سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ
Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 56
وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَتَبَوَّأُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَآءُ ۚ نُصِيبُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا مَن نَّشَآءُ ۖ وَلَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿56﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Thus did We give full authority to Yûsuf (Joseph) in the land, to take possession therein, when or where he likes. We bestow of Our Mercy on whom We will, and We make not to be lost the reward of Al-Muhsinûn (the good doers - See V.2:112).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And thus
مَكَّنَّا
makkannā
We established
لِيُوسُفَ
liyūsufa
[to] Yusuf
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the land
يَتَبَوَّأُ
yatabawwa-u
to settle
مِنْهَا
min'hā
therein
حَيْثُ
ḥaythu
where ever
يَشَآءُ ۚ
yashāu
he willed
نُصِيبُ
nuṣību
We bestow
بِرَحْمَتِنَا
biraḥmatinā
Our Mercy
مَن
man
(on) whom
نَّشَآءُ ۖ
nashāu
We will
وَلَا
walā
And not
نُضِيعُ
nuḍīʿu
We let go waste
أَجْرَ
ajra
(the) reward
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
(of) the good-doers
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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Thus We established Yusuf in the land, so that he could settle wherever he wished [55]. We bestow Our mercy upon whom We will, and We do not let the reward of the righteous go to waste.
[55] The words of this sentence fully support the explanation in the previous footnote. That is, now Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ could live wherever he wished and do whatever he wanted, and it is clear that if he had merely been an officer of the revenue department or the minister of finance, he would have been bound by the orders of the government. He would never have had such freedom, and this was not just freedom, but it was also necessary for him to go to various places to store grain during the years of prosperity.
[55] The words of this sentence fully support the explanation in the previous footnote. That is, now Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ could live wherever he wished and do whatever he wanted, and it is clear that if he had merely been an officer of the revenue department or the minister of finance, he would have been bound by the orders of the government. He would never have had such freedom, and this was not just freedom, but it was also necessary for him to go to various places to store grain during the years of prosperity.
