Quran 12:54 — Yusuf, verse 54
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The king said, ‘Bring him to me: I will have him serve me personally,’ and then, once he had spoken with him, ‘From now on you will have our trust and favour.’
وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ ائْتُونِي بِهِ أَسْتَخْلِصْهُ لِنَفْسِي ۖ فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُ قَالَ إِنَّكَ الْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِينٌ أَمِينٌ
waqāla l-maliku i'tūnī bihi astakhliṣ'hu linafsī falammā kallamahu qāla innaka l-yawma ladaynā makīnun amīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The king said, 'Bring him to me! I would attach him to my person.' Then, when he had spoken with him, he said, 'Today thou art established firmly in our favour and in our trust.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And the King said: "Bring him unto me, so that I may attach him to my own person." And when he had spoken with him, [the King] said: "Behold, [from] this day thou shalt be of high standing with us, invested with all trust!"
- Sahih International
- And the king said, "Bring him to me; I will appoint him exclusively for myself." And when he spoke to him, he said, "Indeed, you are today established [in position] and trusted."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And said | قول |
| 2 | ٱلْمَلِكُl-maliku | the king | ملك |
| 3 | ٱئْتُونِىi'tūnī | Bring him to me | أتي |
| 4 | بِهِۦٓbihi | Bring him to me | — |
| 5 | أَسْتَخْلِصْهُastakhliṣ'hu | I will select him | خلص |
| 6 | لِنَفْسِى ۖlinafsī | for myself | نفس |
| 7 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | Then when | — |
| 8 | كَلَّمَهُۥkallamahu | he spoke to him | كلم |
| 9 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 10 | إِنَّكَinnaka | Indeed, you | — |
| 11 | ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawma | (are) today | يوم |
| 12 | لَدَيْنَاladaynā | with us | — |
| 13 | مَكِينٌmakīnun | firmly established | مكن |
| 14 | أَمِينٌۭamīnun | (and) trusted | أمن |