Surah Yusuf, Ayah 55 (12:55)

يُوسُف

قَالَ ٱجْعَلْنِى عَلَىٰ خَزَآئِنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ إِنِّى حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ

Quran 12:55 is ayah 55 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 242 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:55
قَالَٱجْعَلْنِىعَلَىٰخَزَآئِنِٱلْأَرْضِ ۖإِنِّىحَفِيظٌعَلِيمٌ٥٥
qāla ij'ʿalnī ʿalā khazāini l-arḍi innī ḥafīẓun ʿalīmun

[Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."(55)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. ٱجْعَلْنِىij'ʿalnīAppoint me
  3. عَلَىٰʿalāover
  4. خَزَآئِنِkhazāini(the) treasuries
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖl-arḍi(of) the land
  6. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
  7. حَفِيظٌḥafīẓun(will be) a guardian
  8. عَلِيمٌʿalīmunknowing

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