Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:50

12:50

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُ ٱلرَّسُولُ قَالَ ٱرْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَسْـَٔلْهُ مَا بَالُ ٱلنِّسْوَةِ ٱلَّـٰتِى قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌ

waqāla l-maliku i'tūnī bihi falammā jāahu l-rasūlu qāla ir'jiʿ ilā rabbika fasalhu mā bālu l-nis'wati allātī qaṭṭaʿna aydiyahunna inna rabbī bikaydihinna ʿalīmun

And the king said, "Bring him to me." But when the messenger came to him, [Joseph] said, "Return to your master and ask him what is the case of the women who cut their hands. Indeed, my Lord is Knowing of their plan."

— Saheeh International

The king said, ‘Bring him to me,’ but when the messenger came to fetch Joseph, he said, ‘Go back to your master and ask him about what happened to those women who cut their hands- my Lord knows all about their treachery.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the king said: "Bring him to me." But when the messenger came to him, [Yûsuf (Joseph)] said: "Return to your lord and ask him, ‘What happened to the women who cut their hands? Surely, my Lord (Allâh) is Well-Aware of their plot.’"

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

Juz 12Page 241meccan

Word by Word

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuthe king
ٱئْتُونِىi'tūnīBring him to me
بِهِۦۖbihiBring him to me
فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
جَآءَهُjāahucame to him
ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe messenger
قَالَqālahe said
ٱرْجِعْir'jiʿReturn
إِلَىٰilāto
رَبِّكَrabbikayour lord
فَسْـَٔلْهُfasalhuand ask him
مَاmāwhat
بَالُbālu(is the) case
ٱلنِّسْوَةِl-nis'wati(of) the women
ٱلَّـٰتِىallātīwho
قَطَّعْنَqaṭṭaʿnacut
أَيْدِيَهُنَّۚaydiyahunnatheir hands
إِنَّinnaIndeed
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
بِكَيْدِهِنَّbikaydihinnaof their plot
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knower