Surah Yūsuf (Joseph) in English

1. يا بني اذهبوا فتحسسوا من يوسف وأخيه ولا تيأسوا من روح الله إنه لا ييأس من روح الله إلا القوم الكافرون

   87

   ‘Go, my sons, and look for Joseph and his brother, and do not despair of Allah’s mercy. Indeed no one despairs of Allah’s mercy except the faithless lot.’

   yā-baniyya dhhabū fa-taḥassasū min yūsufa wa-ʾakhīhi wa-lā tayʾasū min rawḥi llāhi ʾinnahū lā yayʾasu min rawḥi llāhi ʾillā l-qawmu l-kāfirūna

2. فلما دخلوا عليه قالوا يا أيها العزيز مسنا وأهلنا الضر وجئنا ببضاعة مزجاة فأوف لنا الكيل وتصدق علينا إن الله يجزي المتصدقين

   88

   Then, when they entered into his presence, they said, ‘O emir! Distress has befallen us and our family, and we have brought [just] a meagre sum. Yet grant us the full measure, and be charitable to us! Indeed Allah rewards the charitable.’

   fa-lammā dakhalū ʿalayhi qālū yā-ʾayyuhā l-ʿazīzu massanā wa-ʾahlanā ḍ-ḍurru wa-jiʾnā bi-biḍāʿatin muzjātin fa-ʾawfi lanā l-kayla wa-taṣaddaq ʿalaynā ʾinna llāha yajzī l-mutaṣaddiqīna

3. قال هل علمتم ما فعلتم بيوسف وأخيه إذ أنتم جاهلون

   89

   He said, ‘Have you realized what you did to Joseph and his brother, when you were senseless?’

   qāla hal ʿalimtum mā faʿaltum bi-yūsufa wa-ʾakhīhi ʾidh ʾantum jāhilūna

4. قالوا أإنك لأنت يوسف قال أنا يوسف وهذا أخي قد من الله علينا إنه من يتق ويصبر فإن الله لا يضيع أجر المحسنين

   90

   They said, ‘Are you really Joseph?!’ He said, ‘I am Joseph, and this is my brother. Certainly Allah has shown us favour. Indeed if one is Godwary and patient Allah does not waste the reward of the virtuous.’

   qālū ʾa-ʾinnaka la-ʾanta yūsufu qāla ʾana yūsufu wa-hādhā ʾakhī qad manna llāhu ʿalaynā ʾinnahū man yattaqi wa-yaṣbir fa-ʾinna llāha lā yuḍīʿu ʾajra l-muḥsinīna

5. قالوا تالله لقد آثرك الله علينا وإن كنا لخاطئين

   91

   They said, ‘By Allah, Allah has certainly preferred you over us, and we have indeed been erring.’

   qālū ta-llāhi la-qad ʾātharaka llāhu ʿalaynā wa-ʾin kunnā la-khāṭiʾīna

6. قال لا تثريب عليكم اليوم يغفر الله لكم وهو أرحم الراحمين

   92

   He said, ‘There shall be no reproach on you today. Allah will forgive you, and He is the most merciful of the merciful.

   qāla lā tathrība ʿalaykumu l-yawma yaghfiru llāhu lakum wa-huwa ʾarḥamu r-rāḥimīna

7. اذهبوا بقميصي هذا فألقوه على وجه أبي يأت بصيرا وأتوني بأهلكم أجمعين

   93

   Take this shirt of mine, and cast it upon my father’s face; he will regain his sight, and bring me all your folks.’

   idhhabū bi-qamīṣī hādhā fa-ʾalqūhu ʿalā wajhi ʾabī yaʾti baṣīran wa-ʾtūnī bi-ʾahlikum ʾajmaʿīna

8. ولما فصلت العير قال أبوهم إني لأجد ريح يوسف لولا أن تفندون

   94

   As the caravan set off, their father said, ‘I sense the scent of Joseph, if you will not consider me a dotard.’

   wa-lammā faṣalati l-ʿīru qāla ʾabūhum ʾinnī la-ʾajidu rīḥa yūsufa law-lā ʾan tufannidūni

9. قالوا تالله إنك لفي ضلالك القديم

   95

   They said, ‘By God, you persist in your inveterate error.’

   qālū ta-llāhi ʾinnaka la-fī ḍalālika l-qadīmi