Text of verse 12:7
لَّقَدْ كَانَ فِى يُوسُفَ وَإِخْوَتِهِۦٓ ءَايَٰتٌ لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ ٧
Transliteration
laqad kāna fī yūsufa wa-ikh'watihi āyātun lilssāilīna
Translation
Certainly were there in Joseph and his brothers signs for those who ask, [such as]
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Verse 7 of Surah Yusuf (12:7), a Meccan surah, is in juz 12, on page 236 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
Tafsir of verse 7
Al-Mukhtasar
In the story of Joseph and his brothers there are lessons and advices for those who ask about the incident.
Tafsir of the whole Surah Yusuf
Other translations of verse 7
In the story of Joseph and his brothers there are lessons for those who seek [them].
Verily, in Yûsuf (Joseph) and his brethren, there were Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) for those who ask.
Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (of Allah's Sovereignty) for the inquiring.
Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (or symbols) for seekers (after Truth).
Certainly in Yusuf and his brothers there are signs for the inquirers.
Indeed in Yusuf and his brothers were already signs for the questioners.
Verse 7 word by word
لَّقَدْ
laqad Certainly
كَانَ
kāna were ك و ن
فِى
fī in
يُوسُفَ
yūsufa Yusuf
وَإِخْوَتِهِۦٓ
wa-ikh'watihi and his brothers أ خ و
ءَايَٰتٌ
āyātun signs أ ي ي
لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ
lilssāilīna for those who ask س أ ل
Hadiths that cite this verse
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3383
فَأَكْرَمُ النَّاسِ يُوسُفُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ابْنُ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ابْنِ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ابْنِ خَلِيلِ اللَّهِ ". قَالُوا لَيْسَ عَنْ هَذَا نَسْأَلُكَ. قَالَ " فَعَنْ مَعَادِنِ الْعَرَبِ تَسْأَلُونِي، النَّاسُ…
Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 16 other versions
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Sahih al-Bukhari 3384
لَهَا " مُرِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ ". قَالَتْ إِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ أَسِيفٌ، مَتَى يَقُمْ مَقَامَكَ رَقَّ. فَعَادَ فَعَادَتْ، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَقَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ أَوِ الرَّابِعَةِ " إِنَّكُنَّ…
Narrated by Ā’ishah
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3385
مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ ". فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَجُلٌ. فَقَالَ مِثْلَهُ فَقَالَتْ مِثْلَهُ. فَقَالَ " مُرُوهُ فَإِنَّكُنَّ صَوَاحِبُ يُوسُفَ ". فَأَمَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي حَيَاةِ…
Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari + 3 other versions
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3386
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Whenever the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) lifted his head from bowing in the last Rakʿah, he used to say: "O Allah, save ʿAyyāsh ibn Abu Rabīʿah. O Allah, save Salamah ibn Hishām. O Allah, save Al-Walīd ibn al-Walīd. O…
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْجِ عَيَّاشَ بْنَ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْجِ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْجِ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْجِ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، اللَّهُمَّ اشْدُدْ…
Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 25 other versions Explained
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3387
يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ لُوطًا، لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ، وَلَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ مَا لَبِثَ يُوسُفُ ثُمَّ أَتَانِي الدَّاعِي لأَجَبْتُهُ "
Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 12 other versions
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Sahih al-Bukhari 3388
وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ حَلَفْتُ لاَ تُصَدِّقُونِي، وَلَئِنِ اعْتَذَرْتُ لاَ تَعْذِرُونِي، فَمَثَلِي وَمَثَلُكُمْ كَمَثَلِ يَعْقُوبَ وَبَنِيهِ، فَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا تَصِفُونَ. فَانْصَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله…
Narrated by Umm Rūmān Umm A’isha + 2 other versions
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Al-Baqarah 2:136
قُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِ وَمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَمَآ أُوتِىَ ٱلنَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ
Say, [O believers], "We have believed in Allāh and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants [al-Asbāṭ] and what was given to Moses and Jesus and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."
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