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Yusuf 96

Ayah 96 of 111 · Meccan

فَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَ ٱلۡبَشِيرُ أَلۡقَىٰهُ عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦ فَٱرۡتَدَّ بَصِيرٗاۖ قَالَ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٩٦

And when the bearer of good tidings1 arrived, he cast it over his face, and he returned [once again] seeing. He said, "Did I not tell you that I know from Allāh that which you do not know?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 He who carried Joseph's shirt from among the brothers.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَمَّآThen whenfalammā
  2. أَن[that]an
  3. جَآءَarrivedjāa
  4. ٱلۡبَشِيرُthe bearer of glad tidingsl-bashīru
  5. أَلۡقَىٰهُhe cast italqāhu
  6. عَلَىٰoverʿalā
  7. وَجۡهِهِۦhis facewajhihi
  8. فَٱرۡتَدَّthen returned (his) sightfa-ir'tadda
  9. بَصِيرٗاۖthen returned (his) sightbaṣīran
  10. قَالَHe saidqāla
  11. أَلَمۡDid notalam
  12. أَقُلI sayaqul
  13. لَّكُمۡto youlakum
  14. إِنِّيٓindeed, Iinnī
  15. أَعۡلَمُ[I] knowaʿlamu
  16. مِنَfrommina
  17. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  18. مَاwhatmā
  19. لَاnotlā
  20. تَعۡلَمُونَyou knowtaʿlamūna

Tafsir

So when the person bearing news came with what would delight Jacob, he lay Joseph’s shirt over his face, and he became able to see again. Then he asked his sons if he had not said to them that he knew about the kindness and grace of Allah in a way that they did not know.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran