Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:15

12:15

فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِى غَيَـٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَـٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

falammā dhahabū bihi wa-ajmaʿū an yajʿalūhu fī ghayābati l-jubi wa-awḥaynā ilayhi latunabbi-annahum bi-amrihim hādhā wahum lā yashʿurūna

So when they took him [out] and agreed to put him into the bottom of the well... But We inspired to him, "You will surely inform them [someday] about this affair of theirs while they do not perceive [your identity]."

— Saheeh International

Then they took him away with them, resolved upon throwing him into the hidden depths of a well- We inspired him, saying, ‘You will tell them of all this [at a time] when they do not realize [who you are]!’-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So, when they took him away and they all agreed to throw him down to the bottom of the well, (they did so) and We revealed to him: "Indeed, you shall (one day) inform them of this their affair, when they know (you) not."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 12Page 237meccan

Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
ذَهَبُوا۟dhahabūthey took him
بِهِۦbihithey took him
وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟wa-ajmaʿūand agreed
أَنanthat
يَجْعَلُوهُyajʿalūhuthey put him
فِىfīin
غَيَـٰبَتِghayābati(the) bottom
ٱلْجُبِّۚl-jubi(of) the well
وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāBut We inspired
إِلَيْهِilayhito him
لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُمlatunabbi-annahumSurely, you will inform them
بِأَمْرِهِمْbi-amrihimabout this affair
هَـٰذَاhādhāabout this affair
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
لَاlā(do) not
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive