سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ

Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 62

Joseph · Meccan · Juz 13 · Page 242

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وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَـٰنِهِ ٱجْعَلُوا۟ بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ فِى رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَآ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿62﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

And [Yûsuf (Joseph)] told his servants to put their money (with which they had bought the corn) into their bags, so that they might know it when they go back to their people; in order they might come again.

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

وَقَالَ waqāla And he said
لِفِتْيَـٰنِهِ lifit'yānihi to his servants
ٱجْعَلُوا۟ ij'ʿalū Put
بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ biḍāʿatahum their merchandise
فِى fī in
رِحَالِهِمْ riḥālihim their saddlebags
لَعَلَّهُمْ laʿallahum so that they
يَعْرِفُونَهَآ yaʿrifūnahā may recognize it
إِذَا idhā when
ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ inqalabū they go back
إِلَىٰٓ ilā to
أَهْلِهِمْ ahlihim their people
لَعَلَّهُمْ laʿallahum so that they may
يَرْجِعُونَ yarjiʿūna return

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(Ayah62) {وَ قَالَ لِفِتْيٰنِهِ …: ’’ فِتْيَانٌ‘‘ ’’فَتًي‘‘ } is the plural of "رَحْلٌ" of "فَتًي", see (Ayah 36). {’’رِحَالٌ‘‘ ’’رَحْلٌ‘‘} is the plural of "رَحْلٌ" of "فَتًي", that saddle which is placed on a camel for riding, and also refers to the goods that are placed on the camel, therefore the camel is called {’’رَاحِلَةٌ‘‘}. {’’بِضَاعَةٌ‘‘ } is the money or goods with which something is bought, meaning the money or goods that they brought as the price to buy grain he ordered his servants to place them in their sacks as a favor without telling them, and also because seeing the condition of the brothers, the poverty of the household was realized, which they themselves mentioned upon coming the third time. See Ayah (88) {’’ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُوْنَهَاۤ ‘‘} perhaps they may recognize those dirhams, etc., by their design or seal or pouches, and because of the presence of this favor and money, they may come again.

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

62. 1. فِتْیَان (young men) here refers to those servants, attendants, and slaves who were appointed in the royal court.
62. 2. This refers to the capital which the brothers of Yusuf (علیہ السلام) had brought along to purchase grain; the capital was secretly placed back in their luggage so that if they did not have any more capital to come again, they could bring this same capital back.

Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani

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And Yusuf said to his servants, "Put their money back into their saddlebags [60], so that when they return to their family, they may recognize it and perhaps they will soon come back again."

[60]
Return of the Price of Grain:

Sayyiduna Yusuf (peace be upon him) treated them with great hospitality and also indicated to those who filled the grain that the money taken from them as the price of the grain should also be placed back in their grain. He did this with the intention that perhaps they might not have the means to come again, and thus might not return, or if they did obtain the means, it might be after a long time, and in that case, they would bring their younger real brother Binyamin with them after a long delay. From the words of the Quran, this appears to be the main reason for returning the money. However, some commentators say that another or secondary reason for returning the money was that he did not like to take the price of the grain from his brothers.
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