Surah Yusuf, ayah 20
وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍۭ بَخْسٍ دَرَٰهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍ وَكَانُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ
And they sold him for a reduced price - a few dirhams - and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.
Yusuf · 12:20
Word by word
- وَشَرَوْهُwasharawhuAnd they sold him
- بِثَمَنٍۭbithamaninfor a price
- بَخْسٍۢbakhsinvery low
- دَرَٰهِمَdarāhimadirhams
- مَعْدُودَةٍۢmaʿdūdatinfew
- وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
- فِيهِfīhiabout him
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَl-zāhidīnathose keen to give up
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