Quran 12:59 — Yusuf, verse 59
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and once he had given them their provisions, he said, ‘Bring me the brother [you left with] your father! Have you not seen me giving generous measure and being the best of hosts?
وَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُمْ بِجَهَازِهِمْ قَالَ ائْتُونِي بِأَخٍ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَبِيكُمْ ۚ أَلَا تَرَوْنَ أَنِّي أُوفِي الْكَيْلَ وَأَنَا خَيْرُ الْمُنْزِلِينَ
walammā jahhazahum bijahāzihim qāla i'tūnī bi-akhin lakum min abīkum alā tarawna annī ūfī l-kayla wa-anā khayru l-munzilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When he had equipped them with their equipment be said, 'Bring me a certain brother of yours from your father. Do you not see that I fill up the measure, and am the best of hosts?
- Muhammad Asad
- And when he had provided them with their provisions, he said: "[When you come here next,] bring unto me that brother of yours from your father's side. Do you not see that I have given [you] full measure and have been the best of hosts?
- Sahih International
- And when he had furnished them with their supplies, he said, "Bring me a brother of yours from your father. Do you not see that I give full measure and that I am the best of accommodators?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَمَّاwalammā | And when | — |
| 2 | جَهَّزَهُمjahhazahum | he had furnished them | جهز |
| 3 | بِجَهَازِهِمْbijahāzihim | with their supplies | جهز |
| 4 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 5 | ٱئْتُونِىi'tūnī | Bring to me | أتي |
| 6 | بِأَخٍۢbi-akhin | a brother | أخو |
| 7 | لَّكُمlakum | of yours | — |
| 8 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 9 | أَبِيكُمْ ۚabīkum | your father | أبو |
| 10 | أَلَاalā | Do not | — |
| 11 | تَرَوْنَtarawna | you see | رأي |
| 12 | أَنِّىٓannī | that I | — |
| 13 | أُوفِىūfī | [I] give full | وفي |
| 14 | ٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla | [the] measure | كيل |
| 15 | وَأَنَا۠wa-anā | and that I am | — |
| 16 | خَيْرُkhayru | (the) best | خير |
| 17 | ٱلْمُنزِلِينَl-munzilīna | (of) the hosts | نزل |