Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:35

12:35

ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

thumma badā lahum min baʿdi mā ra-awū l-āyāti layasjununnahu ḥattā ḥīnin

Then it appeared to them after they had seen the signs that he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] should surely imprison him for a time.

— Saheeh International

In the end they thought it best, after seeing all the signs of his innocence, that they should imprison him for a while.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then it occurred to them, after they had seen the proofs (of his innocence), to imprison him for a time.

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

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Word by Word

ثُمَّthummaThen
بَدَاbadā(it) appeared
لَهُمlahumto them
مِّنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَاmā[what]
رَأَوُا۟ra-awūthey had seen
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe signs
لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥlayasjununnahusurely they should imprison him
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
حِينٍۢḥīnina time