Quran 12:50 — Yusuf, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The king said, ‘Bring him to me,’ but when the messenger came to fetch Joseph, he said, ‘Go back to your master and ask him about what happened to those women who cut their hands- my Lord knows all about their treachery.’
وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ ائْتُونِي بِهِ ۖ فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ الرَّسُولُ قَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ مَا بَالُ النِّسْوَةِ اللَّاتِي قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌ
waqāla l-maliku i'tūnī bihi falammā jāahu l-rasūlu qāla ir'jiʿ ilā rabbika fasalhu mā bālu l-nis'wati allātī qaṭṭaʿna aydiyahunna inna rabbī bikaydihinna ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The king said, 'Bring him to me!' And when the messenger came to him, he said, 'Return unto thy lord, and ask of him, "What of the women who cut their hands?" Surely my Lord has knowledge of their guile.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [as soon as Joseph's interpretation. was conveyed to him,] the King said: "Bring him before me!" But when the [King's] messenger came unto him, [Joseph] said: "Go back to thy lord and ask him [first to find out the truth] about those women who cut their hands-for, behold, [until now it is] my Sustainer [alone who] has full knowledge of their guile!"
- Sahih International
- And the king said, "Bring him to me." But when the messenger came to him, [Joseph] said, "Return to your master and ask him what is the case of the women who cut their hands. Indeed, my Lord is Knowing of their plan."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And said | قول |
| 2 | ٱلْمَلِكُl-maliku | the king | ملك |
| 3 | ٱئْتُونِىi'tūnī | Bring him to me | أتي |
| 4 | بِهِۦ ۖbihi | Bring him to me | — |
| 5 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | But when | — |
| 6 | جَآءَهُjāahu | came to him | جيأ |
| 7 | ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūlu | the messenger | رسل |
| 8 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 9 | ٱرْجِعْir'jiʿ | Return | رجع |
| 10 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 11 | رَبِّكَrabbika | your lord | ربب |
| 12 | فَسْـَٔلْهُfasalhu | and ask him | سأل |
| 13 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 14 | بَالُbālu | (is the) case | بول |
| 15 | ٱلنِّسْوَةِl-nis'wati | (of) the women | نسو |
| 16 | ٱلَّـٰتِىallātī | who | — |
| 17 | قَطَّعْنَqaṭṭaʿna | cut | قطع |
| 18 | أَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚaydiyahunna | their hands | يدي |
| 19 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 20 | رَبِّىrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 21 | بِكَيْدِهِنَّbikaydihinna | of their plot | كيد |
| 22 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |