Quran 12:62 — Yusuf, verse 62
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Joseph said to his servants, ‘Put their [traded] goods back into their saddlebags, so that they may recognize them when they go back to their family, and [be eager to] return.’
وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَانِهِ اجْعَلُوا بِضَاعَتَهُمْ فِي رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَا إِذَا انْقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
waqāla lifit'yānihi ij'ʿalū biḍāʿatahum fī riḥālihim laʿallahum yaʿrifūnahā idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihim laʿallahum yarjiʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said to his pages, 'Put their merchandise in their saddlebags; haply they will recognize it when they have turned to their people; haply they will return.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [Joseph] said to his servants: "Place their merchandise in their camel-packs, so that they may find it there when they come home, and hence be the more eager to return.
- Sahih International
- And [Joseph] said to his servants, "Put their merchandise into their saddlebags so they might recognize it when they have gone back to their people that perhaps they will [again] return."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And he said | قول |
| 2 | لِفِتْيَـٰنِهِlifit'yānihi | to his servants | فتي |
| 3 | ٱجْعَلُوا۟ij'ʿalū | Put | جعل |
| 4 | بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْbiḍāʿatahum | their merchandise | بضع |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | رِحَالِهِمْriḥālihim | their saddlebags | رحل |
| 7 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | so that they | — |
| 8 | يَعْرِفُونَهَآyaʿrifūnahā | may recognize it | عرف |
| 9 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 10 | ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟inqalabū | they go back | قلب |
| 11 | إِلَىٰٓilā | to | — |
| 12 | أَهْلِهِمْahlihim | their people | أهل |
| 13 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | so that they may | — |
| 14 | يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna | return | رجع |