Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:54

12:54

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦٓ أَسْتَخْلِصْهُ لِنَفْسِى ۖ فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُۥ قَالَ إِنَّكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِينٌ أَمِينٌ

waqāla l-maliku i'tūnī bihi astakhliṣ'hu linafsī falammā kallamahu qāla innaka l-yawma ladaynā makīnun amīnun

And the king said, "Bring him to me; I will appoint him exclusively for myself." And when he spoke to him, he said, "Indeed, you are today established [in position] and trusted."

— Saheeh International

The king said, ‘Bring him to me: I will have him serve me personally,’ and then, once he had spoken with him, ‘From now on you will have our trust and favour.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the king said: "Bring him to me that I may attach him to my person." Then, when he spoke to him, he said: "Verily, this day, you are with us high in rank and fully trusted."

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

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Word by Word

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuthe king
ٱئْتُونِىi'tūnīBring him to me
بِهِۦٓbihiBring him to me
أَسْتَخْلِصْهُastakhliṣ'huI will select him
لِنَفْسِىۖlinafsīfor myself
فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
كَلَّمَهُۥkallamahuhe spoke to him
قَالَqālahe said
إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawma(are) today
لَدَيْنَاladaynāwith us
مَكِينٌmakīnunfirmly established
أَمِينٌۭamīnun(and) trusted