Quran 12:88 — Yusuf, verse 88
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Then, when they presented themselves before Joseph, they said, ‘Mighty governor, misfortune has afflicted us and our family. We have brought only a little merchandise, but give us full measure. Be charitable to us: God rewards the charitable.’
فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ قَالُوا يَا أَيُّهَا الْعَزِيزُ مَسَّنَا وَأَهْلَنَا الضُّرُّ وَجِئْنَا بِبِضَاعَةٍ مُزْجَاةٍ فَأَوْفِ لَنَا الْكَيْلَ وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْنَا ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَجْزِي الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ
falammā dakhalū ʿalayhi qālū yāayyuhā l-ʿazīzu massanā wa-ahlanā l-ḍuru waji'nā bibiḍāʿatin muz'jātin fa-awfi lanā l-kayla wataṣaddaq ʿalaynā inna l-laha yajzī l-mutaṣadiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So, when they entered unto him, they said, 'O mighty prince, affliction has visited us and our people. We come with merchandise of scant worth. Fill up to us the measure, and be charitable to us; surely God recompenses the charitable.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [AND THE SONS of Jacob went back to Egypt and to Joseph;] and when they presented themselves before him, they said: "O thou great one! Hardship has visited us and our folk, and so we have brought but scanty merchandise; but give us a full measure [of grain], and be charitable to us: behold, God rewards those who give in charity!"
- Sahih International
- So when they entered upon him [i.e., Joseph], they said, "O ʿAzeez, adversity has touched us and our family, and we have come with goods poor in quality, but give us full measure and be charitable to us. Indeed, Allāh rewards the charitable."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | So when | — |
| 2 | دَخَلُوا۟dakhalū | they entered | دخل |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | upon him | — |
| 4 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 5 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O Aziz | — |
| 6 | ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu | O Aziz | عزز |
| 7 | مَسَّنَاmassanā | Has touched us | مسس |
| 8 | وَأَهْلَنَاwa-ahlanā | and our family | أهل |
| 9 | ٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuru | the adversity | ضرر |
| 10 | وَجِئْنَاwaji'nā | and we have come | جيأ |
| 11 | بِبِضَـٰعَةٍۢbibiḍāʿatin | with goods | بضع |
| 12 | مُّزْجَىٰةٍۢmuz'jātin | (of) little value | زجو |
| 13 | فَأَوْفِfa-awfi | but pay (in) full | وفي |
| 14 | لَنَاlanā | to us | — |
| 15 | ٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla | the measure | كيل |
| 16 | وَتَصَدَّقْwataṣaddaq | and be charitable | صدق |
| 17 | عَلَيْنَآ ۖʿalaynā | to us | — |
| 18 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 19 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 20 | يَجْزِىyajzī | rewards | جزي |
| 21 | ٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَl-mutaṣadiqīna | the charitable | صدق |