Quran 12:55 — Yusuf, verse 55
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Joseph said, ‘Put me in charge of the nation’s storehouses: I shall manage them prudently and carefully.’
قَالَ اجْعَلْنِي عَلَىٰ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ ۖ إِنِّي حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ
qāla ij'ʿalnī ʿalā khazāini l-arḍi innī ḥafīẓun ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'Set me over the land's storehouses; I am a knowing guardian.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [Joseph] replied: "Place in my charge the store-houses of the land; behold, I shall be a good and knowing keeper.
- Sahih International
- [Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | ٱجْعَلْنِىij'ʿalnī | Appoint me | جعل |
| 3 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 4 | خَزَآئِنِkhazāini | (the) treasuries | خزن |
| 5 | ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖl-arḍi | (of) the land | أرض |
| 6 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 7 | حَفِيظٌḥafīẓun | (will be) a guardian | حفظ |
| 8 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | knowing | علم |