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Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 59
وَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ قَالَ ٱئْتُونِى بِأَخٍ لَّكُم مِّنْ أَبِيكُمْ ۚ أَلَا تَرَوْنَ أَنِّىٓ أُوفِى ٱلْكَيْلَ وَأَنَا۠ خَيْرُ ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ ﴿59﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when he had furnished them with their provisions (according to their need), he said: "Bring me a brother of yours from your father (he meant Benjamin). See you not that I give full measure, and that I am the best of the hosts?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَمَّا
walammā
And when
جَهَّزَهُم
jahhazahum
he had furnished them
بِجَهَازِهِمْ
bijahāzihim
with their supplies
قَالَ
qāla
he said
ٱئْتُونِى
i'tūnī
Bring to me
بِأَخٍۢ
bi-akhin
a brother
لَّكُم
lakum
of yours
مِّنْ
min
from
أَبِيكُمْ ۚ
abīkum
your father
أَلَا
alā
Do not
تَرَوْنَ
tarawna
you see
أَنِّىٓ
annī
that I
أُوفِى
ūfī
[I] give full
ٱلْكَيْلَ
l-kayla
[the] measure
وَأَنَا۠
wa-anā
and that I am
خَيْرُ
khayru
(the) best
ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ
l-munzilīna
(of) the hosts
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.
59.1 When Prophet Yusuf (AS), pretending to be a stranger, asked his brothers questions, they told him everything, including that there were ten of them present at that time. But they also mentioned that they had two more brothers (from another mother). One of them, they said, had perished in the wilderness, and the other was kept by their father for his own comfort and was not sent with them. Upon this, Prophet Yusuf (AS) said that next time they should bring him along as well. "Do you not see that I give full measure and am very hospitable and generous?"
