Surah Yusuf

الۤرٰ ۗ تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِۗ ۝١

Alif lām rō, tilka āyātul-kitābil-mubīn

1. Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the Verses of the Clear Book.

اِنَّآ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ قُرْاٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُوْنَ ۝٢

Innā anzalnāhu qur'ānan ‘arobiyyal la‘allakum ta‘qilūn

2. We have revealed it an Arabic Quran, so that you may understand.

نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ اَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ بِمَآ اَوْحَيْنَآ اِلَيْكَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَۖ وَاِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِهٖ لَمِنَ الْغٰفِلِيْنَ ۝٣

Naḥnu naquṣṣu ‘alaika aḥsanal-qoṣoṣi bimā auḥainā ilaika hāżal-qur'ān, wa in kunta min qoblihī laminal-ghōfilīn

3. We narrate to you the most accurate history, by revealing to you this Quran. Although, prior to it, you were of the unaware.

اِذْ قَالَ يُوْسُفُ لِاَبِيْهِ يٰٓاَبَتِ اِنِّيْ رَاَيْتُ اَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَّالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَاَيْتُهُمْ لِيْ سٰجِدِيْنَ ۝٤

Iż qōla yūsufu li'abīhi yā abati innī ro'aitu aḥada ‘asyaro kaukabaw wasy-syamsa wal-qomaro ro'aituhum lī sājidīn

4. When Joseph said to his father, “O my father, I saw eleven planets, and the sun, and the moon; I saw them bowing down to me.”

قَالَ يٰبُنَيَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُءْيَاكَ عَلٰٓى اِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيْدُوْا لَكَ كَيْدًا ۗاِنَّ الشَّيْطٰنَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِيْنٌ ۝٥

Qōla yā bunayya lā taqṣuṣ ru'yāka ‘alā ikhwatika fa yakīdū laka kaidā, innasy-syaiṭōna lil-insāni ‘aduwwum mubīn

5. He said, “O my son, do not relate your vision to your brothers, lest they plot and scheme against you. Satan is man’s sworn enemy.

وَكَذٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيْكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِنْ تَأْوِيْلِ الْاَحَادِيْثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهٗ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلٰٓى اٰلِ يَعْقُوْبَ كَمَآ اَتَمَّهَا عَلٰٓى اَبَوَيْكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ وَاِسْحٰقَۗ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيْمٌ حَكِيْمٌ ࣖ ۝٦

Wa każālika yajtabīka robbuka wa yu‘allimuka min ta'wīlil-aḥādīṡi wa yutimmu ni‘matahū ‘alaika wa ‘alā āli ya‘qūba kamā atammahā ‘alā abawaika min qoblu ibrōhīma wa isḥāq, inna robbaka ‘alīmun ḥakīm

6. And thus your Lord will choose you, and will teach you the interpretation of events, and will complete His blessing upon you and upon the family of Jacob, as He has completed it before upon your forefathers Abraham and Isaac. Your Lord is Knowing and Wise.”

لَقَدْ كَانَ فِيْ يُوْسُفَ وَاِخْوَتِهٖٓ اٰيٰتٌ لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِيْنَ ۝٧

Laqod kāna fī yūsufa wa ikhwatihī āyātul lis-sā-ilīn

7. In Joseph and his brothers are lessons for the seekers.

اِذْ قَالُوْا لَيُوْسُفُ وَاَخُوْهُ اَحَبُّ اِلٰٓى اَبِيْنَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ ۗاِنَّ اَبَانَا لَفِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍۙ ۝٨

Iż qōlū layūsufu wa akhūhu aḥabbu ilā abīnā minnā wa naḥnu ‘uṣbah, inna abānā lafī ḍolālim mubīn

8. When they said, “Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we are, although we are a whole group. Our father is obviously in the wrong.

ۨاقْتُلُوْا يُوْسُفَ اَوِ اطْرَحُوْهُ اَرْضًا يَّخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ اَبِيْكُمْ وَتَكُوْنُوْا مِنْۢ بَعْدِهٖ قَوْمًا صٰلِحِيْنَ ۝٩

Uqtulū yūsufa awiṭroḥūhu arḍoy yakhlu lakum wajhu abīkum wa takūnū mim ba‘dihī qouman ṣōliḥīn

9. Kill Joseph, or throw him somewhere in the land, and your father’s attention will be yours. Afterwards, you will be decent people.”

قَالَ قَاۤىِٕلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوْا يُوْسُفَ وَاَلْقُوْهُ فِيْ غَيٰبَتِ الْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ السَّيَّارَةِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فٰعِلِيْنَ ۝١٠

Qōla qō-ilum minhum lā taqtulū yūsufa wa alqūhu fī ghoyābatil-jubbi yaltaqiṭhu ba‘ḍus-sayyāroti in kuntum fā‘ilīn

10. One of them said, “Do not kill Joseph, but throw him into the bottom of the well; some caravan may pick him up—if you must do something.”

قَالُوْا يٰٓاَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَنَّ۫ا عَلٰى يُوْسُفَ وَاِنَّا لَهٗ لَنٰصِحُوْنَ ۝١١

Qōlū yā abānā mā laka lā ta'mannā ‘alā yūsufa wa innā lahū lanāṣiḥūn

11. They said, “Father, why do you not trust us with Joseph, although we care for him?”

اَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًا يَّرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَاِنَّا لَهٗ لَحٰفِظُوْنَ ۝١٢

Arsilhu ma‘anā ghoday yarta‘ wa yal‘ab wa innā lahū laḥāfiẓūn

12. “Send him with us tomorrow, that he may roam and play; we will take care of him.”

قَالَ اِنِّيْ لَيَحْزُنُنِيْٓ اَنْ تَذْهَبُوْا بِهٖ وَاَخَافُ اَنْ يَّأْكُلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَاَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ غٰفِلُوْنَ ۝١٣

Qōla innī layaḥzununī an tażhabū bihī wa akhōfu ay ya'kulahuż-żi'bu wa antum ‘anhu ghōfilūn

13. He said, “It worries me that you would take him away. And I fear the wolf may eat him while you are careless of him.”

قَالُوْا لَىِٕنْ اَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ اِنَّآ اِذًا لَّخٰسِرُوْنَ ۝١٤

Qōlū la'in akalahuż-żi'bu wa naḥnu ‘uṣbatun innā iżal lakhōsirūn

14. They said, “If the wolf ate him, and we are many, we would be good for nothing.”

فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوْا بِهٖ وَاَجْمَعُوْٓا اَنْ يَّجْعَلُوْهُ فِيْ غَيٰبَتِ الْجُبِّۚ وَاَوْحَيْنَآ اِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُمْ بِاَمْرِهِمْ هٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ ۝١٥

Falammā żahabū bihī wa ajma‘ū ay yaj‘alūhu fī ghoyābatil-jubb, wa auḥainā ilaihi latunabbi'annahum bi'amrihim hāżā wa hum lā yasy‘urūn

15. So they went away with him, and agreed to put him at the bottom of the well. And We inspired him, “You will inform them of this deed of theirs when they are unaware.”

وَجَاۤءُوْٓ اَبَاهُمْ عِشَاۤءً يَّبْكُوْنَۗ ۝١٦

Wa jā-ū abāhum ‘isyā-ay yabkūn

16. And they came to their father in the evening weeping.

قَالُوْا يٰٓاَبَانَآ اِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا يُوْسُفَ عِنْدَ مَتَاعِنَا فَاَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُۚ وَمَآ اَنْتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَّنَا وَلَوْ كُنَّا صٰدِقِيْنَ ۝١٧

Qōlū yā abānā innā żahabnā nastabiqu wa taroknā yūsufa ‘inda matā‘inā fa akalahuż-żi'b, wa mā anta bimu'minil lanā wa lau kunnā ṣōdiqīn

17. They said, “O father, we went off racing one another, and left Joseph by our belongings; and the wolf ate him. But you will not believe us, even though we are being truthful.”

وَجَاۤءُوْ عَلٰى قَمِيْصِهٖ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍۗ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ اَنْفُسُكُمْ اَمْرًاۗ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيْلٌ ۗوَاللّٰهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلٰى مَا تَصِفُوْنَ ۝١٨

Wa jā-ū ‘alā qomīṣihī bidamin każib, qōla bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amrō, fa ṣobrun jamīl, wallāhul musta‘ānu ‘alā mā taṣifūn

18. And they brought his shirt, with fake blood on it. He said, “Your souls enticed you to do something. But patience is beautiful, and Allah is my Help against what you describe.”

وَجَاۤءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَاَرْسَلُوْا وَارِدَهُمْ فَاَدْلٰى دَلْوَهٗ ۗقَالَ يٰبُشْرٰى هٰذَا غُلٰمٌ ۗوَاَسَرُّوْهُ بِضَاعَةً ۗوَاللّٰهُ عَلِيْمٌ ۢبِمَا يَعْمَلُوْنَ ۝١٩

Wa jā-at sayyārotun fa arsalū wāridahum fa adlā dalwah, qōla yā busyrō hāżā ghulām, wa asarrūhu biḍō‘ah, wallāhu ‘alīmum bimā ya‘malūn

19. A caravan passed by, and they sent their water-carrier. He lowered his bucket, and said, “Good news. Here is a boy.” And they hid him as merchandise. But Allah was aware of what they did.

وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍۢ بَخْسٍ دَرَاهِمَ مَعْدُوْدَةٍ ۚوَكَانُوْا فِيْهِ مِنَ الزّٰهِدِيْنَ ࣖ ۝٢٠

Wa syarouhu biṡamanim bakhsin darōhima ma‘dūdah, wa kānū fīhi minaz-zāhidīn

20. And they sold him for a cheap price—a few coins—they considered him to be of little value.

وَقَالَ الَّذِى اشْتَرٰىهُ مِنْ مِّصْرَ لِامْرَاَتِهٖٓ اَكْرِمِيْ مَثْوٰىهُ عَسٰىٓ اَنْ يَّنْفَعَنَآ اَوْ نَتَّخِذَهٗ وَلَدًا ۗوَكَذٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوْسُفَ فِى الْاَرْضِۖ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهٗ مِنْ تَأْوِيْلِ الْاَحَادِيْثِۗ وَاللّٰهُ غَالِبٌ عَلٰٓى اَمْرِهٖ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٢١

Wa qōlal-lażisytarōhu mim miṣro limro'atihī akrimī maṡwāhu ‘asā ay yanfa‘anā au nattakhiżahū waladā, wa każālika makkannā liyūsufa fil-arḍ, wa linu‘allimahū min ta'wīlil-aḥādīṡ, wallāhu ghōlibun ‘alā amrihī wa lākinna akṡaron-nāsi lā ya‘lamūn

21. The Egyptian who bought him said to his wife, “Take good care of him; he may be useful to us, or we may adopt him as a son.” We thus established Joseph in the land, to teach him the interpretation of events. Allah has control over His affairs, but most people do not know.

وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ اَشُدَّهٗٓ اٰتَيْنٰهُ حُكْمًا وَّعِلْمًا ۗوَكَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ ۝٢٢

Wa lammā balagho asyuddahū ātaināhu ḥukmaw wa ‘ilmā, wa każālika najzil-muḥsinīn

22. When he reached his maturity, We gave him wisdom and knowledge. We thus reward the righteous.

وَرَاوَدَتْهُ الَّتِيْ هُوَ فِيْ بَيْتِهَا عَنْ نَّفْسِهٖ وَغَلَّقَتِ الْاَبْوَابَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ ۗقَالَ مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ اِنَّهٗ رَبِّيْٓ اَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَۗ اِنَّهٗ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ ۝٢٣

Wa rōwadat-hul-latī huwa fī baitihā ‘an nafsihī wa ghollaqotil-abwāba wa qōlat haita lak, qōla ma‘āżallāhi innahū robbī aḥsana maṡwāy, innahū lā yuflihuẓ-ẓōlimūn

23. She in whose house he was living tried to seduce him. She shut the doors, and said, “I am yours.” He said, “Allah forbid! He is my Lord. He has given me a good home. Sinners never succeed.”

وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهٖۙ وَهَمَّ بِهَا ۚ لَوْلَآ اَنْ رَّاٰ بُرْهَانَ رَبِّهٖۗ كَذٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّوْۤءَ وَالْفَحْشَاۤءَۗ اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ ۝٢٤

Wa laqod hammat bihī wa hamma bihā lau lā ar ro'ā burhāna robbih, każālika linaṣrifa ‘anhus-sū-a wal-faḥsyā', innahū min ‘ibādinal-mukhlaṣīn

24. She desired him, and he desired her, had he not seen the proof of his Lord. It was thus that We diverted evil and indecency away from him. He was one of Our loyal servants.

وَاسْتَبَقَا الْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيْصَهٗ مِنْ دُبُرٍ وَّاَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا الْبَابِۗ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَاۤءُ مَنْ اَرَادَ بِاَهْلِكَ سُوْۤءًا اِلَّآ اَنْ يُّسْجَنَ اَوْ عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ ۝٢٥

Wastabaqol-bāba wa qoddat qomīṣohū min duburiw wa alfayā sayyidahā ladal-bāb, qōlat mā jazā-u man arōda bi'ahlika sū-an illā ay yusjana au ‘ażābun alīm

25. As they raced towards the door, she tore his shirt from behind. At the door, they ran into her husband. She said, “What is the penalty for him who desired to dishonor your wife, except imprisonment or a painful punishment?”

قَالَ هِيَ رَاوَدَتْنِيْ عَنْ نَّفْسِيْ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ اَهْلِهَاۚ اِنْ كَانَ قَمِيْصُهٗ قُدَّ مِنْ قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ الْكٰذِبِيْنَ ۝٢٦

Qōla hiya rōwadatnī ‘an nafsī wa syahida syāhidum min ahlihā, in kāna qomīṣuhū qudda min qubulin fa ṣodaqot wa huwa minal-kāżibīn

26. He said, “It was she who tried to seduce me.” A witness from her household suggested: “If his shirt is torn from the front: then she has told the truth, and he is the liar.

وَاِنْ كَانَ قَمِيْصُهٗ قُدَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ ۝٢٧

Wa in kāna qomīṣuhū qudda min duburin fa każabat wa huwa minaṣ-ṣōdiqīn

27. But if his shirt is torn from the back: then she has lied, and he is the truthful.”

فَلَمَّا رَاٰ قَمِيْصَهٗ قُدَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ قَالَ اِنَّهٗ مِنْ كَيْدِكُنَّ ۗاِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيْمٌ ۝٢٨

Falammā ro'ā qomīṣohū qudda min duburin qōla innahū min kaidikunn, inna kaidakunna ‘aẓīm

28. And when he saw that his shirt was torn from the back, he said, “This is a woman’s scheme. Your scheming is serious indeed.”

يُوْسُفُ اَعْرِضْ عَنْ هٰذَا وَاسْتَغْفِرِيْ لِذَنْۢبِكِۖ اِنَّكِ كُنْتِ مِنَ الْخٰطِـِٕيْنَ ࣖ ۝٢٩

Yūsufu a‘riḍ ‘an hāżā wastaghfirī liżambik, innaki kunti minal-khōṭi'īn

29. “Joseph, turn away from this. And you, woman, ask forgiveness for your sin; you are indeed in the wrong.”

وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِى الْمَدِيْنَةِ امْرَاَتُ الْعَزِيْزِ تُرَاوِدُ فَتٰىهَا عَنْ نَّفْسِهٖۚ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّاۗ اِنَّا لَنَرٰىهَا فِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۝٣٠

Wa qōla niswatun fil-madīnatimro'atul-‘azīzi turōwidu fatāhā ‘an nafsih, qod syaghofahā ḥubbā, innā lanarōhā fī ḍolālim mubīn

30. Some ladies in the city said, “The governor’s wife is trying to seduce her servant. She is deeply in love with him. We see she has gone astray.”

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ اَرْسَلَتْ اِلَيْهِنَّ وَاَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـاً وَّاٰتَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّيْنًا وَّقَالَتِ اخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَاَيْنَهٗٓ اَكْبَرْنَهٗ وَقَطَّعْنَ اَيْدِيَهُنَّۖ وَقُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلّٰهِ مَا هٰذَا بَشَرًاۗ اِنْ هٰذَآ اِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِيْمٌ ۝٣١

Falammā sami‘at bimakrihinna arsalat ilaihinna wa a‘tadat lahunna muttaka'aw wa ātat kulla wāḥidim minhunna sikkīnaw wa qōlatikhruj ‘alaihinn, falammā ro'ainahū akbarnahū wa qoṭṭo‘na aidiyahunn, wa qulna ḥāsya lillāhi mā hāżā illā basyarō, in hāżā illā malakun karīm

31. And when she heard of their gossip, she invited them, and prepared for them a banquet, and she gave each one of them a knife. She said, “Come out before them.” And when they saw him, they marveled at him, and cut their hands. They said, “Good Allah, this is not a human, this must be a precious angel.”

قَالَتْ فَذٰلِكُنَّ الَّذِيْ لُمْتُنَّنِيْ فِيْهِ ۗوَلَقَدْ رَاوَدْتُّهٗ عَنْ نَّفْسِهٖ فَاسْتَعْصَمَ ۗوَلَىِٕنْ لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَآ اٰمُرُهٗ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُوْنًا مِّنَ الصّٰغِرِيْنَ ۝٣٢

Qōlat fa żālikunnal-lażī lumtunnanī fīh, wa laqod rōwattuhū ‘an nafsihī fasta‘ṣom, wa la'il lam yaf‘al mā āmuruhū layusjananna wa layakūnam minaṣ-ṣōghirīn

32. She said, “Here he is, the one you blamed me for. I did try to seduce him, but he resisted. But if he does not do what I tell him to do, he will be imprisoned, and will be one of the despised.”

قَالَ رَبِّ السِّجْنُ اَحَبُّ اِلَيَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُوْنَنِيْٓ اِلَيْهِ ۚوَاِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّيْ كَيْدَهُنَّ اَصْبُ اِلَيْهِنَّ وَاَكُنْ مِّنَ الْجٰهِلِيْنَ ۝٣٣

Qōla robbis-sijnu aḥabbu ilayya mimmā yad‘ūnanī ilaih, wa illā taṣrif ‘annī kaidahunna aṣbu ilaihinna wa akum minal-jāhilīn

33. He said, “My Lord, prison is more desirable to me than what they call me to. Unless You turn their scheming away from me, I may yield to them, and become one of the ignorant.”

فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهٗ رَبُّهٗ فَصَرَفَ عَنْهُ كَيْدَهُنَّ ۗاِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُ ۝٣٤

Fastajāba lahū robbuhū fa ṣorofa ‘anhu kaidahunn, innahū huwas-samī‘ul-‘alīm

34. Thereupon his Lord answered him, and diverted their scheming away from him. He is the Hearer, the Knower.

ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُمْ مِّنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا رَاَوُا الْاٰيٰتِ لَيَسْجُنُنَّهٗ حَتّٰى حِيْنٍ ࣖ ۝٣٥

Ṡumma badā lahum mim ba‘di mā ro'awul-āyāti layasjununnahū ḥattā ḥīn

35. Then it occurred to them, after they had seen the signs, to imprison him for a while.

وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ السِّجْنَ فَتَيٰنِ ۗقَالَ اَحَدُهُمَآ اِنِّيْٓ اَرٰىنِيْٓ اَعْصِرُ خَمْرًا ۚوَقَالَ الْاٰخَرُ اِنِّيْٓ اَرٰىنِيْٓ اَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِيْ خُبْزًا تَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ ۗنَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيْلِهٖ ۚاِنَّا نَرٰىكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ ۝٣٦

Wa dakhola ma‘ahus-sijna fatayān, qōla aḥaduhumā innī arōnī a‘ṣiru khomrō, wa qōlal-ākhoru innī arōnī aḥmilu fauqo ro'sī khubzan ta'kuluṭ-ṭoiru minh, nabbi'nā bita'wīlih, innā narōka minal-muḥsinīn

36. Two youth entered the prison with him. One of them said, “I see myself pressing wine.” The other said, “I see myself carrying bread on my head, from which the birds are eating. Tell us their interpretation—we see that you are one of the righteous.”

قَالَ لَا يَأْتِيْكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقٰنِهٖٓ اِلَّا نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيْلِهٖ قَبْلَ اَنْ يَّأْتِيَكُمَا ۗذٰلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِيْ رَبِّيْۗ اِنِّيْ تَرَكْتُ مِلَّةَ قَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَهُمْ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ كٰفِرُوْنَۙ ۝٣٧

Qōla lā ya'tīkumā ṭo‘āmun turzaqōnihī illā nabba'tukumā bita'wīlihī qobla ay ya'tiyakumā, żālikumā mimmā ‘allamanī robbī, innī taroktu millata qoumil lā yu'minūna billāhi wa hum bil-ākhiroti hum kāfirūn

37. He said, “No food is served to you, but I have informed you about it before you have received it. That is some of what my Lord has taught me. I have forsaken the tradition of people who do not believe in Allah; and regarding the Hereafter, they are deniers.”

وَاتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ اٰبَاۤءِيْٓ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوْبَۗ مَا كَانَ لَنَآ اَنْ نُّشْرِكَ بِاللّٰهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍۗ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى النَّاسِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُوْنَ ۝٣٨

Wattaba‘tu millata ābā-ī ibrōhīma wa isḥāqo wa ya‘qūb, mā kāna lanā an nusyrika billāhi min syai', żālika min faḍlillāhi ‘alainā wa ‘alan-nāsi wa lākinna akṡaron-nāsi lā yasykurūn

38. “And I have followed the faith of my forefathers, Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. It is not for us to associate anything with Allah. This is by virtue of Allah’s grace upon us and upon the people, but most people do not give thanks.

يٰصَاحِبَيِ السِّجْنِ ءَاَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُوْنَ خَيْرٌ اَمِ اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُۗ ۝٣٩

Yā ṣōḥibayis-sijni a'arbābum mutafarriqūna khoirun amillāhul-wāḥidul-qohhār

39. O my fellow inmates, are diverse lords better, or Allah, the One, the Supreme?

مَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖٓ اِلَّآ اَسْمَاۤءً سَمَّيْتُمُوْهَآ اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَاۤؤُكُمْ مَّآ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطٰنٍۗ اِنِ الْحُكْمُ اِلَّا لِلّٰهِ ۗاَمَرَ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُوْٓا اِلَّآ اِيَّاهُ ۗذٰلِكَ الدِّيْنُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٤٠

Mā ta‘budūna min dūnihī illā asmā-an sammaitumūhā antum wa ābā-ukum mā anzalallāhu bihā min sulṭōn, inil-ḥukmu illā lillāh, amaro allā ta‘budū illā iyyāh, żālikad-dīnul-qoyyimu wa lākinna akṡaron-nāsi lā ya‘lamūn

40. You do not worship, besides Him, except names you have named, you and your ancestors, for which Allah has sent down no authority. Judgment belongs to none but Allah. He has commanded that you worship none but Him. This is the right religion, but most people do not know.

يٰصَاحِبَيِ السِّجْنِ اَمَّآ اَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْقِيْ رَبَّهٗ خَمْرًا ۗوَاَمَّا الْاٰخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْ رَّأْسِهٖ ۗ قُضِيَ الْاَمْرُ الَّذِيْ فِيْهِ تَسْتَفْتِيٰنِۗ ۝٤١

Yā ṣōḥibayis-sijni ammā aḥadukumā fa yasqī robbahū khomrō, wa ammal-ākhoru fa yuṣlabu fa ta'kuluṭ-ṭoiru mir ro'sih, quḍiyal-amrul-lażī fīhi tastaftiyān

41. O my fellow inmates! One of you will serve his master wine; while the other will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. Thus the matter you are inquiring about is settled.”

وَقَالَ لِلَّذِيْ ظَنَّ اَنَّهٗ نَاجٍ مِّنْهُمَا اذْكُرْنِيْ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَۖ فَاَنْسٰىهُ الشَّيْطٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهٖ فَلَبِثَ فِى السِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِيْنَ ࣖ ۝٤٢

Wa qōla lil-lażī ẓonna annahū nājim minhumażkurnī ‘inda robbik, fa ansāhusy-syaiṭōnu żikro robbihī fa labiṡa fis-sijni biḍ‘a sinīn

42. And he said to the one he thought would be released, “Mention me to your master.” But Satan caused him to forget mentioning him to his master, so he remained in prison for several years.

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ اِنِّيْٓ اَرٰى سَبْعَ بَقَرٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَّأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَّسَبْعَ سُنْۢبُلٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَّاُخَرَ يٰبِسٰتٍۗ يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْمَلَاُ اَفْتُوْنِيْ فِيْ رُءْيَايَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُوْنَ ۝٤٣

Wa qōlal-maliku innī arō sab‘a baqorōtin simāniy ya'kuluhunna sab‘un ‘ijāfuw wa sab‘a sumbulātin khuḍriw wa ukhoro yābisāt, yā ayyuhal-mala'u aftūnī fī ru'yāya in kuntum lir-ru'yā ta‘burūn

43. The king said, “I see seven fat cows being eaten by seven lean ones, and seven green spikes, and others dried up. O elders, explain to me my vision, if you are able to interpret visions.”

قَالُوْٓا اَضْغَاثُ اَحْلَامٍ ۚوَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْوِيْلِ الْاَحْلَامِ بِعٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٤٤

Qōlū aḍghōṡu aḥlām, wa mā naḥnu bita'wīlil-aḥlāmi bi‘ālimīn

44. They said, “Jumbles of dreams, and we know nothing of the interpretation of dreams.”

وَقَالَ الَّذِيْ نَجَا مِنْهُمَا وَادَّكَرَ بَعْدَ اُمَّةٍ اَنَا۠ اُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِتَأْوِيْلِهٖ فَاَرْسِلُوْنِ ۝٤٥

Wa qōlal-lażī najā minhumā waddakaro ba‘da ummatin ana unabbi'ukum bita'wīlihī fa arsilūn

45. The one who was released said, having remembered after a time, “I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me out.”

يُوْسُفُ اَيُّهَا الصِّدِّيْقُ اَفْتِنَا فِيْ سَبْعِ بَقَرٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَّأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَّسَبْعِ سُنْۢبُلٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَّاُخَرَ يٰبِسٰتٍۙ لَّعَلِّيْٓ اَرْجِعُ اِلَى النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٤٦

Yūsufu ayyuhaṣ-ṣiddīqu aftinā fī sab‘i baqorōtin simāniy ya'kuluhunna sab‘un ‘ijāfuw wa sab‘i sumbulātin khuḍriw wa ukhoro yābisāt, la‘allī arji‘u ilan-nāsi la‘allahum ya‘lamūn

46. “Joseph, O man of truth, inform us concerning seven fat cows being eaten by seven lean ones, and seven green spikes, and others dried up, so that I may return to the people, so that they may know.”

قَالَ تَزْرَعُوْنَ سَبْعَ سِنِيْنَ دَاَبًاۚ فَمَا حَصَدْتُّمْ فَذَرُوْهُ فِيْ سُنْۢبُلِهٖٓ اِلَّا قَلِيْلًا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُوْنَ ۝٤٧

Qōla tazro‘ūna sab‘a sinīna da'abā, famā ḥaṣottum fa żarūhu fī sumbulihī illā qolīlam mimmā ta'kulūn

47. He said, “You will farm for seven consecutive years. But whatever you harvest, leave it in its spikes, except for the little that you eat.

ثُمَّ يَأْتِيْ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ سَبْعٌ شِدَادٌ يَّأْكُلْنَ مَا قَدَّمْتُمْ لَهُنَّ اِلَّا قَلِيْلًا مِّمَّا تُحْصِنُوْنَ ۝٤٨

Ṡumma ya'tī mim ba‘di żālika sab‘un syidāduy ya'kulna mā qoddamtum lahunna illā qolīlam mimmā tuḥṣinūn

48. Then after that will come seven difficult ones, which will consume what you have stored for them, except for the little that you have preserved.

ثُمَّ يَأْتِيْ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ عَامٌ فِيْهِ يُغَاثُ النَّاسُ وَفِيْهِ يَعْصِرُوْنَ ࣖ ۝٤٩

Ṡumma ya'tī mim ba‘di żālika ‘āmun fīhi yughōṡun-nāsu wa fīhi ya‘ṣirūn

49. Then after that will come a year that brings relief to the people, and during which they will press.”

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ ائْتُوْنِيْ بِهٖ ۚفَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهُ الرَّسُوْلُ قَالَ ارْجِعْ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَسْـَٔلْهُ مَا بَالُ النِّسْوَةِ الّٰتِيْ قَطَّعْنَ اَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۗاِنَّ رَبِّيْ بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيْمٌ ۝٥٠

Wa qōlal-maliku'tūnī bih, falammā jā-ahur-rosūlu qōlarji‘ ilā robbika fas'alhu mā bālun-niswatil-lātī qoṭṭo‘na aidiyahunn, inna robbī bikaidihinna ‘alīm

50. The king said, “Bring him to me.” And when the envoy came to him, he said, “Go back to your master, and ask him about the intentions of the women who cut their hands; my Lord is well aware of their schemes.”

قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ اِذْ رَاوَدْتُّنَّ يُوْسُفَ عَنْ نَّفْسِهٖۗ قُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلّٰهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ سُوْۤءٍ ۗقَالَتِ امْرَاَتُ الْعَزِيْزِ الْـٰٔنَ حَصْحَصَ الْحَقُّۖ اَنَا۠ رَاوَدْتُّهٗ عَنْ نَّفْسِهٖ وَاِنَّهٗ لَمِنَ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ ۝٥١

Qōla mā khoṭbukunna iż rōwattunna yūsufa ‘an nafsih, qulna ḥāsya lillāhi mā ‘alimnā ‘alaihi min sū', qōlatimro'atul-‘azīzil-āna ḥaṣḥaṣol-ḥaqq, ana rōwattuhū ‘an nafsihī wa innahū laminaṣ-ṣōdiqīn

51. He said, “What was the matter with you, women, when you tried to seduce Joseph?” They said, “Allah forbid! We knew of no evil committed by him.” The governor’s wife then said, “Now the truth is out. It was I who tried to seduce him, and he is telling the truth.”

ذٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ اَنِّيْ لَمْ اَخُنْهُ بِالْغَيْبِ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْدِيْ كَيْدَ الْخَاۤىِٕنِيْنَ ۝٥٢

Żālika liya‘lama annī lam akhunhu bil-ghoibi wa annallāha lā yahdī kaidal-khō-inīn

52. “This is that he may know that I did not betray him in secret, and that Allah does not guide the scheming of the betrayers.”

وَمَآ اُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِيْۚ اِنَّ النَّفْسَ لَاَمَّارَةٌ ۢ بِالسُّوْۤءِ اِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّيْۗ اِنَّ رَبِّيْ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ ۝٥٣

Wa mā ubarri'u nafsī, innan-nafsa la'ammārotum bis-sū-i illā mā roḥima robbī, inna robbī ghofūrur roḥīm

53. “Yet I do not claim to be innocent. The soul commands evil, except those on whom my Lord has mercy. Truly my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful.”

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ ائْتُوْنِيْ بِهٖٓ اَسْتَخْلِصْهُ لِنَفْسِيْۚ فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهٗ قَالَ اِنَّكَ الْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِيْنٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۝٥٤

Wa qōlal-maliku'tūnī bihī astakhliṣhu linafsī, falammā kallamahū qōla innakal-yauma ladainā makīnun amīn

54. The king said, “Bring him to me, and I will reserve him for myself.” And when he spoke to him, he said, “This day you are with us established and secure.”

قَالَ اجْعَلْنِيْ عَلٰى خَزَاۤىِٕنِ الْاَرْضِۚ اِنِّيْ حَفِيْظٌ عَلِيْمٌ ۝٥٥

Qōlaj‘alnī ‘alā khozā-inil-arḍ, innī ḥafīẓun ‘alīm

55. He said, “Put me in charge of the storehouses of the land; I am honest and knowledgeable.”

وَكَذٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوْسُفَ فِى الْاَرْضِ يَتَبَوَّاُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَاۤءُۗ نُصِيْبُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا مَنْ نَّشَاۤءُ وَلَا نُضِيْعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ ۝٥٦

Wa każālika makkannā liyūsufa fil-arḍi yatabawwa'u minhā ḥaiṡu yasyā', nuṣību biroḥmatinā man nasyā-u wa lā nuḍī‘u ajrol-muḥsinīn

56. And thus We established Joseph in the land, to live therein wherever he wished. We touch with Our mercy whomever We will, and We never waste the reward of the righteous.

وَلَاَجْرُ الْاٰخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَكَانُوْا يَتَّقُوْنَ ࣖ ۝٥٧

Wa la'ajrul-ākhiroti khoirul lil-lażīna āmanū wa kānū yattaqūn

57. But the reward of the Hereafter is better for those who believe and observed piety.

وَجَاۤءَ اِخْوَةُ يُوْسُفَ فَدَخَلُوْا عَلَيْهِ فَعَرَفَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهٗ مُنْكِرُوْنَ ۝٥٨

Wa jā-a ikhwatu yūsufa fa dakholū ‘alaihi fa ‘arofahum wa hum lahū munkirūn

58. And Joseph’s brothers came, and entered into his presence. He recognized them, but they did not recognize him.

وَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُمْ بِجَهَازِهِمْ قَالَ ائْتُوْنِيْ بِاَخٍ لَّكُمْ مِّنْ اَبِيْكُمْ ۚ اَلَا تَرَوْنَ اَنِّيْٓ اُوْفِى الْكَيْلَ وَاَنَا۠ خَيْرُ الْمُنْزِلِيْنَ ۝٥٩

Wa lammā jahhazahum bijahāzihim qōla'tūnī bi'akhil lakum min abīkum, alā tarouna annī ūfil-kaila wa ana khoirul-munzilīn

59. When he provided them with their provisions, he said, “Bring me a brother of yours from your father. Do you not see that I fill up the measure, and I am the best of hosts?”

فَاِنْ لَّمْ تَأْتُوْنِيْ بِهٖ فَلَا كَيْلَ لَكُمْ عِنْدِيْ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوْنِ ۝٦٠

Fa illam ta'tūnī bihī falā kaila lakum ‘indī wa lā taqrobūn

60. “But if you do not bring him to me, you will have no measure from me, and you will not come near me.”

قَالُوْا سَنُرَاوِدُ عَنْهُ اَبَاهُ وَاِنَّا لَفٰعِلُوْنَ ۝٦١

Qōlū sanurōwidu ‘anhu abāhu wa innā lafā‘ilūn

61. They said, “We will solicit him from his father. We will surely do.”

وَقَالَ لِفِتْيٰنِهِ اجْعَلُوْا بِضَاعَتَهُمْ فِيْ رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُوْنَهَآ اِذَا انْقَلَبُوْٓا اِلٰٓى اَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُوْنَ ۝٦٢

Wa qōla lifityānihij‘alū biḍō‘atahum fī riḥālihim la‘allahum ya‘rifūnahā iżanqolabū ilā ahlihim la‘allahum yarji‘ūn

62. He said to his servants, “Put their goods in their saddlebags; perhaps they will recognize them when they return to their families, and maybe they will come back.”

فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوْٓا اِلٰٓى اَبِيْهِمْ قَالُوْا يٰٓاَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا الْكَيْلُ فَاَرْسِلْ مَعَنَآ اَخَانَا نَكْتَلْ وَاِنَّا لَهٗ لَحٰفِظُوْنَ ۝٦٣

Falammā roja‘ū ilā abīhim qōlū yā abānā muni‘a minnal-kailu fa arsil ma‘anā akhōnā naktal wa innā lahū laḥāfiẓūn

63. When they returned to their father, they said, “O father, we were denied measure, but send our brother with us, and we will obtain measure. We will take care of him.”

قَالَ هَلْ اٰمَنُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ اِلَّا كَمَآ اَمِنْتُكُمْ عَلٰٓى اَخِيْهِ مِنْ قَبْلُۗ فَاللّٰهُ خَيْرٌ حٰفِظًا وَّهُوَ اَرْحَمُ الرّٰحِمِيْنَ ۝٦٤

Qōla hal āmanukum ‘alaihi illā kamā amintukum ‘alā akhīhi min qobl, fallāhu khoirun ḥāfiẓow wa huwa arḥamur-rōḥimīn

64. He said, “Shall I trust you with him, as I trusted you with his brother before? Allah is the Best Guardian, and He is the Most Merciful of the merciful.”

وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوْا مَتَاعَهُمْ وَجَدُوْا بِضَاعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ اِلَيْهِمْۗ قَالُوْا يٰٓاَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِيْۗ هٰذِهٖ بِضَاعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ اِلَيْنَا وَنَمِيْرُ اَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ اَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيْرٍۗ ذٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَّسِيْرٌ ۝٦٥

Wa lammā fataḥū matā‘ahum wajadū biḍō‘atahum ruddat ilaihim, qōlū yā abānā mā nabghī, hāżihī biḍō‘atunā ruddat ilainā wa namīru ahlanā wa naḥfaẓu akhōnā wa nazdādu kaila ba‘īr, żālika kailuy yasīr

65. And when they opened their baggage, they found that their goods were returned to them. They said, “Father, what more do we want? Here are our goods, returned to us. We will provide for our family, and protect our brother, and have an additional camel-load. This is easy commerce.”

قَالَ لَنْ اُرْسِلَهٗ مَعَكُمْ حَتّٰى تُؤْتُوْنِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ اللّٰهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِيْ بِهٖٓ اِلَّآ اَنْ يُّحَاطَ بِكُمْۚ فَلَمَّآ اٰتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مَا نَقُوْلُ وَكِيْلٌ ۝٦٦

Qōla lan ursilahū ma‘akum ḥattā tu'tūni mauṡiqom minallāhi lata'tunnanī bihī illā ayyuḥāṭo bikum, falammā ātauhu mauṡiqohum qōlallāhu ‘alā mā naqūlu wakīl

66. He said, “I will not send him with you, unless you give me a pledge before Allah that you will bring him back to me, unless you get trapped.” And when they gave him their pledge, he said, “Allah is witness to what we say.”

وَقَالَ يٰبَنِيَّ لَا تَدْخُلُوْا مِنْۢ بَابٍ وَّاحِدٍ وَّادْخُلُوْا مِنْ اَبْوَابٍ مُّتَفَرِّقَةٍۗ وَمَآ اُغْنِيْ عَنْكُمْ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍۗ اِنِ الْحُكْمُ اِلَّا لِلّٰهِ ۗعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَعَلَيْهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُتَوَكِّلُوْنَ ۝٦٧

Wa qōla yā baniyya lā tadkhulū mim bābiw wāḥidiw wadkhulū min abwābim mutafarriqoh, wa mā ughnī ‘ankum minallāhi min syai', inil-ḥukmu illā lillāh, ‘alaihi tawakkaltu wa ‘alaihi falyatawakkalil-mutawakkilūn

67. And he said, “O my sons, do not enter by one gate, but enter by different gates. I cannot avail you anything against Allah. The decision rests only with Allah. On Him I rely, and on Him let the reliant rely.”

وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوْا مِنْ حَيْثُ اَمَرَهُمْ اَبُوْهُمْۗ مَا كَانَ يُغْنِيْ عَنْهُمْ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اِلَّا حَاجَةً فِيْ نَفْسِ يَعْقُوْبَ قَضٰىهَاۗ وَاِنَّهٗ لَذُوْ عِلْمٍ لِّمَا عَلَّمْنٰهُ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ࣖ ۝٦٨

Wa lammā dakholū min ḥaiṡu amarohum abūhum, mā kāna yughnī ‘anhum minallāhi min syai'in illā ḥājatan fī nafsi ya‘qūba qoḍōhā, wa innahū lażū ‘ilmil limā ‘allamnāhu wa lākinna akṡaron-nāsi lā ya‘lamūn

68. And when they entered as their father had instructed them, it did not avail them anything against Allah; it was just a need in the soul of Jacob, which he carried out. He was a person of knowledge inasmuch as We had taught him, but most people do not know.

وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوْا عَلٰى يُوْسُفَ اٰوٰٓى اِلَيْهِ اَخَاهُ قَالَ اِنِّيْٓ اَنَا۠ اَخُوْكَ فَلَا تَبْتَىِٕسْ بِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ ۝٦٩

Wa lammā dakholū ‘alā yūsufa āwā ilaihi akhōhu qōla innī akhūka falā tabta'is bimā kānū ya‘malūn

69. And when they entered into the presence of Joseph, he embraced his brother, and said, “I am your brother; do not be saddened by what they used to do.”

فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُمْ بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ السِّقَايَةَ فِيْ رَحْلِ اَخِيْهِ ثُمَّ اَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ اَيَّتُهَا الْعِيْرُ اِنَّكُمْ لَسٰرِقُوْنَ ۝٧٠

Falammā jahhazahum bijahāzihim ja‘las-siqōyata fī roḥli akhīhi ṡumma ażżana mu'ażżinun ayyatuhal-‘īru innakum lasāriqūn

70. Then, when he provided them with their provisions, he placed the drinking-cup in his brother’s saddlebag. Then an announcer called out, “O people of the caravan, you are thieves.”

قَالُوْا وَاَقْبَلُوْا عَلَيْهِمْ مَّاذَا تَفْقِدُوْنَ ۝٧١

Qōlū wa aqbalū ‘alaihim māżā tafqidūn

71. They said, as they came towards them, “What are you missing?”

قَالُوْا نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ الْمَلِكِ وَلِمَنْ جَاۤءَ بِهٖ حِمْلُ بَعِيْرٍ وَّاَنَا۠ بِهٖ زَعِيْمٌ ۝٧٢

Qōlū nafqidu ṣuwā‘al-maliki wa liman jā-a bihī ḥimlu ba‘īriw wa ana bihī za‘īm

72. They said, “We are missing the king’s goblet. Whoever brings it will have a camel-load; and I personally guarantee it.”

قَالُوْا تَاللّٰهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى الْاَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سٰرِقِيْنَ ۝٧٣

Qōlū tallāhi laqod ‘alimtum mā ji'tanā linufsida fil-arḍi wa mā kunnā sāriqīn

73. They said, “By Allah, you know we did not come to cause trouble in the land, and we are not thieves.”

قَالُوْا فَمَا جَزَاۤؤُهٗٓ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ كٰذِبِيْنَ ۝٧٤

Qōlū famā jazā-uhū in kuntum kāżibīn

74. They said, “What shall be his punishment, if you are lying?”

قَالُوْا جَزَاۤؤُهٗ مَنْ وُّجِدَ فِيْ رَحْلِهٖ فَهُوَ جَزَاۤؤُهٗ ۗ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِى الظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٧٥

Qōlū jazā-uhū maw wujida fī roḥlihī fa huwa jazā-uh, każālika najziẓ-ẓōlimīn

75. They said, “His punishment, if it is found in his bag: he will belong to you. Thus we penalize the guilty.”

فَبَدَاَ بِاَوْعِيَتِهِمْ قَبْلَ وِعَاۤءِ اَخِيْهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَخْرَجَهَا مِنْ وِّعَاۤءِ اَخِيْهِۗ كَذٰلِكَ كِدْنَا لِيُوْسُفَۗ مَا كَانَ لِيَأْخُذَ اَخَاهُ فِيْ دِيْنِ الْمَلِكِ اِلَّآ اَنْ يَّشَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ ۗنَرْفَعُ دَرَجٰتٍ مَّنْ نَّشَاۤءُۗ وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِيْ عِلْمٍ عَلِيْمٌ ۝٧٦

Fa bada'a bi'au‘iyatihim qobla wi‘ā-i akhīhi ṡummastakhrojahā miw wi‘ā-i akhīh, każālika kidnā liyūsuf, mā kāna liya'khuża akhōhu fī dīnil-maliki illā ay yasyā-allāh, narfa‘u darojātim man nasyā', wa fauqo kulli żī ‘ilmin ‘alīm

76. So he began with their bags, before his brother’s bag. Then he pulled it out of his brother’s bag. Thus We devised a plan for Joseph; he could not have detained his brother under the king’s law, unless Allah so willed. We elevate by degrees whomever We will; and above every person of knowledge, there is one more learned.

قَالُوْٓا اِنْ يَّسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ اَخٌ لَّهٗ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ فَاَسَرَّهَا يُوْسُفُ فِيْ نَفْسِهٖ وَلَمْ يُبْدِهَا لَهُمْۚ قَالَ اَنْتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا ۚوَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُوْنَ ۝٧٧

Qōlū iy yasriq faqod saroqo akhul lahū min qobl, fa asarrohā yūsufu fī nafsihī wa lam yubdihā lahum, qōla antum syarrum makānā, wallāhu a‘lamu bimā taṣifūn

77. They said, “If he has stolen, a brother of his has stolen before.” But Joseph kept it to himself, and did not reveal it to them. He said, “You are in a worse situation, and Allah is Aware of what you allege.”

قَالُوْا يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْعَزِيْزُ اِنَّ لَهٗٓ اَبًا شَيْخًا كَبِيْرًا فَخُذْ اَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهٗ ۚاِنَّا نَرٰىكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ ۝٧٨

Qōlū yā ayyuhal-‘azīzu inna lahū aban syaikhon kabīron fa khuż aḥadanā makānah, innā narōka minal-muḥsinīn

78. They said, “O noble prince, he has a father, a very old man, so take one of us in his place. We see that you are a good person.”

قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ اَنْ نَّأْخُذَ اِلَّا مَنْ وَّجَدْنَا مَتَاعَنَا عِنْدَهٗٓ ۙاِنَّآ اِذًا لَّظٰلِمُوْنَ ࣖ ۝٧٩

Qōla ma‘āżallāhi an na'khuża illā maw wajadnā matā‘anā ‘indah, innā iżal laẓōlimūn

79. He said, “Allah forbid that we should arrest anyone except him in whose possession we found our property; for then we would be unjust.”

فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْـَٔسُوْا مِنْهُ خَلَصُوْا نَجِيًّاۗ قَالَ كَبِيْرُهُمْ اَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوْٓا اَنَّ اَبَاكُمْ قَدْ اَخَذَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَّوْثِقًا مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَمِنْ قَبْلُ مَا فَرَّطْتُّمْ فِيْ يُوْسُفَ فَلَنْ اَبْرَحَ الْاَرْضَ حَتّٰى يَأْذَنَ لِيْٓ اَبِيْٓ اَوْ يَحْكُمَ اللّٰهُ لِيْۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الْحٰكِمِيْنَ ۝٨٠

Falammastai'asū minhu kholaṣū najiyyā, qōla kabīruhum alam ta‘lamū anna abākum qod akhoża ‘alaikum mauṡiqom minallāhi wa min qoblu mā farrottum fī yūsufa falan abroḥal-arḍo ḥattā ya'żana lī abī au yaḥkumallāhu lī, wa huwa khoirul-ḥākimīn

80. And when they despaired of him, they conferred privately. Their eldest said, “Don’t you know that your father received a pledge from you before Allah, and in the past you failed with regard to Joseph? I will not leave this land until my father permits me, or Allah decides for me; for He is the Best of deciders.”

اِرْجِعُوْٓا اِلٰٓى اَبِيْكُمْ فَقُوْلُوْا يٰٓاَبَانَآ اِنَّ ابْنَكَ سَرَقَۚ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ اِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حٰفِظِيْنَ ۝٨١

Irji‘ū ilā abīkum fa qūlū yā abānā innabnaka saroq, wa mā syahidnā illā bimā ‘alimnā wa mā kunnā lil-ghoibi ḥāfiẓīn

81. “Go back to your father, and say, ‘Our father, your son has stolen. We testify only to what we know, and we could not have prevented the unforeseen.’”

وَسْـَٔلِ الْقَرْيَةَ الَّتِيْ كُنَّا فِيْهَا وَالْعِيْرَ الَّتِيْٓ اَقْبَلْنَا فِيْهَاۗ وَاِنَّا لَصٰدِقُوْنَ ۝٨٢

Was'alil-qoryatal-latī kunnā fīhā wal-‘īrol-latī aqbalnā fīhā, wa innā laṣōdiqūn

82. “Ask the town where we were, and the caravan in which we came. We are being truthful.”

قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ اَنْفُسُكُمْ اَمْرًاۗ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيْلٌ ۗعَسَى اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَّأْتِيَنِيْ بِهِمْ جَمِيْعًاۗ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْعَلِيْمُ الْحَكِيْمُ ۝٨٣

Qōla bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amrō, fa ṣobrun jamīl, ‘asallāhu ay ya'tiyanī bihim jamī‘ā, innahū huwal-‘alīmul-ḥakīm

83. He said, “Rather, your souls have contrived something for you. Patience is a virtue. Perhaps Allah will bring them all back to me. He is the Knowing, the Wise.”

وَتَوَلّٰى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يٰٓاَسَفٰى عَلٰى يُوْسُفَ وَابْيَضَّتْ عَيْنٰهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيْمٌ ۝٨٤

Wa tawallā ‘anhum wa qōla yā asafā ‘alā yūsufa wabyaḍḍot ‘aināhu minal-ḥuzni fa huwa kaẓīm

84. Then he turned away from them, and said, “O my bitterness for Joseph.” And his eyes turned white from sorrow, and he became depressed.

قَالُوْا تَاللّٰهِ تَفْتَؤُا تَذْكُرُ يُوْسُفَ حَتّٰى تَكُوْنَ حَرَضًا اَوْ تَكُوْنَ مِنَ الْهٰلِكِيْنَ ۝٨٥

Qōlū tallāhi tafta'u tażkuru yūsufa ḥattā takūna ḥaroḍon au takūna minal-hālikīn

85. They said, “By Allah, you will not stop remembering Joseph, until you have ruined your health, or you have passed away.”

قَالَ اِنَّمَآ اَشْكُوْا بَثِّيْ وَحُزْنِيْٓ اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَاَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٨٦

Qōla innamā asykū baṡṡī wa ḥuznī ilallāhi wa a‘lamu minallāhi mā lā ta‘lamūn

86. He said, “I only complain of my grief and sorrow to Allah, and I know from Allah what you do not know.”

يٰبَنِيَّ اذْهَبُوْا فَتَحَسَّسُوْا مِنْ يُّوْسُفَ وَاَخِيْهِ وَلَا تَا۟يْـَٔسُوْا مِنْ رَّوْحِ اللّٰهِ ۗاِنَّهٗ لَا يَا۟يْـَٔسُ مِنْ رَّوْحِ اللّٰهِ اِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ ۝٨٧

Yā baniyyażhabū fa taḥassasū miy yūsufa wa akhīhi wa lā tai'asū mir rouḥillāh, innahū lā yai'asu mir rouḥillāhi illal-qoumul-kāfirūn

87. “O my sons, go and inquire about Joseph and his brother, and do not despair of Allah’s comfort. None despairs of Allah’s comfort except the disbelieving people.”

فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوْا عَلَيْهِ قَالُوْا يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْعَزِيْزُ مَسَّنَا وَاَهْلَنَا الضُّرُّ وَجِئْنَا بِبِضَاعَةٍ مُّزْجٰىةٍ فَاَوْفِ لَنَا الْكَيْلَ وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْنَاۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَجْزِى الْمُتَصَدِّقِيْنَ ۝٨٨

Falammā dakholū ‘alaihi qōlū yā ayyuhal-‘azīzu massanā wa ahlanaḍ-ḍurru wa ji'nā bibiḍō‘atim muzjātin fa aufi lanal-kaila wa taṣoddaq ‘alainā, innallāha yajzil-mutaṣoddiqīn

88. Then, when they entered into his presence, they said, “Mighty governor, adversity has befallen us, and our family. We have brought scant merchandise. But give us full measure, and be charitable towards us—Allah rewards the charitable.”

قَالَ هَلْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَّا فَعَلْتُمْ بِيُوْسُفَ وَاَخِيْهِ اِذْ اَنْتُمْ جٰهِلُوْنَ ۝٨٩

Qōla hal ‘alimtum mā fa‘altum biyūsufa wa akhīhi iż antum jāhilūn

89. He said, “Do you realize what you did with Joseph and his brother, in your ignorance?”

قَالُوْٓا ءَاِنَّكَ لَاَنْتَ يُوْسُفُۗ قَالَ اَنَا۠ يُوْسُفُ وَهٰذَآ اَخِيْ قَدْ مَنَّ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْنَاۗ اِنَّهٗ مَنْ يَّتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُضِيْعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ ۝٩٠

Qōlū a'innaka la'anta yūsuf, qōla ana yūsufu wa hāżā akhī qod mannallāhu ‘alainā, innahū may yataqqi wa yaṣbir fa innallāha lā yuḍī‘u ajrol-muḥsinīn

90. They said, “Is that you, Joseph?” He said, “I am Joseph, and this is my brother. Allah has been gracious to us. He who practices piety and patience—Allah never fails to reward the righteous.”

قَالُوْا تَاللّٰهِ لَقَدْ اٰثَرَكَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْنَا وَاِنْ كُنَّا لَخٰطِـِٕيْنَ ۝٩١

Qōlū tallāhi laqod āṡarokallāhu ‘alainā wa in kunnā lakhōṭi'īn

91. They said, “By Allah, Allah has preferred you over us. We were definitely in the wrong.”

قَالَ لَا تَثْرِيْبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَۗ يَغْفِرُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ ۖوَهُوَ اَرْحَمُ الرّٰحِمِيْنَ ۝٩٢

Qōla lā taṡrība ‘alaikumul-yaum, wa yaghfirullāhu lakum, wa huwa arḥamur-rōḥimīn

92. He said, “There is no blame upon you today. Allah will forgive you. He is the Most Merciful of the merciful.”

اِذْهَبُوْا بِقَمِيْصِيْ هٰذَا فَاَلْقُوْهُ عَلٰى وَجْهِ اَبِيْ يَأْتِ بَصِيْرًا ۚوَأْتُوْنِيْ بِاَهْلِكُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ࣖ ۝٩٣

Iżhabū biqomīṣī hāżā fa alqūhu ‘alā wajhi abī ya'ti baṣīrō, wa'tūnī bi'ahlikum ajma‘īn

93. “Take this shirt of mine, and lay it over my father’s face, and he will recover his sight. And bring your whole family to me.”

وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ الْعِيْرُ قَالَ اَبُوْهُمْ اِنِّيْ لَاَجِدُ رِيْحَ يُوْسُفَ لَوْلَآ اَنْ تُفَنِّدُوْنِ ۝٩٤

Wa lammā faṣolatil-‘īru qōla abūhum innī la'ajidu rīḥa yūsufa lau lā an tufannidūn

94. As the caravan set out, their father said, “I sense the presence of Joseph, though you may think I am senile.”

قَالُوْا تَاللّٰهِ اِنَّكَ لَفِيْ ضَلٰلِكَ الْقَدِيْمِ ۝٩٥

Qōlū tallāhi innaka lafī ḍolālikal-qodīm

95. They said, “By Allah, you are still in your old confusion.”

فَلَمَّآ اَنْ جَاۤءَ الْبَشِيْرُ اَلْقٰىهُ عَلٰى وَجْهِهٖ فَارْتَدَّ بَصِيْرًاۗ قَالَ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ لَّكُمْۙ اِنِّيْٓ اَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٩٦

Falammā an jā-al-basyīru alqōhu ‘alā wajihihī fartadda baṣīrō, qōla alam aqul lakum, innī a‘lamu minallāhi mā lā ta‘lamūn

96. Then, when the bearer of good news arrived, he laid it over his face, and he regained his sight. He said, “Did I not say to you that I know from Allah what you do not know?”

قَالُوْا يٰٓاَبَانَا اسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوْبَنَآ اِنَّا كُنَّا خٰطِـِٕيْنَ ۝٩٧

Qōlū yā abānastaghfir lanā żunūbanā innā kunnā khōṭi'īn

97. They said, “Father, pray for the forgiveness of our sins; we were indeed at fault.”

قَالَ سَوْفَ اَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّيْ ۗاِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُ ۝٩٨

Qōla saufa astaghfiru lakum robbī, innahū huwal-ghofūrur-roḥīm

98. He said, “I will ask my Lord to forgive you. He is the Forgiver, the Most Merciful.”

فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوْا عَلٰى يُوْسُفَ اٰوٰٓى اِلَيْهِ اَبَوَيْهِ وَقَالَ ادْخُلُوْا مِصْرَ اِنْ شَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ اٰمِنِيْنَ ۗ ۝٩٩

Falammā dakholū ‘alā yūsufa āwā ilaihi abawaihi wa qōladkhulū miṣro in syā-allāhu āminīn

99. Then, when they entered into the presence of Joseph, he embraced his parents, and said, “Enter Egypt, Allah willing, safe and secure.”

وَرَفَعَ اَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوْا لَهٗ سُجَّدًاۚ وَقَالَ يٰٓاَبَتِ هٰذَا تَأْوِيْلُ رُءْيَايَ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖقَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبِّيْ حَقًّاۗ وَقَدْ اَحْسَنَ بِيْٓ اِذْ اَخْرَجَنِيْ مِنَ السِّجْنِ وَجَاۤءَ بِكُمْ مِّنَ الْبَدْوِ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ اَنْ نَّزَغَ الشَّيْطٰنُ بَيْنِيْ وَبَيْنَ اِخْوَتِيْۗ اِنَّ رَبِّيْ لَطِيْفٌ لِّمَا يَشَاۤءُ ۗاِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْعَلِيْمُ الْحَكِيْمُ ۝١٠٠

Wa rofa‘a abawaihi ‘alal-‘arsyi wa khorrū lahū sujjadā, wa qōla yā abati hāżā ta'wīlu ru'yāya min qobl, qod ja‘alahā robbī ḥaqqō, wa qod aḥsana bī iż akhrojanī minas-sijni wa jā-a bikum minal-badwi mim ba‘di an nazaghosy-syaiṭōnu bainī wa baina ikhwatī, inna robbī laṭīful limā yasyā', innahū huwal-‘alīmul-ḥakīm

100. And he elevated his parents on the throne, and they fell prostrate before him. He said, “Father, this is the fulfillment of my vision of long ago. My Lord has made it come true. He has blessed me, when He released me from prison, and brought you out of the wilderness, after the devil had sown conflict between me and my brothers. My Lord is Most Kind towards whomever He wills. He is the All-Knowing, the Most Wise.”

رَبِّ قَدْ اٰتَيْتَنِيْ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِيْ مِنْ تَأْوِيْلِ الْاَحَادِيْثِۚ فَاطِرَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ اَنْتَ وَلِيّٖ فِى الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۚ تَوَفَّنِيْ مُسْلِمًا وَّاَلْحِقْنِيْ بِالصّٰلِحِيْنَ ۝١٠١

Robbi qod ātaitanī minal-mulki wa ‘allamtanī min ta'wīlil-aḥādīṡ, fāṭiros-samāwāti wal-arḍ, anta waliyyī fid-dun-yā wal-ākhiroh, tawaffanī muslimaw wa alḥiqnī biṣ-ṣōliḥīn

101. “My Lord, You have given me some authority, and taught me some interpretation of events. Initiator of the heavens and the earth; You are my Protector in this life and in the Hereafter. Receive my soul in submission, and unite me with the righteous.”

ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اَنْۢبَاۤءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوْحِيْهِ اِلَيْكَۚ وَمَا كُنْتَ لَدَيْهِمْ اِذْ اَجْمَعُوْٓا اَمْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَمْكُرُوْنَ ۝١٠٢

Żālika min ambā-il-ghoibi nūḥīhi ilaik, wa mā kunta ladaihim iż ajma‘ū amrohum wa hum yamkurūn

102. This is news from the past that We reveal to you. You were not present with them when they plotted and agreed on a plan.

وَمَآ اَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۝١٠٣

Wa mā akṡarun-nāsi wa lau ḥaroṣta bimu'minīn

103. But most people, for all your eagerness, are not believers.

وَمَا تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍۗ اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِيْنَ ࣖ ۝١٠٤

Wa mā tas'aluhum ‘alaihi min ajr, in huwa illā żikrul lil-‘ālamīn

104. You ask them no wage for it. It is only a reminder for all mankind.

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِّنْ اٰيَةٍ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ يَمُرُّوْنَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُوْنَ ۝١٠٥

Wa ka'ayyim min āyatin fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi yamurrūna ‘alaihā wa hum ‘anhā mu‘rḍūn

105. How many a sign in the heavens and the earth do they pass by, paying no attention to them?

وَمَا يُؤْمِنُ اَكْثَرُهُمْ بِاللّٰهِ اِلَّا وَهُمْ مُّشْرِكُوْنَ ۝١٠٦

Wa mā yu'minu akṡaruhum billāhi illā wa hum musyrikūn

106. And most of them do not believe in Allah unless they associate others.

اَفَاَمِنُوْٓا اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ غَاشِيَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ اللّٰهِ اَوْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً وَّهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ ۝١٠٧

Afa aminū an ta'tiyahum ghōsyiyatum min ‘ażābillāhi au ta'tiyahumus-sā‘atu baghtataw wa hum lā yasy‘urūn

107. Do they feel secure that a covering of Allah’s punishment will not come upon them, or that the Hour will not come upon them suddenly, while they are unaware?

قُلْ هٰذِهٖ سَبِيْلِيْٓ اَدْعُوْٓا اِلَى اللّٰهِ ۗعَلٰى بَصِيْرَةٍ اَنَا۠ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِيْ ۗوَسُبْحٰنَ اللّٰهِ وَمَآ اَنَا۠ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ ۝١٠٨

Qul hāżihī sabīlī ad‘ū ilallāh, ‘alā baṣīrotin ana wa manittaba‘anī, wa subḥānallāhi wa mā ana minal-musyrikīn

108. Say, “This is my way; I invite to Allah, based on clear knowledge—I and whoever follows me. Glory be to Allah; and I am not of the polytheists.”

وَمَآ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ اِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوْحِيْٓ اِلَيْهِمْ مِّنْ اَهْلِ الْقُرٰىۗ اَفَلَمْ يَسِيْرُوْا فِى الْاَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرُوْا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۗ وَلَدَارُ الْاٰخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِيْنَ اتَّقَوْاۗ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُوْنَ ۝١٠٩

Wa mā arsalnā min qoblika illā rijālan nūḥī ilaihim min ahlil-qurō, afalam yasīrū fil-arḍi fa yanẓurū kaifa kāna ‘āqibatul-lażīna min qoblihim, wa ladārul-ākhiroti khoirul lil-lażīnattaqou, afalā ta‘qilūn

109. We did not send before you except men, whom We inspired, from the people of the towns. Have they not roamed the earth and seen the consequences for those before them? The Home of the Hereafter is better for those who are righteous. Do you not understand?

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا اسْتَيْـَٔسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوْٓا اَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوْا جَاۤءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَاۙ فَنُجِّيَ مَنْ نَّشَاۤءُ ۗوَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ ۝١١٠

Ḥattā iżastai'asar-rusulu wa ẓonnū annahum qod kużibū jā-ahum naṣrunā, fa nujjiya man nasyā', wa lā yuroddu ba'sunā ‘anil-qoumil-mujrimīn

110. Until, when the messengers have despaired, and thought that they were rejected, Our help came to them. We save whomever We will, and Our severity is not averted from the guilty people.

لَقَدْ كَانَ فِيْ قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِّاُولِى الْاَلْبَابِۗ مَا كَانَ حَدِيْثًا يُّفْتَرٰى وَلٰكِنْ تَصْدِيْقَ الَّذِيْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَّهُدًى وَّرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُّؤْمِنُوْنَ ࣖ ۝١١١

Laqod kāna fī qoṣoṣihim ‘ibrotul li'ulil-albāb, mā kāna ḥadīṡay yuftarō wa lākin taṣdīqol-lażī baina yadaihi wa tafṣīla kulli syai'iw wa hudaw wa roḥmatal liqoumiy yu'minūn

111. In their stories is a lesson for those who possess intelligence. This is not a fabricated tale, but a confirmation of what came before it, and a detailed explanation of all things, and guidance, and mercy for people who believe.