سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ
Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 90
قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ يُوسُفُ وَهَـٰذَآ أَخِى ۖ قَدْ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿90﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They said: "Are you indeed Yûsuf (Joseph)?" He said: "I am Yûsuf (Joseph), and this is my brother (Benjamin). Allâh has indeed been gracious to us. Verily, he who fears Allâh with obedience to Him (by abstaining from sins and evil deeds, and by performing righteous good deeds), and is patient, then surely, Allâh makes not the reward of the Muhsinûn (good-doers - see V.2:112) to be lost."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
أَءِنَّكَ
a-innaka
Are you indeed
لَأَنتَ
la-anta
surely you
يُوسُفُ ۖ
yūsufu
Yusuf
قَالَ
qāla
He said
أَنَا۠
anā
I am
يُوسُفُ
yūsufu
Yusuf
وَهَـٰذَآ
wahādhā
and this
أَخِى ۖ
akhī
(is) my brother
قَدْ
qad
Indeed
مَنَّ
manna
Allah has been gracious
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah has been gracious
عَلَيْنَآ ۖ
ʿalaynā
to us
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, he
مَن
man
who
يَتَّقِ
yattaqi
fears Allah
وَيَصْبِرْ
wayaṣbir
and (is) patient
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
lā
(does) not
يُضِيعُ
yuḍīʿu
let go waste
أَجْرَ
ajra
(the) reward
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
(of) the good-doers
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.
90. 1 When the brothers heard the mention of that Yusuf (علیہ السلام) from the mouth of the Aziz of Egypt, whom they had thrown into a dark well in Canaan during his childhood, they were both astonished and compelled to look closely to see whether the king speaking to them was in fact Yusuf (علیہ السلام) himself. Otherwise, how could he know the story of Yusuf (علیہ السلام)? Thus, they asked, "Are you Yusuf (علیہ السلام)?"
90. 2 In response to the question, along with acknowledgment and confession, mention was made of Allah's favor and the good results of patience and piety, explaining that you left no stone unturned in trying to destroy me. But it is the grace and favor of Allah that not only did He grant me deliverance from the well, but also bestowed upon me the rule of Egypt, and this is the result of the patience and piety to which Allah granted me the ability.
90. 2 In response to the question, along with acknowledgment and confession, mention was made of Allah's favor and the good results of patience and piety, explaining that you left no stone unturned in trying to destroy me. But it is the grace and favor of Allah that not only did He grant me deliverance from the well, but also bestowed upon me the rule of Egypt, and this is the result of the patience and piety to which Allah granted me the ability.
