سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ
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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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And Yusuf said to his servants, "Put their money back into their saddlebags [60], so that when they return to their family, they may recognize it and perhaps they will soon come back again."
[60]
Return of the Price of Grain:
Sayyiduna Yusuf (peace be upon him) treated them with great hospitality and also indicated to those who filled the grain that the money taken from them as the price of the grain should also be placed back in their grain. He did this with the intention that perhaps they might not have the means to come again, and thus might not return, or if they did obtain the means, it might be after a long time, and in that case, they would bring their younger real brother Binyamin with them after a long delay. From the words of the Quran, this appears to be the main reason for returning the money. However, some commentators say that another or secondary reason for returning the money was that he did not like to take the price of the grain from his brothers.
[60]
Return of the Price of Grain:
Sayyiduna Yusuf (peace be upon him) treated them with great hospitality and also indicated to those who filled the grain that the money taken from them as the price of the grain should also be placed back in their grain. He did this with the intention that perhaps they might not have the means to come again, and thus might not return, or if they did obtain the means, it might be after a long time, and in that case, they would bring their younger real brother Binyamin with them after a long delay. From the words of the Quran, this appears to be the main reason for returning the money. However, some commentators say that another or secondary reason for returning the money was that he did not like to take the price of the grain from his brothers.
