Quran 12:68 — Yusuf, verse 68
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and, when they entered as their father had told them, it did not help them against the will of God, it merely satisfied a wish of Jacob’s. He knew well what We had taught him, though most people do not.
وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَهُمْ أَبُوهُمْ مَا كَانَ يُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا حَاجَةً فِي نَفْسِ يَعْقُوبَ قَضَاهَا ۚ وَإِنَّهُ لَذُو عِلْمٍ لِمَا عَلَّمْنَاهُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
walammā dakhalū min ḥaythu amarahum abūhum mā kāna yugh'nī ʿanhum mina l-lahi min shayin illā ḥājatan fī nafsi yaʿqūba qaḍāhā wa-innahu ladhū ʿil'min limā ʿallamnāhu walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when they entered after the manner their father commanded them, it availed them nothing against God; but it was a need in Jacob's soul that he so satisfied. Verily he was possessed of a knowledge for that We had taught him; but most men know not.
- Muhammad Asad
- But although they entered [Joseph's city] in the way their father had bidden them, this proved of no avail whatever to them against [the plan of] God [His request] had served only to satisfy Jacob's heartfelt desire [to protect them]: for, behold, thanks to what We had imparted unto him, he was indeed endowed with the knowledge [that God's will must always prevail]; but most people know it not.
- Sahih International
- And when they entered from where their father had ordered them, it did not avail them against Allāh at all except [it was] a need [i.e., concern] within the soul of Jacob, which he satisfied. And indeed, he was a possessor of knowledge because of what We had taught him, but most of the people do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَمَّاwalammā | And when | — |
| 2 | دَخَلُوا۟dakhalū | they entered | دخل |
| 3 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 4 | حَيْثُḥaythu | where | حيث |
| 5 | أَمَرَهُمْamarahum | ordered them | أمر |
| 6 | أَبُوهُمabūhum | their father | أبو |
| 7 | مَّاmā | not | — |
| 8 | كَانَkāna | it | كون |
| 9 | يُغْنِىyugh'nī | avail(ed) | غني |
| 10 | عَنْهُمʿanhum | them | — |
| 11 | مِّنَmina | against | — |
| 12 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 13 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 14 | شَىْءٍshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 15 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 16 | حَاجَةًۭḥājatan | (it was) a need | حوج |
| 17 | فِىfī | of | — |
| 18 | نَفْسِnafsi | Yaqub's soul | نفس |
| 19 | يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūba | Yaqub's soul | — |
| 20 | قَضَىٰهَا ۚqaḍāhā | which he carried out | قضي |
| 21 | وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahu | And indeed, he | — |
| 22 | لَذُوladhū | (was) a possessor | — |
| 23 | عِلْمٍۢʿil'min | (of) knowledge | علم |
| 24 | لِّمَاlimā | because | — |
| 25 | عَلَّمْنَـٰهُʿallamnāhu | We had taught him | علم |
| 26 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 27 | أَكْثَرَakthara | most | كثر |
| 28 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | (of) the people | نوس |
| 29 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 30 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |