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Quran 12:56 — Yusuf, verse 56

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

In this way We settled Joseph in that land to live wherever he wished: We grant Our mercy to whoever We will and do not fail to reward those who do good.

وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَتَبَوَّأُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ ۚ نُصِيبُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا مَنْ نَشَاءُ ۖ وَلَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

wakadhālika makkannā liyūsufa fī l-arḍi yatabawwa-u min'hā ḥaythu yashāu nuṣību biraḥmatinā man nashāu walā nuḍīʿu ajra l-muḥ'sinīna

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Word-by-word analysis of Yusuf verse 56
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1وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus—
2مَكَّنَّاmakkannāWe establishedمكن
3لِيُوسُفَliyūsufa[to] Yusuf—
4فِىfīin—
5ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe landأرض
6يَتَبَوَّأُyatabawwa-uto settleبوأ
7مِنْهَاmin'hātherein—
8حَيْثُḥaythuwhere everحيث
9يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuhe willedشيأ
10نُصِيبُnuṣībuWe bestowصوب
11بِرَحْمَتِنَاbiraḥmatināOur Mercyرحم
12مَنman(on) whom—
13نَّشَآءُ ۖnashāuWe willشيأ
14وَلَاwalāAnd not—
15نُضِيعُnuḍīʿuWe let go wasteضيع
16أَجْرَajra(the) rewardأجر
17ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doersحسن