Text of verse 12:58
وَجَآءَ إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ فَدَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَعَرَفَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ٥٨
Transliteration
wajāa ikh'watu yūsufa fadakhalū ʿalayhi faʿarafahum wahum lahu munkirūna
Translation
And the brothers of Joseph came [seeking food], and they entered upon him; and he recognized them, but he was to them unknown.602
Notes [602] Due to the change in his appearance over the years.
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Rachid Maach Nabil Radwan (Noor International) Muhammad Hamidullah
Isa García Noor International (España) Noor International (Latinoamérica) Julio Cortés
Salomo Keyzer
Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi
محمد جوناگڑھی
Bubenheim & Elias
Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani
Hamza Roberto Piccardo
মুহিউদ্দীন খান
Rowwad Tercüme Merkezi Şaban Piriş Ali Özek ve arkadaşları Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır
Kementerian Agama RI
Mahmud Muhammad Abduh
حسین تاجی گلهداری
Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih
Sherif Ahmeti
Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov
Besim Korkut
馬堅
Ivan Hrbek
Ahsen Böre
三田了一
최영길
Abdul Hameed & Parappoor
Abdulaziz Guroalim Saromantang
Einar Berg
Józef Bielawski
Samir El-Hayek
George Grigore
Эльмир Кулиев
Knut Bernström
ஜான் டிரஸ்ட்
Якуб ибн Нугман
สมาคมนักเรียนเก่าอาหรับ ประเทศไทย
Муҳаммад Содиқ Муҳаммад Юсуф
Verse 58 of Surah Yusuf (12:58), a Meccan surah, is in juz 13, on page 242 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
Tafsir of verse 58
Al-Mukhtasar
The brothers of Joseph came to Egypt with their merchandise, and came before Joseph. He recognised that they were his brothers; but they did not recognise that he was their brother, because of the length of time that had passed and because of how much he had changed, since he had been just a boy when they threw him in the well.
Tafsir of the whole Surah Yusuf
Other translations of verse 58
The brothers of Joseph came and presented themselves before him; he recognized them but they did not know him.
And Yûsuf’s (Joseph) brethren came and they entered unto him, and he recognized them, but they recognized him not.
And Joseph's brethren came and presented themselves before him, and he knew them but they knew him not.
Then came Joseph's brethren: they entered his presence, and he knew them, but they knew him not.
And Yusuf's brothers came and went in to him, and he knew them, while they did not recognize him.
And Yusuf's brothers came. Then they entered to him, and so he recognized them, and they were denying him. (Or: not knowing him)
Verse 58 word by word
وَجَآءَ
wajāa And came ج ي أ
إِخْوَةُ
ikh'watu (the) brothers أ خ و
يُوسُفَ
yūsufa (of) Yusuf
فَدَخَلُوا۟
fadakhalū and they entered د خ ل
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi upon him
فَعَرَفَهُمْ
faʿarafahum and he recognized them ع ر ف
وَهُمْ
wahum but they
لَهُۥ
lahu knew him not
مُنكِرُونَ
munkirūna knew him not ن ك ر
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