۞ لَّقَدۡ
كَانَ
فِي
يُوسُفَ
وَإِخۡوَتِهِۦٓ
ءَايَٰتٞ
لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ
٧
There are lessons in the story of Joseph and his brothers for all who seek them.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
23 verses Starts at Yusuf 7 Ends at Yusuf 29
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بِسۡمِ
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ
ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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Rub’ al-Hizb 95 of 240
Rub’ al-Hizb 95 ربع ٩٥
A quarter of a hizb: 240 short portions.
- Yusuf 7
- Yusuf 29
- 23
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
إِذۡ
قَالُواْ
لَيُوسُفُ
وَأَخُوهُ
أَحَبُّ
إِلَىٰٓ
أَبِينَا
مِنَّا
وَنَحۡنُ
عُصۡبَةٌ
إِنَّ
أَبَانَا
لَفِي
ضَلَٰلٖ
مُّبِينٍ
٨
The brothers said [to each other], ‘Although we are many, Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we are–– our father is clearly in the wrong.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
ٱقۡتُلُواْ
يُوسُفَ
أَوِ
ٱطۡرَحُوهُ
أَرۡضٗا
يَخۡلُ
لَكُمۡ
وَجۡهُ
أَبِيكُمۡ
وَتَكُونُواْ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدِهِۦ
قَوۡمٗا
صَٰلِحِينَ
٩
[One of them said], ‘Kill Joseph or banish him to another land, and your father’s attention will be free to turn to you. After that you can be righteous.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
قَالَ
قَآئِلٞ
مِّنۡهُمۡ
لَا
تَقۡتُلُواْ
يُوسُفَ
وَأَلۡقُوهُ
فِي
غَيَٰبَتِ
ٱلۡجُبِّ
يَلۡتَقِطۡهُ
بَعۡضُ
ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ
إِن
كُنتُمۡ
فَٰعِلِينَ
١٠
[Another of them] said, ‘Do not kill Joseph, but, if you must, throw him into the hidden depths of a well where some caravan may pick him up.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
قَالُواْ
يَٰٓأَبَانَا
مَا
لَكَ
لَا
تَأۡمَ۬نَّا
عَلَىٰ
يُوسُفَ
وَإِنَّا
لَهُۥ
لَنَٰصِحُونَ
١١
They said to their father, ‘Why do you not trust us with Joseph? We wish him well.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
أَرۡسِلۡهُ
مَعَنَا
غَدٗا
يَرۡتَعۡ
وَيَلۡعَبۡ
وَإِنَّا
لَهُۥ
لَحَٰفِظُونَ
١٢
Send him with us tomorrow and he will enjoy himself and play- we will take good care of him.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
قَالَ
إِنِّي
لَيَحۡزُنُنِيٓ
أَن
تَذۡهَبُواْ
بِهِۦ
وَأَخَافُ
أَن
يَأۡكُلَهُ
ٱلذِّئۡبُ
وَأَنتُمۡ
عَنۡهُ
غَٰفِلُونَ
١٣
He replied, ‘The thought of you taking him away with you worries me: I am afraid a wolf may eat him when you are not paying attention.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
قَالُواْ
لَئِنۡ
أَكَلَهُ
ٱلذِّئۡبُ
وَنَحۡنُ
عُصۡبَةٌ
إِنَّآ
إِذٗا
لَّخَٰسِرُونَ
١٤
They said, ‘If a wolf were to eat him when there are so many of us, we would truly be losers!’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
فَلَمَّا
ذَهَبُواْ
بِهِۦ
وَأَجۡمَعُوٓاْ
أَن
يَجۡعَلُوهُ
فِي
غَيَٰبَتِ
ٱلۡجُبِّۚ
وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ
إِلَيۡهِ
لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم
بِأَمۡرِهِمۡ
هَٰذَا
وَهُمۡ
لَا
يَشۡعُرُونَ
١٥
Then they took him away with them, resolved upon throwing him into the hidden depths of a well- We inspired him, saying, ‘You will tell them of all this [at a time] when they do not realize [who you are]!’-
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَجَآءُوٓ
أَبَاهُمۡ
عِشَآءٗ
يَبۡكُونَ
١٦
and at nightfall they returned to their father weeping.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
قَالُواْ
يَٰٓأَبَانَآ
إِنَّا
ذَهَبۡنَا
نَسۡتَبِقُ
وَتَرَكۡنَا
يُوسُفَ
عِندَ
مَتَٰعِنَا
فَأَكَلَهُ
ٱلذِّئۡبُۖ
وَمَآ
أَنتَ
بِمُؤۡمِنٖ
لَّنَا
وَلَوۡ
كُنَّا
صَٰدِقِينَ
١٧
They said, ‘We went off racing one another, leaving Joseph behind with our things, and a wolf ate him. You will not believe us, though we are telling the truth!’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَجَآءُو
عَلَىٰ
قَمِيصِهِۦ
بِدَمٖ
كَذِبٖۚ
قَالَ
بَلۡ
سَوَّلَتۡ
لَكُمۡ
أَنفُسُكُمۡ
أَمۡرٗاۖ
فَصَبۡرٞ
جَمِيلٞۖ
وَٱللَّهُ
ٱلۡمُسۡتَعَانُ
عَلَىٰ
مَا
تَصِفُونَ
١٨
and they showed him his shirt, deceptively stained with blood. He cried, ‘No! Your souls have prompted you to do wrong! But it is best to be patient: from God alone I seek help to bear what you are saying.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَجَآءَتۡ
سَيَّارَةٞ
فَأَرۡسَلُواْ
وَارِدَهُمۡ
فَأَدۡلَىٰ
دَلۡوَهُۥۖ
قَالَ
يَٰبُشۡرَىٰ
هَٰذَا
غُلَٰمٞۚ
وَأَسَرُّوهُ
بِضَٰعَةٗۚ
وَٱللَّهُ
عَلِيمُۢ
بِمَا
يَعۡمَلُونَ
١٩
Some travellers came by. They sent someone to draw water and he let down his bucket. ‘Good news!’ he exclaimed. ‘Here is a boy!’ They hid him like a piece of merchandise- God was well aware of what they did-
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَشَرَوۡهُ
بِثَمَنِۭ
بَخۡسٖ
دَرَٰهِمَ
مَعۡدُودَةٖ
وَكَانُواْ
فِيهِ
مِنَ
ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ
٢٠
and then sold him for a small price, for a few pieces of silver: so little did they value him.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَقَالَ
ٱلَّذِي
ٱشۡتَرَىٰهُ
مِن
مِّصۡرَ
لِٱمۡرَأَتِهِۦٓ
أَكۡرِمِي
مَثۡوَىٰهُ
عَسَىٰٓ
أَن
يَنفَعَنَآ
أَوۡ
نَتَّخِذَهُۥ
وَلَدٗاۚ
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
مَكَّنَّا
لِيُوسُفَ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥ
مِن
تَأۡوِيلِ
ٱلۡأَحَادِيثِۚ
وَٱللَّهُ
غَالِبٌ
عَلَىٰٓ
أَمۡرِهِۦ
وَلَٰكِنَّ
أَكۡثَرَ
ٱلنَّاسِ
لَا
يَعۡلَمُونَ
٢١
The Egyptian who bought him said to his wife, ‘Look after him well! He may be useful to us, or we may adopt him as a son.’ In this way We settled Joseph in that land and later taught him how to interpret dreams: God always prevails in His purpose, though most people do not realize it.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَلَمَّا
بَلَغَ
أَشُدَّهُۥٓ
ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ
حُكۡمٗا
وَعِلۡمٗاۚ
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
نَجۡزِي
ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
٢٢
When he reached maturity, We gave him judgement and knowledge: this is how We reward those who do good.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَرَٰوَدَتۡهُ
ٱلَّتِي
هُوَ
فِي
بَيۡتِهَا
عَن
نَّفۡسِهِۦ
وَغَلَّقَتِ
ٱلۡأَبۡوَٰبَ
وَقَالَتۡ
هَيۡتَ
لَكَۚ
قَالَ
مَعَاذَ
ٱللَّهِۖ
إِنَّهُۥ
رَبِّيٓ
أَحۡسَنَ
مَثۡوَايَۖ
إِنَّهُۥ
لَا
يُفۡلِحُ
ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
٢٣
The woman in whose house he was living tried to seduce him: she bolted the doors and said, ‘Come to me,’ and he replied, ‘God forbid! My master has been good to me; wrongdoers never prosper.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَلَقَدۡ
هَمَّتۡ
بِهِۦۖ
وَهَمَّ
بِهَا
لَوۡلَآ
أَن
رَّءَا
بُرۡهَٰنَ
رَبِّهِۦۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
لِنَصۡرِفَ
عَنۡهُ
ٱلسُّوٓءَ
وَٱلۡفَحۡشَآءَۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
مِنۡ
عِبَادِنَا
ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ
٢٤
She made for him, and he would have succumbed to her if he had not seen evidence of his Lord- We did this in order to keep evil and indecency away from him, for he was truly one of Our chosen servants.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَٱسۡتَبَقَا
ٱلۡبَابَ
وَقَدَّتۡ
قَمِيصَهُۥ
مِن
دُبُرٖ
وَأَلۡفَيَا
سَيِّدَهَا
لَدَا
ٱلۡبَابِۚ
قَالَتۡ
مَا
جَزَآءُ
مَنۡ
أَرَادَ
بِأَهۡلِكَ
سُوٓءًا
إِلَّآ
أَن
يُسۡجَنَ
أَوۡ
عَذَابٌ
أَلِيمٞ
٢٥
They raced for the door- she tore his shirt from behind- and at the door they met her husband. She said, ‘What, other than prison or painful punishment, should be the reward of someone who tried to dishonour your wife?’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
قَالَ
هِيَ
رَٰوَدَتۡنِي
عَن
نَّفۡسِيۚ
وَشَهِدَ
شَاهِدٞ
مِّنۡ
أَهۡلِهَآ
إِن
كَانَ
قَمِيصُهُۥ
قُدَّ
مِن
قُبُلٖ
فَصَدَقَتۡ
وَهُوَ
مِنَ
ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ
٢٦
but he said, ‘She tried to seduce me.’ A member of her household suggested, ‘If his shirt is torn at the front, then it is she who is telling the truth and he who is lying,
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَإِن
كَانَ
قَمِيصُهُۥ
قُدَّ
مِن
دُبُرٖ
فَكَذَبَتۡ
وَهُوَ
مِنَ
ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
٢٧
but if it is torn at the back, then she is lying and he is telling the truth.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
فَلَمَّا
رَءَا
قَمِيصَهُۥ
قُدَّ
مِن
دُبُرٖ
قَالَ
إِنَّهُۥ
مِن
كَيۡدِكُنَّۖ
إِنَّ
كَيۡدَكُنَّ
عَظِيمٞ
٢٨
When the husband saw that the shirt was torn at the back, he said, ‘This is another instance of women’s treachery: your treachery is truly great.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
يُوسُفُ
أَعۡرِضۡ
عَنۡ
هَٰذَاۚ
وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرِي
لِذَنۢبِكِۖ
إِنَّكِ
كُنتِ
مِنَ
ٱلۡخَاطِـِٔينَ
٢٩
Joseph, overlook this; but you [wife], ask forgiveness for your sin- you have done wrong.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem