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Surah Yusuf, Verse 69

سورة يوسف، الآية ٦٩

12:69 Juz 13 Hizb 25 Page 243 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 12:69

وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَخَاهُ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ أَخُوكَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ۝٦٩

Transliteration

walammā dakhalū ʿalā yūsufa āwā ilayhi akhāhu qāla innī anā akhūka falā tabta-is bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

Translation

And when they entered upon Joseph, he took his brother to himself; he said, "Indeed, I am your brother, so do not despair over what they used to do [to me]."

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Verse 69 of Surah Yusuf (12:69), a Meccan surah, is in juz 13, on page 243 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Al-Mukhtasar

When the brothers of Joseph came before him, together with his full brother, he drew his full brother close to him and said to him privately that he was his brother Joseph, and that he should not feel sad about the reckless behaviour of his other brothers, hurting and resenting the two of them, and throwing Joseph in the well.

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Other translations of verse 69

When they came into Joseph’s presence, he called his brother [Benjamin] aside, and said, “I am indeed your brother, so do not be saddened by their past actions.”

And when they went in before Yûsuf (Joseph), he took his brother (Benjamin) to himself and said: "Verily! I am your brother, so grieve not for what they used to do."

And when they went in before Joseph, he took his brother unto him, saying: Lo! I, even I, am thy brother, therefore sorrow not for what they did.

Now when they came into Joseph's presence, he received his (full) brother to stay with him. He said (to him): "Behold! I am thy (own) brother; so grieve not at aught of their doings."

And when they went in to Yusuf. he lodged his brother with himself, saying: I am your brother, therefore grieve not at what they do.

And soon as they entered to Yusuf, (Joseph) he gave an abode to his brother (saying), "Surely I, even I, am your brother; so do not feel chagrined by whatever were doing."

Verse 69 word by word

  1. وَلَمَّا walammā And when
  2. دَخَلُوا۟ dakhalū they entered د خ ل
  3. عَلَىٰ ʿalā upon
  4. يُوسُفَ yūsufa Yusuf
  5. ءَاوَىٰٓ āwā he took أ و ي
  6. إِلَيْهِ ilayhi to himself
  7. أَخَاهُ akhāhu his brother أ خ و
  8. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  9. إِنِّىٓ innī Indeed, I
  10. أَنَا۠ anā [I] am
  11. أَخُوكَ akhūka your brother أ خ و
  12. فَلَا falā so (do) not
  13. تَبْتَئِسْ tabta-is grieve ب أ س
  14. بِمَا bimā for what
  15. كَانُوا۟ kānū they used (to) ك و ن
  16. يَعْمَلُونَ yaʿmalūna do ع م ل

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  • Al-Waqi’ah 56:24

    جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    As reward for what they used to do.

  • Yusuf 12:99

    فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَبَوَيْهِ وَقَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مِصْرَ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ءَامِنِينَ

    And when they entered upon Joseph, he took his parents to himself [i.e., embraced them] and said, "Enter Egypt, Allāh willing, safe [and secure]."

  • Hud 11:36

    وَأُوحِىَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُۥ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدْ ءَامَنَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

    And it was revealed to Noah that, "No one will believe from your people except those who have already believed, so do not be distressed by what they have been doing.

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