سوره 12 Yusuf — آیه 78
قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥٓ أَبًۭا شَيْخًۭا كَبِيرًۭا فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
گفتند: اى عزيز، او را پدرى است سالخورده. يكى از ما را به جاى او بگير، كه از نيكوكارانت مى‌بينيم.
qālū yāayyuhā l-ʿazīzu inna lahu aban shaykhan kabīran fakhudh aḥadanā makānahu innā narāka mina l-muḥ'sinīna
کلمه به کلمه
- قَالُوا۟ qālū They said
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O
- ٱلْعَزِيزُ l-ʿazīzu Aziz
- إِنَّ inna Indeed
- لَهُۥٓ lahu he has
- أَبًۭا aban a father
- شَيْخًۭا shaykhan old
- كَبِيرًۭا kabīran [great]
- فَخُذْ fakhudh so take
- أَحَدَنَا aḥadanā one of us
- مَكَانَهُۥٓ ۖ makānahu (in) his place
- إِنَّا innā Indeed, we
- نَرَىٰكَ narāka [we] see you
- مِنَ mina of
- ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ l-muḥ'sinīna the good-doers
تفسیر · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Yusuf's Brothers offer taking One of Them instead of Binyamin as a Slave, Yusuf rejects the Offer
When it was decided that Benyamin was to be taken and kept with Yusuf according to the law they adhered by, Yusuf's brothers started requesting clemency and raising compassion in his heart for them,
(They said, "O `Aziz! Verily, he has an old father...") who loves him very much and is comfor- ted by his presence from the son that he lost,
(so take one of us in his place.), instead of Binyamin to remain with you,
(Indeed we think that you are one of the doers of good.), the good doers, just, and accepting fairness,
(He said: "Allah forbid, that we should take anyone but him with whom we found our property..."), `according to the judgement that you gave for his punishment,
(Indeed, we should be wrongdoers.), if we take an innocent man instead of the guilty man. '