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Surah Yusuf, Verse 72

سورة يوسف، الآية ٧٢

12:72 Juz 13 Hizb 25 Page 244 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 12:72

قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ ۝٧٢

Transliteration

qālū nafqidu ṣuwāʿa l-maliki waliman jāa bihi ḥim'lu baʿīrin wa-anā bihi zaʿīmun

Translation

They said, "We are missing the measure of the king. And for he who produces it is [the reward of] a camel's load, and I am responsible for it."

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Verse 72 of Surah Yusuf (12:72), a Meccan surah, is in juz 13, on page 244 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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Tafsir of verse 72

Al-Mukhtasar

The caller and his companions, who were with him, said to the brothers of Joseph that they were missing the bowl of the king which they measured with. Whoever produced the bowl of the king before the inspection would get a reward, which would be a camel load, and the speaker guaranteed this to whoever did so.

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Other translations of verse 72

They said, “We are missing the king’s measuring cup. Whoever brings it will have a camel-load [of grain]; and I guarantee it.”

They said: "We have lost the (golden) bowl of the king and for him who produces it is (the reward of) a camel load; and I will be bound by it."

They said: We have lost the king's cup, and he who bringeth it shall have a camel-load, and I (said Joseph) am answerable for it.

They said: "We miss the great beaker of the king; for him who produces it, is (the reward of) a camel load; I will be bound by it."

They said: We miss the king's drinking cup, and he who shall bring it shall have a camel-load and I am responsible for it.

They said, "We are missing the king's tumbler; and whoever comes up with it shall have a camel's burden; and for that I am a (sure) guarantor."

Verse 72 word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟ qālū They said ق و ل
  2. نَفْقِدُ nafqidu We are missing ف ق د
  3. صُوَاعَ ṣuwāʿa (the) cup ص و ع
  4. ٱلْمَلِكِ l-maliki (of) the king م ل ك
  5. وَلِمَن waliman And for (one) who
  6. جَآءَ jāa brings ج ي أ
  7. بِهِۦ bihi it
  8. حِمْلُ ḥim'lu (is) a load ح م ل
  9. بَعِيرٍ baʿīrin (of) a camel ب ع ر
  10. وَأَنَا۠ wa-anā and I
  11. بِهِۦ bihi for it
  12. زَعِيمٌ zaʿīmun (is) responsible ز ع م

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