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Yusuf (Joseph)

Verse 21of 111

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ مِن مِّصْرَ لِٱمْرَأَتِهِۦٓ أَكْرِمِى مَثْوَىٰهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدًۭا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥ مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

And the one from Egypt who bought him said to his wife, "Make his residence comfortable. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son." And thus, We established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events. And Allah is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
ٱشْتَرَىٰهُish'tarāhubought him
مِنminof
مِّصْرَmiṣ'raEgypt
لِٱمْرَأَتِهِۦٓli-im'ra-atihito his wife
أَكْرِمِىakrimīMake comfortable
مَثْوَىٰهُmathwāhuhis stay
عَسَىٰٓʿasāPerhaps
أَنanthat
يَنفَعَنَآyanfaʿanā(he) will benefit us
أَوْawor
نَتَّخِذَهُۥnattakhidhahuwe will take him
وَلَدًۭا ۚwaladan(as) a son
وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
مَكَّنَّاmakkannāWe established
لِيُوسُفَliyūsufaYusuf
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥwalinuʿallimahuthat We might teach him
مِنmin(the) interpretation of
تَأْوِيلِtawīli(the) interpretation of
ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚl-aḥādīthithe events
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
غَالِبٌghālibun(is) Predominant
عَلَىٰٓʿalāover
أَمْرِهِۦamrihiHis affairs
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَaktharamost
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
لَا(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Yusuf in EgyptAllah mentions the favors that He granted Yusuf, peace be on him, by which He made the man from Egypt who bought him, take care of him and provide him with a comfortable life. He also ordered his wife to be kind to Yusuf and had good hopes for his future, because of his firm righteous behavior. He said to his wife, أَكْرِمِى مَثْوَاهُ عَسَى أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُ وَلَدًا(Make his stay comfortable, maybe he will profit us or we shall adopt him as a son.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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