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Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 19
وَجَآءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا۟ وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَىٰ دَلْوَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ يَـٰبُشْرَىٰ هَـٰذَا غُلَـٰمٌ ۚ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَـٰعَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿19﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And there came a caravan of travellers and they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his bucket (into the well). He said: "What good news! Here is a boy." So they hid him as merchandise (a slave). And Allâh was the All-Knower of what they did.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَجَآءَتْ
wajāat
And there came
سَيَّارَةٌۭ
sayyāratun
a caravan
فَأَرْسَلُوا۟
fa-arsalū
and they sent
وَارِدَهُمْ
wāridahum
their water drawer
فَأَدْلَىٰ
fa-adlā
then he let down
دَلْوَهُۥ ۖ
dalwahu
his bucket
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰبُشْرَىٰ
yābush'rā
O good news
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
غُلَـٰمٌۭ ۚ
ghulāmun
(is) a boy
وَأَسَرُّوهُ
wa-asarrūhu
And they hid him
بِضَـٰعَةًۭ ۚ
biḍāʿatan
(as) a merchandise
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَلِيمٌۢ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knower
بِمَا
bimā
of what
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
they do
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19. Then a caravan came, and they sent their water-drawer, who let down his bucket. He said, "Good news! Here is a boy!" So they hid him as merchandise, and Allah was fully aware of what they were doing.
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The Caravan People Taking Yusuf Out of the Well:
After disposing of Yusufؑ in this manner, the brothers of Yusuf continued to keep watch and remain informed about him. Coincidentally, just a day or so later, a caravan that was traveling from Madyan to Egypt passed by there. They sent a man in search of water, and when he reached that well and, in order to obtain water, lowered his bucket into the well, Yusuf sat in the bucket and held the rope firmly. When the water-drawer pulled the bucket up, instead of water, he saw a beautiful boy in it. Seeing him, his face lit up with joy, and he immediately said to his companions, "Aha! We have found a beautiful boy." In those days, the sale of slaves was common, and this caravan was also a trading caravan. For them, finding such a beautiful boy in this way was an unexpected blessing. Therefore, the caravan people did not consider it appropriate to publicize this incident, lest, upon hearing of it, someone might come forward to claim the child.
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The Caravan People Taking Yusuf Out of the Well:
After disposing of Yusufؑ in this manner, the brothers of Yusuf continued to keep watch and remain informed about him. Coincidentally, just a day or so later, a caravan that was traveling from Madyan to Egypt passed by there. They sent a man in search of water, and when he reached that well and, in order to obtain water, lowered his bucket into the well, Yusuf sat in the bucket and held the rope firmly. When the water-drawer pulled the bucket up, instead of water, he saw a beautiful boy in it. Seeing him, his face lit up with joy, and he immediately said to his companions, "Aha! We have found a beautiful boy." In those days, the sale of slaves was common, and this caravan was also a trading caravan. For them, finding such a beautiful boy in this way was an unexpected blessing. Therefore, the caravan people did not consider it appropriate to publicize this incident, lest, upon hearing of it, someone might come forward to claim the child.
