāh will bring them to me all together. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. بَلۡNaybal
  3. سَوَّلَتۡhave enticedsawwalat
  4. لَكُمۡyoulakum
  5. أَنفُسُكُمۡyour soulsanfusukum
  6. أَمۡرٗاۖsomethingamran
  7. فَصَبۡرٞso patiencefaṣabrun
  8. جَمِيلٌۖ(is) beautifuljamīlun
  9. عَسَىPerhapsʿasā
  10. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  11. أَنwill bring them to mean
  12. يَأۡتِيَنِيwill bring them to meyatiyanī
  13. بِهِمۡwill bring them to mebihim
  14. جَمِيعًاۚalljamīʿan
  15. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, Heinnahu
  16. هُوَHehuwa
  17. ٱلۡعَلِيمُ(is) the All-Knowerl-ʿalīmu
  18. ٱلۡحَكِيمُAll-Wisel-ḥakīmu

Tafsir

Their father told them that the matter was not as they said with regards to him having stolen. Rather, their souls made deception in this attractive to them, as they had been deceptive about their brother Joseph before. He said my patience is of a beautiful type, which directs complaints to Allah alone. He said that perhaps Allah would return Joseph, his full brother and their oldest brother all together. He, glory be to Him, knew Jacob’s situation and was Wise in the way He arranged everything for him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran