Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:19

12:19

وَجَآءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا۟ وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَىٰ دَلْوَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ يَـٰبُشْرَىٰ هَـٰذَا غُلَـٰمٌ ۚ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَـٰعَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

wajāat sayyāratun fa-arsalū wāridahum fa-adlā dalwahu qāla yābush'rā hādhā ghulāmun wa-asarrūhu biḍāʿatan wal-lahu ʿalīmun bimā yaʿmalūna

And there came a company of travelers; then they sent their water drawer, and he let down his bucket. He said, "Good news! Here is a boy." And they concealed him, [taking him] as merchandise; and Allāh was Knowing of what they did.

— Saheeh International

Some travellers came by. They sent someone to draw water and he let down his bucket. ‘Good news!’ he exclaimed. ‘Here is a boy!’ They hid him like a piece of merchandise- God was well aware of what they did-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And there came a caravan of travellers and they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his bucket (into the well). He said: "What good news! Here is a boy." So they hid him as merchandise (a slave). And Allâh was the All-Knower of what they did.

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

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Word by Word

وَجَآءَتْwajāatAnd there came
سَيَّارَةٌۭsayyāratuna caravan
فَأَرْسَلُوا۟fa-arsalūand they sent
وَارِدَهُمْwāridahumtheir water drawer
فَأَدْلَىٰfa-adlāthen he let down
دَلْوَهُۥۖdalwahuhis bucket
قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰبُشْرَىٰyābush'rāO good news
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
غُلَـٰمٌۭۚghulāmun(is) a boy
وَأَسَرُّوهُwa-asarrūhuAnd they hid him
بِضَـٰعَةًۭۚbiḍāʿatan(as) a merchandise
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
بِمَاbimāof what
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do