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Yusuf 9

Ayah 9 of 111 · Meccan

ٱقۡتُلُواْ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطۡرَحُوهُ أَرۡضٗا يَخۡلُ لَكُمۡ وَجۡهُ أَبِيكُمۡ وَتَكُونُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ قَوۡمٗا صَٰلِحِينَ ٩

Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance [i.e., attention] of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., You can repent thereafter.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱقۡتُلُواْKilluq'tulū
  2. يُوسُفَYusufyūsufa
  3. أَوِorawi
  4. ٱطۡرَحُوهُcast himiṭ'raḥūhu
  5. أَرۡضٗا(to) a landarḍan
  6. يَخۡلُso will be freeyakhlu
  7. لَكُمۡfor youlakum
  8. وَجۡهُ(the) facewajhu
  9. أَبِيكُمۡ(of) your fatherabīkum
  10. وَتَكُونُواْand you will bewatakūnū
  11. مِنۢafter thatmin
  12. بَعۡدِهِۦafter thatbaʿdihi
  13. قَوۡمٗاa peopleqawman
  14. صَٰلِحِينَrighteousṣāliḥīna

Tafsir

It was further said: Kill Joseph or expel him to a far-off land and your father’s attention will be all yours and he will love you completely. After killing him and expelling him, you can be righteous when you repent from your sin.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran