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Yusuf 12:21

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِي ٱشۡتَرَىٰهُ مِن مِّصۡرَ لِٱمۡرَأَتِهِۦٓ أَكۡرِمِي مَثۡوَىٰهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوۡ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدٗاۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥ مِن تَأۡوِيلِ ٱلۡأَحَادِيثِۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

The man from Egypt who bought him said to his wife, “Take good care of him, perhaps he may be useful to us or we may adopt him as a son.” This is how We established Joseph in the land, so that We might teach him the interpretation of dreams. Allah’s Will always prevails, but most people do not know.

Word by word

وَقَالَ
waqāla
And said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
ٱلَّذِي
alladhī
the one who
Vocabulary
ٱشۡتَرَىٰهُ
ish'tarāhu
bought him
Vocabulary
Root: شري
مِن
min
of
Vocabulary
مِّصۡرَ
miṣ'ra
Egypt
Vocabulary
Root: مصر
لِٱمۡرَأَتِهِۦٓ
li-im'ra-atihi
to his wife
Vocabulary
أَكۡرِمِي
akrimī
Make comfortable
Vocabulary
Root: كرم
مَثۡوَىٰهُ
mathwāhu
his stay
Vocabulary
Root: ثوي
عَسَىٰٓ
ʿasā
Perhaps
Vocabulary
Root: عسي
أَن
an
that
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يَنفَعَنَآ
yanfaʿanā
(he) will benefit us
Vocabulary
Root: نفع
أَوۡ
aw
or
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نَتَّخِذَهُۥ
nattakhidhahu
we will take him
Vocabulary
وَلَدٗاۚ
waladan
(as) a son
Vocabulary
Root: ولد
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And thus
Vocabulary
مَكَّنَّا
makkannā
We established
Vocabulary
Root: مكن
لِيُوسُفَ
liyūsufa
Yusuf
Vocabulary
فِي
fī
in
Vocabulary
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
l-arḍi
the land
Vocabulary
Root: ارض
وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥ
walinuʿallimahu
that We might teach him
Vocabulary
مِن
min
(the) interpretation of
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تَأۡوِيلِ
tawīli
(the) interpretation of
Vocabulary
Root: اول
ٱلۡأَحَادِيثِۚ
l-aḥādīthi
the events
Vocabulary
Root: حدث
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
غَالِبٌ
ghālibun
(is) Predominant
Vocabulary
Root: غلب
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
over
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أَمۡرِهِۦ
amrihi
His affairs
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وَلَٰكِنَّ
walākinna
but
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أَكۡثَرَ
akthara
most
Vocabulary
Root: كثر
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
(of) the people
Vocabulary
Root: نوس
لَا
lā
(do) not
Vocabulary
يَعۡلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
Vocabulary
Root: علم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.