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Surah Yusuf, Verse 9

سورة يوسف، الآية ٩

12:9 Juz 12 Hizb 24 Page 236 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 12:9

ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ قَوْمًا صَٰلِحِينَ ۝٩

Transliteration

uq'tulū yūsufa awi iṭ'raḥūhu arḍan yakhlu lakum wajhu abīkum watakūnū min baʿdihi qawman ṣāliḥīna

Translation

Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance [i.e., attention] of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."586

Notes

[586] i.e., You can repent thereafter.

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Verse 9 of Surah Yusuf (12:9), 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.

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It was further said: Kill Joseph or expel him to a far-off land and your father’s attention will be all yours and he will love you completely. After killing him and expelling him, you can be righteous when you repent from your sin.

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Other translations of verse 9

Kill Joseph or cast him out to another land, so that your father’s attention will only be to you; then you will become righteous people4.”

Notes

[4] By repenting thereafter.

"Kill Yûsuf (Joseph) or cast him out to some (other) land, so that the favour of your father may be given to you alone, and after that you will be righteous folk (by intending repentance before committing the sin)."

(One said): Kill Joseph or cast him to some (other) land, so that your father's favour may be all for you, and (that) ye may afterward be righteous folk.

"Slay ye Joseph or cast him out to some (unknown) land, that so the favour of your father may be given to you alone: (there will be time enough) for you to be righteous after that!"

Slay Yusuf or cast him (forth) into some land, so that your father's regard may be exclusively for you, and after that you may be a righteous people.

Kill Yusuf, or banish him to some (other) land, that your father's face may be free (Literally: (void) and empty; i.e., your father will have time for you or pay you more attention (Yusuf ouy of the way) for you, and even after him you will be a righteous people."

Verse 9 word by word

  1. ٱقْتُلُوا۟ uq'tulū Kill ق ت ل
  2. يُوسُفَ yūsufa Yusuf
  3. أَوِ awi or
  4. ٱطْرَحُوهُ iṭ'raḥūhu cast him ط ر ح
  5. أَرْضًا arḍan (to) a land أ ر ض
  6. يَخْلُ yakhlu so will be free خ ل و
  7. لَكُمْ lakum for you
  8. وَجْهُ wajhu (the) face و ج ه
  9. أَبِيكُمْ abīkum (of) your father أ ب و
  10. وَتَكُونُوا۟ watakūnū and you will be ك و ن
  11. مِنۢ min after that
  12. بَعْدِهِۦ baʿdihi after that ب ع د
  13. قَوْمًا qawman a people ق و م
  14. صَٰلِحِينَ ṣāliḥīna righteous ص ل ح

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