Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:42

12:42

وَقَالَ لِلَّذِى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِى ٱلسِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ

waqāla lilladhī ẓanna annahu nājin min'humā udh'kur'nī ʿinda rabbika fa-ansāhu l-shayṭānu dhik'ra rabbihi falabitha fī l-sij'ni biḍ'ʿa sinīna

And he said to the one whom he knew would go free, "Mention me before your master." But Satan made him forget the mention [to] his master, and he [i.e., Joseph] remained in prison several years.

— Saheeh International

Joseph said to the one he knew would be saved, ‘Mention me to your master,’ but Satan made him forget to do this, and so Joseph remained in prison for a number of years.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And he said to the one whom he knew to be saved: "Mention me to your lord (i.e. your king, so as to get me out of the prison)." But Shaitân (Satan) made him forget to mention it to his Lord [or Satan made Yûsuf (Joseph) to forget the remembrance of his Lord (Allâh) as to ask for His Help, instead of others]. So [Yûsuf (Joseph)] stayed in prison a few (more) years.

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

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Word by Word

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
لِلَّذِىlilladhīto the one whom
ظَنَّẓannahe thought
أَنَّهُۥannahuthat he
نَاجٍۢnājin(would be) saved
مِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof both of them
ٱذْكُرْنِىudh'kur'nīMention me
عِندَʿindato
رَبِّكَrabbikayour master
فَأَنسَىٰهُfa-ansāhuBut made him forget
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
ذِكْرَdhik'ra(the) mention
رَبِّهِۦrabbihi(to) his master
فَلَبِثَfalabithaso he remained
فِىfīin
ٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'nithe prison
بِضْعَbiḍ'ʿaseveral
سِنِينَsinīnayears