Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:55

12:55

قَالَ ٱجْعَلْنِى عَلَىٰ خَزَآئِنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ إِنِّى حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ

qāla ij'ʿalnī ʿalā khazāini l-arḍi innī ḥafīẓun ʿalīmun

[Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."

— Saheeh International

Joseph said, ‘Put me in charge of the nation’s storehouses: I shall manage them prudently and carefully.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

[Yûsuf (Joseph)] said: "Set me over the store-houses of the land; I will indeed guard them with full knowledge" (as a minister of finance in Egypt).

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
ٱجْعَلْنِىij'ʿalnīAppoint me
عَلَىٰʿalāover
خَزَآئِنِkhazāini(the) treasuries
ٱلْأَرْضِۖl-arḍi(of) the land
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
حَفِيظٌḥafīẓun(will be) a guardian
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunknowing