Surah Yusuf, ayah 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
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.
Yusuf · 12:68
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
- قَضَىٰهَا ۚqaḍāhāwhich 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
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