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The Qur'an
(Koran) - M. H. Shakir |
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In the name of
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[12.1] Alif
Lam Ra. These are the verses of the
Book that makes (things) manifest.
[12.2] Surely We have
revealed it-- an Arabic Quran-- that
you may understand.
[12.3] We narrate to you the
best of narratives, by Our revealing
to you this Quran, though before
this you were certainly one of those
who did not know.
[12.4] When Yusuf said to his
father: O my father! surely I saw
eleven stars and the sun and the
moon-- I saw them making obeisance
to me.
[12.5] He said: O my son! do
not relate your vision to your
brothers, lest they devise a plan
against you; surely the Shaitan is
an open enemy to man.
[12.6] And thus will your
Lord choose you and teach you the
interpretation of sayings and make
His favor complete to you and to the
children of Yaqoub, as He made it
complete before to your fathers,
Ibrahim and Ishaq; surely your Lord
is Knowing, Wise.
[12.7] Certainly in Yusuf and
his brothers there are signs for the
inquirers.
[12.8] When they said:
Certainly Yusuf and his brother are
dearer to our father than we, though
we are a (stronger) company; most
surely our father is in manifest
error:
[12.9] Slay Yusuf or cast him
(forth) into some land, so that your
father's regard may be exclusively
for you, and after that you may be a
righteous people.
[12.10] A speaker from among
them said: Do not slay Yusuf, and
cast him down into the bottom of the
pit if you must do (it), (so that)
some of the travelers may pick him
up.
[12.11] They said: O our
father! what reason have you that
you do not trust in us with respect
to Yusuf? And most surely we are his
sincere well-wishers:
[12.12] Send him with us
tomorrow that he may enjoy himself
and sport, and surely we will guard
him well.
[12.13] He said: Surely it
grieves me that you should take him
off, and I fear lest the wolf devour
him while you are heedless of him.
[12.14] They said: Surely if
the wolf should devour him
notwithstanding that we are a
(strong) company, we should then
certainly be losers.
[12.15] So when they had gone
off with him and agreed that they
should put him down at the bottom of
the pit, and We revealed to him: You
will most certainly inform them of
this their affair while they do not
perceive.
[12.16] And they came to
their father at nightfall, weeping.
[12.17] They said: O our
father! surely we went off racing
and left Yusuf by our goods, so the
wolf devoured him, and you will not
believe us though we are truthful.
[12.18] And they brought his
shirt with false blood upon it. He
said: Nay, your souls have made the
matter light for you, but patience
is good and Allah is He Whose help
is sought for against what you
describe.
[12.19] And there came
travelers and they sent their
water-drawer and he let down his
bucket. He said: O good news! this
is a youth; and they concealed him
as an article of merchandise, and
Allah knew what they did.
[12.20] And they sold him for
a small price, a few pieces of
silver, and they showed no desire
for him.
[12.21] And the Egyptian who
bought him said to his wife: Give
him an honorable abode, maybe he
will be useful to us, or we may
adopt him as a son. And thus did We
establish Yusuf in the land and that
We might teach him the
interpretation of sayings; and Allah
is the master of His affair, but
most people do not know.
[12.22] And when he had
attained his maturity, We gave him
wisdom and knowledge: and thus do We
reward those who do good.
[12.23] And she in whose
house he was sought to make himself
yield (to her), and she made fast
the doors and said: Come forward. He
said: I seek Allah's refuge, surely
my Lord made good my abode: Surely
the unjust do not prosper.
[12.24] And certainly she
made for him, and he would have made
for her, were it not that he had
seen the manifest evidence of his
Lord; thus (it was) that We might
turn away from him evil and
indecency, surely he was one of Our
sincere servants.
[12.25] And they both
hastened to the door, and she rent
his shirt from behind and they met
her husband at the door. She said:
What is the punishment of him who
intends evil to your wife except
imprisonment or a painful
chastisement?
[12.26] He said: She sought
to make me yield (to her); and a
witness of her own family bore
witness: If his shirt is rent from
front, she speaks the truth and he
is one of the liars:
[12.27] And if his shirt is
rent from behind, she tells a lie
and he is one of the truthful.
[12.28] So when he saw his
shirt rent from behind, he said:
Surely it is a guile of you women;
surely your guile is great:
[12.29] O Yusuf! turn aside
from this; and (O my wife)! ask
forgiveness for your fault, surely
you are one of the wrong-doers.
[12.30] And women in the city
said: The chiefs wife seeks her
slave to yield himself (to her),
surely he has affected her deeply
with (his) love; most surely we see
her in manifest error.
[12.31] So when she heard of
their sly talk she sent for them and
prepared for them a repast, and gave
each of them a knife, and said (to
Yusuf): Come forth to them. So when
they saw him, they deemed him great,
and cut their hands (in amazement),
and said: Remote is Allah (from
imperfection); this is not a mortal;
this is but a noble angel.
[12.32] She said: This is he
with respect to whom you blamed me,
and certainly I sought his yielding
himself (to me), but he abstained,
and if he does not do what I bid
him, he shall certainly be
imprisoned, and he shall certainly
be of those who are in a state of
ignominy.
[12.33] He said: My Lord! the
prison house is dearer to me than
that to which they invite me; and if
Thou turn not away their device from
me, I will yearn towards them and
become (one) of the ignorant.
[12.34] Thereupon his Lord
accepted his prayer and turned away
their guile from him; surely He is
the Hearing, the Knowing.
[12.35] Then it occurred to
them after they had seen the signs
that they should imprison him till a
time.
[12.36] And two youths
entered the prison with him. One of
them said: I saw myself pressing
wine. And the other said: I saw
myself carrying bread on my head, of
which birds ate. Inform us of its
interpretation; surely we see you to
be of the doers of good.
[12.37] He said: There shall
not come to you the food with which
you are fed, but I will inform you
both of its interpretation before it
comes to you; this is of what my
Lord has taught me; surely I have
forsaken the religion of a people
who do not believe in Allah, and
they are deniers of the hereafter:
[12.38] And I follow the
religion of my fathers, Ibrahim and
Ishaq and Yaqoub; it beseems us not
that we should associate aught with
Allah; this is by Allah's grace upon
us and on mankind, but most people
do not give thanks:
[12.39] O my two mates of the
prison! are sundry lords better or
Allah the One, the Supreme?
[12.40] You do not serve
besides Him but names which you have
named, you and your fathers; Allah
has not sent down any authority for
them; judgment is only Allah's; He
has commanded that you shall not
serve aught but Him; this is the
right religion but most people do
not know:
[12.41] O my two mates of the
prison! as for one of you, he shall
give his lord to drink wine; and as
for the other, he shall be
crucified, so that the birds shall
eat from his head, the matter is
decreed concerning which you
inquired.
[12.42] And he said to him
whom he knew would be delivered of
the two: Remember me with your lord;
but the Shaitan caused him to forget
mentioning (it) to his lord, so he
remained in the prison a few years.
[12.43] And the king said:
Surely I see seven fat kine which
seven lean ones devoured; and seven
green ears and (seven) others dry: O
chiefs! explain to me my dream, if
you can interpret the dream.
[12.44] They said: Confused
dreams, and we do not know the
interpretation of dreams.
[12.45] And of the two
(prisoners) he who had found
deliverance and remembered after a
long time said: I will inform you of
its interpretation, so let me go:
[12.46] Yusuf! O truthful
one! explain to us seven fat kine
which seven lean ones devoured, and
seven green ears and (seven) others
dry, that I may go back to the
people so that they may know.
[12.47] He said: You shall
sow for seven years continuously,
then what you reap leave it in its
ear except a little of which you
eat.
[12.48] Then there shall come
after that seven years of hardship
which shall eat away all that you
have beforehand laid up in store for
them, except a little of what you
shall have preserved:
[12.49] Then there will come
after that a year in which people
shall have rain and in which they
shall press (grapes).
[12.50] And the king said:
Bring him to me. So when the
messenger came to him, he said: Go
back to your lord and ask him, what
is the case of the women who cut
their hands; surely my Lord knows
their guile.
[12.51] He said: How was your
affair when you sought Yusuf to
yield himself (to you)? They said:
Remote is Allah (from imperfection),
we knew of no evil on his part. The
chief's wife said: Now has the truth
become established: I sought him to
yield himself (to me), and he is
most surely of the truthful ones.
[12.52] This is that he might
know that I have not been unfaithful
to him in secret and that Allah does
not guide the device of the
unfaithful.
[12.53] And I do not declare
myself free, most surely (man's)
self is wont to command (him to do)
evil, except such as my Lord has had
mercy on, surely my Lord is
Forgiving, Merciful.
[12.54] And the king said:
Bring him to me, I will choose him
for myself. So when he had spoken
with him, he said: Surely you are in
our presence today an honorable, a
faithful one.
[12.55] He said: Place me (in
authority) over the treasures of the
land, surely I am a good keeper,
knowing well.
[12.56] And thus did We give
to Yusuf power in the land-- he had
mastery in it wherever he liked; We
send down Our mercy on whom We
please, and We do not waste the
reward of those who do good.
[12.57] And certainly the
reward of the hereafter is much
better for those who believe and
guard (against evil).
[12.58] And Yusuf's brothers
came and went in to him, and he knew
them, while they did not recognize
him.
[12.59] And when he furnished
them with their provision, he said:
Bring to me a brother of yours from
your father; do you not see that I
give full measure and that I am the
best of hosts?
[12.60] But if you do not
bring him to me, you shall have no
measure (of corn) from me, nor shall
you come near me.
[12.61] They said: We will
strive to make his father yield in
respect of him, and we are sure to
do (it).
[12.62] And he said to his
servants: Put their money into their
bags that they may recognize it when
they go back to their family, so
that they may come back.
[12.63] So when they returned
to their father, they said: O our
father, the measure is withheld from
us, therefore send with us our
brother, (so that) we may get the
measure, and we will most surely
guard him.
[12.64] He said: I cannot
trust in you with respect to him,
except as I trusted in you with
respect to his brother before; but
Allah is the best Keeper, and He is
the most Merciful of the merciful
ones.
[12.65] And when they opened
their goods, they found their money
returned to them. They said: O our
father! what (more) can we desire?
This is our property returned to us,
and we will bring corn for our
family and guard our brother, and
will have in addition the measure of
a camel (load); this is an easy
measure.
[12.66] He said: I will by no
means send him with you until you
give me a firm covenant in Allah's
name that you will most certainly
bring him back to me, unless you are
completely surrounded. And when they
gave him their covenant, he said:
Allah is the One in Whom trust is
placed as regards what we say.
[12.67] And he said: O my
sons ! do not (all) enter by one
gate and enter by different gates
and I cannot avail you aught against
Allah; judgment is only Allah's; on
Him do I rely, and on Him let those
who are reliant rely.
[12.68] And when they had
entered as their father had bidden
them, it did not avail them aught
against Allah, but (it was only) a
desire in the soul of Yaqoub which
he satisfied; and surely he was
possessed of knowledge because We
had given him knowledge, but most
people do not know.
[12.69] And when they went in
to Yusuf. he lodged his brother with
himself, saying: I am your brother,
therefore grieve not at what they
do.
[12.70] So when he furnished
them with their provisions,
(someone) placed the drinking cup in
his brother's bag. Then a crier
cried out: O caravan! you are most
surely thieves.
[12.71] They said while they
were facing them: What is it that
you miss?
[12.72] They said: We miss
the king's drinking cup, and he who
shall bring it shall have a
camel-load and I am responsible for
it.
[12.73] They said: By Allah!
you know for certain that we have
not come to make mischief in the
land, and we are not thieves.
[12.74] They said: But what
shall be the requital of this, if
you are liars?
[12.75] They said: The
requital of this is that the person
in whose bag it is found shall
himself be (held for) the
satisfaction thereof; thus do we
punish the wrongdoers.
[12.76] So he began with
their sacks before the sack of his
brother, then he brought it out from
his brother's sack. Thus did We plan
for the sake of Yusuf; it was not
(lawful) that he should take his
brother under the king's law unless
Allah pleased; We raise the degrees
of whomsoever We please, and above
every one possessed of knowledge is
the All-knowing one.
[12.77] They said: If he
steal, a brother of his did indeed
steal before; but Yusuf kept it
secret in his heart and did not
disclose it to them. He said: You
are in an evil condition and Allah
knows best what you state.
[12.78] They said: O chief!
he has a father, a very old man,
therefore retain one of us in his
stead; surely we see you to be of
the doers of good.
[12.79] He said: Allah
protect us that we should seize
other than him with whom we found
our property, for then most surely
we would be unjust.
[12.80] Then when they
despaired of him, they retired,
conferring privately together. The
eldest of them said: Do you not know
that your father took from you a
covenant in Allah's name, and how
you fell short of your duty with
respect to Yusuf before? Therefore I
will by no means depart from this
land until my father permits me or
Allah decides for me, and He is the
best of the judges:
[12.81] Go back to your
father and say: O our father! surely
your son committed theft, and we do
not bear witness except to what we
have known, and we could not keep
watch over the unseen:
[12.82] And inquire in the
town in which we were and the
caravan with which we proceeded, and
most surely we are truthful.
[12.83] He (Yaqoub) said:
Nay, your souls have made a matter
light for you, so patience is good;
maybe Allah will bring them all
together to me; surely He is the
Knowing, the Wise.
[12.84] And he turned away
from them, and said: O my sorrow for
Yusuf! and his eyes became white on
account of the grief, and he was a
repressor (of grief).
[12.85] They said: By Allah!
you will not cease to remember Yusuf
until you are a prey to constant
disease or (until) you are of those
who perish.
[12.86] He said: I only
complain of my grief and sorrow to
Allah, and I know from Allah what
you do not know.
[12.87] O my sons! Go and
inquire respecting Yusuf and his
brother, and despair not of Allah's
mercy; surely none despairs of
Allah's mercy except the unbelieving
people.
[12.88] So when they came in
to him, they said: O chief! distress
has afflicted us and our family and
we have brought scanty money, so
give us full measure and be
charitable to us; surely Allah
rewards the charitable.
[12.89] He said: Do you know
how you treated Yusuf and his
brother when you were ignorant?
[12.90] They said: Are you
indeed Yusuf? He said: I am Yusuf
and this is my brother; Allah has
indeed been gracious to us; surely
he who guards (against evil) and is
patient (is rewarded) for surely
Allah does not waste the reward of
those who do good.
[12.91] They said: By Allah!
now has Allah certainly chosen you
over us, and we were certainly
sinners.
[12.92] He said: (There shall
be) no reproof against you this day;
Allah may forgive you, and He is the
most Merciful of the merciful.
[12.93] Take this my shirt
and cast it on my father's face, he
will (again) be able to see, and
come to me with all your families.
[12.94] And when the caravan
had departed, their father said:
Most surely I perceive the greatness
of Yusuf, unless you pronounce me to
be weak in judgment.
[12.95] They said: By Allah,
you are most surely in your old
error.
[12.96] So when the bearer of
good news came he cast it on his
face, so forthwith he regained his
sight. He said: Did I not say to you
that I know from Allah what you do
not know?
[12.97] They said: O our
father! ask forgiveness of our
faults for us, surely we were
sinners.
[12.98] He said: I will ask
for you forgiveness from my Lord;
surely He is the Forgiving, the
Merciful.
[12.99] Then when they came
in to Yusuf, he took his parents to
lodge with him and said: Enter safe
into Egypt, if Allah please.
[12.100] And he raised his
parents upon the throne and they
fell down in prostration before him,
and he said: O my father! this is
the significance of my vision of
old; my Lord has indeed made it to
be true; and He was indeed kind to
me when He brought me forth from the
prison and brought you from the
desert after the Shaitan had sown
dissensions between me and my
brothers, surely my Lord is
benignant to whom He pleases; surely
He is the Knowing, the Wise.
[12.101] My Lord! Thou hast
given me of the kingdom and taught
me of the interpretation of sayings:
Originator of the heavens and the
earth! Thou art my guardian in this
world and the hereafter; make me die
a muslim and join me with the good.
[12.102] This is of the
announcements relating to the unseen
(which) We reveal to you, and you
were not with them when they
resolved upon their affair, and they
were devising plans.
[12.103] And most men will
not believe though you desire it
eagerly.
[12.104] And you do not ask
them for a reward for this; it is
nothing but a reminder for all
mankind.
[12.105] And how many a sign
in the heavens and the earth which
they pass by, yet they turn aside
from it.
[12.106] And most of them do
not believe in Allah without
associating others (with Him).
[12.107] Do they then feel
secure that there may come to them
an extensive chastisement from Allah
or (that) the hour may come to them
suddenly while they do not perceive?
[12.108] Say: This is my way:
I call to Allah, I and those who
follow me being certain, and glory
be to Allah, and I am not one of the
polytheists.
[12.109] And We have not sent
before you but men from (among) the
people of the towns, to whom We sent
revelations. Have they not then
traveled in the land and seen what
was the end of those before them?
And certainly the abode of the
hereafter is best for those who
guard (against evil); do you not
then understand?
[12.110] Until when the
apostles despaired and the people
became sure that they were indeed
told a lie, Our help came to them
and whom We pleased was delivered;
and Our punishment is not averted
from the guilty people.
[12.111] In their histories
there is certainly a lesson for men
of understanding. It is not a
narrative which could be forged, but
a verification of what is before it
and a distinct explanation of all
things and a guide and a mercy to a
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