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Yusuf (Joseph)

Verse 59of 111

وَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ قَالَ ٱئْتُونِى بِأَخٍۢ لَّكُم مِّنْ أَبِيكُمْ ۚ أَلَا تَرَوْنَ أَنِّىٓ أُوفِى ٱلْكَيْلَ وَأَنَا۠ خَيْرُ ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ﴿٥٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And when he had furnished them with their supplies, he said, "Bring me a brother of yours from your father. Do not you see that I give full measure and that I am the best of accommodators?

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
جَهَّزَهُمjahhazahumhe had furnished them
بِجَهَازِهِمْbijahāzihimwith their supplies
قَالَqālahe said
ٱئْتُونِىi'tūnīBring to me
بِأَخٍۢbi-akhina brother
لَّكُمlakumof yours
مِّنْminfrom
أَبِيكُمْ ۚabīkumyour father
أَلَاalāDo not
تَرَوْنَtarawnayou see
أَنِّىٓannīthat I
أُوفِىūfī[I] give full
ٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla[the] measure
وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand that I am
خَيْرُkhayru(the) best
ٱلْمُنزِلِينَl-munzilīna(of) the hosts

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Yusuf's Brothers travel to EgyptAs-Suddi, Muhammad bin Ishaq and several others said that the reason why Yusuf's brothers went to Egypt, is that after Yusuf became minister of Egypt and the seven years of abundance passed, then came the seven years of drought that struck all areas of Egypt. The drought also reached the area of Kana`an (Canaan), where Prophet Ya`qub, peace be upon him, and his children resided.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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