Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:20

12:20

وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍۭ بَخْسٍ دَرَٰهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍ وَكَانُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ

washarawhu bithamanin bakhsin darāhima maʿdūdatin wakānū fīhi mina l-zāhidīna

And they sold him for a reduced price - a few dirhams - and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.

— Saheeh International

and then sold him for a small price, for a few pieces of silver: so little did they value him.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they sold him for a low price - for a few Dirhams (i.e. for a few silver coins). And they were of those who regarded him insignificant.

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

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Word by Word

وَشَرَوْهُwasharawhuAnd they sold him
بِثَمَنٍۭbithamaninfor a price
بَخْسٍۢbakhsinvery low
دَرَٰهِمَdarāhimadirhams
مَعْدُودَةٍۢmaʿdūdatinfew
وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
فِيهِfīhiabout him
مِنَminaof
ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَl-zāhidīnathose keen to give up