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Surah Yusuf, Verse 89

سورة يوسف، الآية ٨٩

12:89 Juz 13 Hizb 25 Page 246 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 12:89

قَالَ هَلْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا فَعَلْتُم بِيُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ إِذْ أَنتُمْ جَٰهِلُونَ ۝٨٩

Transliteration

qāla hal ʿalim'tum mā faʿaltum biyūsufa wa-akhīhi idh antum jāhilūna

Translation

He said, "Do you know what you did with Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant?"

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Verse 89 of Surah Yusuf (12:89), a Meccan surah, is in juz 13, on page 246 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 89

Al-Mukhtasar

When he heard their words he felt compassion towards them, and let them know who he was, asking them if they knew what they did to Joseph and his full brother when they were ignorant of the consequences of what they did to them.

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Other translations of verse 89

He said, “Do you know what you did to Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant35?”

Notes

[35] He provided them with a face-saving excuse by saying that they were ignorant for what they did.

He said: "Do you know what you did with Yûsuf (Joseph) and his brother, when you were ignorant?"

He said: Know ye what ye did unto Joseph and his brother in your ignorance?

He said: "Know ye how ye dealt with Joseph and his brother, not knowing (what ye were doing)?"

He said: Do you know how you treated Yusuf and his brother when you were ignorant?

He said, "Do you know what you committed (Literally: what you perfomed with) with Yusuf (Joseph) and his brother as you were ignorant?"

Verse 89 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. هَلْ hal Do
  3. عَلِمْتُم ʿalim'tum you know ع ل م
  4. مَّا mā what
  5. فَعَلْتُم faʿaltum you did ف ع ل
  6. بِيُوسُفَ biyūsufa with Yusuf
  7. وَأَخِيهِ wa-akhīhi and his brother أ خ و
  8. إِذْ idh when
  9. أَنتُمْ antum you were
  10. جَٰهِلُونَ jāhilūna ignorant ج ه ل

Verses related to verse 89

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Nahl 16:119

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    Then, indeed your Lord, to those who have done wrong out of ignorance and then repent after that and correct themselves - indeed, your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.

  • Ash-Sharh 94:5–6

    فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا …

    For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief]. …

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