Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:68

12:68

وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَهُمْ أَبُوهُم مَّا كَانَ يُغْنِى عَنْهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا حَاجَةً فِى نَفْسِ يَعْقُوبَ قَضَىٰهَا ۚ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذُو عِلْمٍ لِّمَا عَلَّمْنَـٰهُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

walammā dakhalū min ḥaythu amarahum abūhum mā kāna yugh'nī ʿanhum mina l-lahi min shayin illā ḥājatan fī nafsi yaʿqūba qaḍāhā wa-innahu ladhū ʿil'min limā ʿallamnāhu walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

And when they entered from where their father had ordered them, it did not avail them against Allāh at all except [it was] a need [i.e., concern] within the soul of Jacob, which he satisfied. And indeed, he was a possessor of knowledge because of what We had taught him, but most of the people do not know.

— Saheeh International

and, when they entered as their father had told them, it did not help them against the will of God, it merely satisfied a wish of Jacob’s. He knew well what We had taught him, though most people do not.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when they entered according to their father’s advice, it did not avail them in the least against (the Will of) Allâh; it was but a need of Ya‘qûb’s (Jacob) inner-self which he discharged. And verily, he was endowed with knowledge because We had taught him, but most men know not.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey entered
مِنْminfrom
حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
أَمَرَهُمْamarahumordered them
أَبُوهُمabūhumtheir father
مَّاmānot
كَانَkānait
يُغْنِىyugh'nīavail(ed)
عَنْهُمʿanhumthem
مِّنَminaagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مِنminany
شَىْءٍshayinthing
إِلَّاillābut
حَاجَةًۭḥājatan(it was) a need
فِىfīof
نَفْسِnafsiYaqub's soul
يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūbaYaqub's soul
قَضَىٰهَاۚqaḍāhāwhich he carried out
وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, he
لَذُوladhū(was) a possessor
عِلْمٍۢʿil'min(of) knowledge
لِّمَاlimābecause
عَلَّمْنَـٰهُʿallamnāhuWe had taught him
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَaktharamost
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow