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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Yusuf 12:19

Word by word

وَجَآءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا۟ وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَىٰ دَلْوَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ يَـٰبُشْرَىٰ هَـٰذَا غُلَـٰمٌ ۚ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَـٰعَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

And there came a company of travelers; then they sent their water drawer, and he let down his bucket. He said, "Good news! Here is a boy." And they concealed him, [taking him] as merchandise; and Allāh was Knowing of what they did.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وجاءت جماعة من المسافرين، فأرسلوا مَن يطلب لهم الماء، فلما أرسل دلوه في البئر تعلَّق بها يوسف، ففرح وارد الماء وابتهج بالعثور على غلام، وقال: يا بشري هذا غلام نفيس، وأخفى الواردُ وأصحابه يوسفَ عن بقية المسافرين فلم يظهروه لهم، وقالوا: إن هذه بضاعة استبضعناها، والله عليم بما يعملونه بيوسف.

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