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Yusuf (Joseph)

Verse 57of 111

وَلَأَجْرُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ﴿٥٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And the reward of the Hereafter is better for those who believed and were fearing Allah.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَأَجْرُwala-ajruAnd surely (the) reward
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand are
يَتَّقُونَyattaqūnaGod conscious

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Yusuf's Reign in EgyptAllah said next, وَكَذلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ(Thus did We give full authority to Yusuf in the land), in Egypt, يَتَبَوَّأُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَآءُ(to take possession therein, when or where he likes.) As-Suddi and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said that this part of the Ayah means, "To do whatever he wants therein.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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