Quran 12:75 — Yusuf, verse 75
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and they answered, ‘The penalty will be [the enslavement of] the person in whose bag the cup is found: this is how we punish wrongdoers.’
قَالُوا جَزَاؤُهُ مَنْ وُجِدَ فِي رَحْلِهِ فَهُوَ جَزَاؤُهُ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الظَّالِمِينَ
qālū jazāuhu man wujida fī raḥlihi fahuwa jazāuhu kadhālika najzī l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'This shall be its recompense -- in whoever's saddlebag the goblet is found, he shall be its recompense. So we recompense the evildoers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [The brothers] replied: "Its requital? He in whose camel-pack [the cup] is found-he shall be [enslaved as] a requital thereof! Thus do we [ourselves] requite the doers of [such] wrong.
- Sahih International
- [The brothers] said, "Its recompense is that he in whose bag it is found - he [himself] will be its recompense. Thus do we recompense the wrongdoers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥjazāuhu | Its recompense | جزي |
| 3 | مَنman | (is that one) who | — |
| 4 | وُجِدَwujida | it is found | وجد |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | رَحْلِهِۦraḥlihi | his bag | رحل |
| 7 | فَهُوَfahuwa | then he | — |
| 8 | جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚjazāuhu | (will be) his recompense | جزي |
| 9 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 10 | نَجْزِىnajzī | (do) we recompense | جزي |
| 11 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |