Quran 12:20 — Yusuf, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and then sold him for a small price, for a few pieces of silver: so little did they value him.
وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍ بَخْسٍ دَرَاهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍ وَكَانُوا فِيهِ مِنَ الزَّاهِدِينَ
washarawhu bithamanin bakhsin darāhima maʿdūdatin wakānū fīhi mina l-zāhidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then they sold him for a paltry price, a handful of counted dirhams; for they set small store by him.
- Muhammad Asad
- And they sold him for a paltry price - a mere few silver coins: thus low did they value him.
- Sahih International
- And they sold him for a reduced price - a few dirhams - and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَشَرَوْهُwasharawhu | And they sold him | شري |
| 2 | بِثَمَنٍۭbithamanin | for a price | ثمن |
| 3 | بَخْسٍۢbakhsin | very low | بخس |
| 4 | دَرَٰهِمَdarāhima | dirhams | درهم |
| 5 | مَعْدُودَةٍۢmaʿdūdatin | few | عدد |
| 6 | وَكَانُوا۟wakānū | and they were | كون |
| 7 | فِيهِfīhi | about him | — |
| 8 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 9 | ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَl-zāhidīna | those keen to give up | زهد |