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Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 62
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
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.
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.
