سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ
Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 9
ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ قَوْمًا صَـٰلِحِينَ ﴿9﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"Kill Yûsuf (Joseph) or cast him out to some (other) land, so that the favour of your father may be given to you alone, and after that you will be righteous folk (by intending repentance before committing the sin)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱقْتُلُوا۟
uq'tulū
Kill
يُوسُفَ
yūsufa
Yusuf
أَوِ
awi
or
ٱطْرَحُوهُ
iṭ'raḥūhu
cast him
أَرْضًۭا
arḍan
(to) a land
يَخْلُ
yakhlu
so will be free
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
وَجْهُ
wajhu
(the) face
أَبِيكُمْ
abīkum
(of) your father
وَتَكُونُوا۟
watakūnū
and you will be
مِنۢ
min
after that
بَعْدِهِۦ
baʿdihi
after that
قَوْمًۭا
qawman
a people
صَـٰلِحِينَ
ṣāliḥīna
righteous
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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9. "(So) either kill Yusuf or cast him away to some distant land, so that your father's attention will be devoted to you alone. And after that, you can become righteous people [8]."
[8]
Two Meanings of the Righteous:
The plan they devised to draw their father's attention towards themselves was that somehow Yusuf should be made to disappear—either by killing him or by sending him to some far-off place so that he could not return from there. Only in this way could they succeed in their objective. Now, since they were also the children of a great prophet, their conscience was reproaching them for committing such an act. The solution they thought of was to first fulfill their own desires, and later repent and become righteous. These were the very satanic schemes about which Yaqub ؑ had already been apprehensive. The second meaning of ﴿وَتَكُوْنُوْا مِنْ بَعْدِهٖ قَوْمًا صٰلِحِيْنَ﴾ could also be that when you people get rid of Yusuf, then after that, you yourselves will become pleasing to your father.
[8]
Two Meanings of the Righteous:
The plan they devised to draw their father's attention towards themselves was that somehow Yusuf should be made to disappear—either by killing him or by sending him to some far-off place so that he could not return from there. Only in this way could they succeed in their objective. Now, since they were also the children of a great prophet, their conscience was reproaching them for committing such an act. The solution they thought of was to first fulfill their own desires, and later repent and become righteous. These were the very satanic schemes about which Yaqub ؑ had already been apprehensive. The second meaning of ﴿وَتَكُوْنُوْا مِنْ بَعْدِهٖ قَوْمًا صٰلِحِيْنَ﴾ could also be that when you people get rid of Yusuf, then after that, you yourselves will become pleasing to your father.
