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Yusuf 88

Ayah 88 of 111 · Meccan

فَلَمَّا دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ قَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡعَزِيزُ مَسَّنَا وَأَهۡلَنَا ٱلضُّرُّ وَجِئۡنَا بِبِضَٰعَةٖ مُّزۡجَىٰةٖ فَأَوۡفِ لَنَا ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَتَصَدَّقۡ عَلَيۡنَآۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُتَصَدِّقِينَ ٨٨

So when they entered upon him [i.e., Joseph], they said, "O ʿAzeez, adversity has touched us and our family, and we have come with goods poor in quality, but give us full measure and be charitable to us. Indeed, Allāh rewards the charitable."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammā
  2. دَخَلُواْthey entereddakhalū
  3. عَلَيۡهِupon himʿalayhi
  4. قَالُواْthey saidqālū
  5. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO Azizyāayyuhā
  6. ٱلۡعَزِيزُO Azizl-ʿazīzu
  7. مَسَّنَاHas touched usmassanā
  8. وَأَهۡلَنَاand our familywa-ahlanā
  9. ٱلضُّرُّthe adversityl-ḍuru
  10. وَجِئۡنَاand we have comewaji'nā
  11. بِبِضَٰعَةٖwith goodsbibiḍāʿatin
  12. مُّزۡجَىٰةٖ(of) little valuemuz'jātin
  13. فَأَوۡفِbut pay (in) fullfa-awfi
  14. لَنَاto uslanā
  15. ٱلۡكَيۡلَthe measurel-kayla
  16. وَتَصَدَّقۡand be charitablewataṣaddaq
  17. عَلَيۡنَآۖto usʿalaynā
  18. إِنَّIndeedinna
  19. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  20. يَجۡزِيrewardsyajzī
  21. ٱلۡمُتَصَدِّقِينَthe charitablel-mutaṣadiqīna

Tafsir

So they did as their father instructed, and went in search of Joseph and his brother. When they came before Joseph, they said they had experienced hardship and poverty and had brought inferior, cheap goods. They asked him to give them a sufficient measure, as he had given them before, and to be charitable to them by giving them more than this, or overlooking their poor merchandise, saying that Allah rewards those who are charitable with the best of rewards.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran