Quran 12:70 — Yusuf, verse 70
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and, once he had given them their provisions, he placed the drinking-cup in his brother’s pack. A man called out, ‘People of the caravan! You are thieves!’
فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُمْ بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ السِّقَايَةَ فِي رَحْلِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ أَيَّتُهَا الْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسَارِقُونَ
falammā jahhazahum bijahāzihim jaʿala l-siqāyata fī raḥli akhīhi thumma adhana mu-adhinun ayyatuhā l-ʿīru innakum lasāriqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then, when he had equipped them with their equipment, he put his drinking-cup into the saddlebag of his brother. Then a herald proclaimed, 'Ho, cameleers, you are robbers!'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [later,] when he had provided them with their provisions, he placed the [King's] drinking-cup in his brother's camel-pack. And [as they were leaving the city,] a herald called out: "O you people of the caravan! Verily, you are thieves!
- Sahih International
- So when he had furnished them with their supplies, he put the [gold measuring] bowl into the bag of his brother. Then an announcer called out, "O caravan, indeed you are thieves."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | So when | — |
| 2 | جَهَّزَهُمjahhazahum | he had furnished them | جهز |
| 3 | بِجَهَازِهِمْbijahāzihim | with their supplies | جهز |
| 4 | جَعَلَjaʿala | he put | جعل |
| 5 | ٱلسِّقَايَةَl-siqāyata | the drinking cup | سقي |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | رَحْلِraḥli | the bag | رحل |
| 8 | أَخِيهِakhīhi | (of) his brother | أخو |
| 9 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 10 | أَذَّنَadhana | called out | أذن |
| 11 | مُؤَذِّنٌmu-adhinun | an announcer | أذن |
| 12 | أَيَّتُهَاayyatuhā | O you | — |
| 13 | ٱلْعِيرُl-ʿīru | (in) the caravan | عير |
| 14 | إِنَّكُمْinnakum | Indeed, you | — |
| 15 | لَسَـٰرِقُونَlasāriqūna | surely (are) thieves | سرق |