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Yusuf (Joseph)

Verse 65of 111

وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا۟ مَتَٰعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا۟ بِضَٰعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى ۖ هَٰذِهِۦ بِضَٰعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا ۖ وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍۢ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ كَيْلٌۭ يَسِيرٌۭ﴿٦٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And when they opened their baggage, they found their merchandise returned to them. They said, "O our father, what [more] could we desire? This is our merchandise returned to us. And we will obtain supplies for our family and protect our brother and obtain an increase of a camel's load; that is an easy measurement."

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
فَتَحُوا۟fataḥūthey opened
مَتَـٰعَهُمْmatāʿahumtheir baggage
وَجَدُوا۟wajadūthey found
بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْbiḍāʿatahumtheir merchandise
رُدَّتْruddatreturned
إِلَيْهِمْ ۖilayhimto them
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāO our father
مَاWhat
نَبْغِى ۖnabghī(could) we desire
هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
بِضَـٰعَتُنَاbiḍāʿatunā(is) our merchandise
رُدَّتْruddatreturned
إِلَيْنَا ۖilaynāto us
وَنَمِيرُwanamīruAnd we will get provision
أَهْلَنَاahlanā(for) our family
وَنَحْفَظُwanaḥfaẓuand we will protect
أَخَانَاakhānāour brother
وَنَزْدَادُwanazdāduand get an increase
كَيْلَkaylameasure
بَعِيرٍۢ ۖbaʿīrin(of) a camel's (load)
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
كَيْلٌۭkaylun(is) a measurement
يَسِيرٌۭyasīruneasy

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

They find Their Money returned to Their BagsAllah says, when Yusuf's brothers opened their bags, they found their merchandise inside them, for Yusuf had ordered his servants to return it to their bags. When they found their merchandise in their bags, قَالُواْ يأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى(They said: "O our father! What (more) can we desire...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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