Surah Yusuf, Ayah 31 (12:31)

يُوسُف

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكًَٔا وَءَاتَتْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدَةٍ …

Quran 12:31 is ayah 31 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 239 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:31
فَلَمَّاسَمِعَتْبِمَكْرِهِنَّأَرْسَلَتْإِلَيْهِنَّوَأَعْتَدَتْلَهُنَّمُتَّكًَٔاوَءَاتَتْكُلَّوَٰحِدَةٍمِّنْهُنَّسِكِّينًاوَقَالَتِٱخْرُجْعَلَيْهِنَّ ۖفَلَمَّارَأَيْنَهُۥٓأَكْبَرْنَهُۥوَقَطَّعْنَأَيْدِيَهُنَّوَقُلْنَحَٰشَلِلَّهِمَاهَٰذَابَشَرًاإِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّامَلَكٌكَرِيمٌ٣١
falammā samiʿat bimakrihinna arsalat ilayhinna wa-aʿtadat lahunna muttaka-an waātat kulla wāḥidatin min'hunna sikkīnan waqālati ukh'ruj ʿalayhinna falammā ra-aynahu akbarnahu waqaṭṭaʿna aydiyahunna waqul'na ḥāsha lillahi mā hādhā basharan in hādhā illā malakun karīmun

So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to Joseph], "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly admired him and cut their hands and said, "Perfect is Allāh! This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."(31)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
  2. سَمِعَتْsamiʿatshe heard
  3. بِمَكْرِهِنَّbimakrihinnaof their scheming
  4. أَرْسَلَتْarsalatshe sent
  5. إِلَيْهِنَّilayhinnafor them
  6. وَأَعْتَدَتْwa-aʿtadatand she prepared
  7. لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
  8. مُتَّكًَٔاmuttaka-ana banquet
  9. وَءَاتَتْwaātatand she gave
  10. كُلَّkullaeach
  11. وَٰحِدَةٍwāḥidatinone
  12. مِّنْهُنَّmin'hunnaof them
  13. سِكِّينًاsikkīnana knife
  14. وَقَالَتِwaqālatiand she said
  15. ٱخْرُجْukh'rujCome out
  16. عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖʿalayhinnabefore them
  17. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
  18. رَأَيْنَهُۥٓra-aynahuthey saw him
  19. أَكْبَرْنَهُۥakbarnahuthey greatly admired him
  20. وَقَطَّعْنَwaqaṭṭaʿnaand cut
  21. أَيْدِيَهُنَّaydiyahunnatheir hands
  22. وَقُلْنَwaqul'nathey said
  23. حَٰشَḥāshaForbid
  24. لِلَّهِlillahiAllah
  25. مَاmānot
  26. هَٰذَاhādhā(is) this
  27. بَشَرًاbasharana man
  28. إِنْinnot
  29. هَٰذَآhādhā(is) this
  30. إِلَّاillābut
  31. مَلَكٌmalakunan angel
  32. كَرِيمٌkarīmunnoble

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