وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا۟ مَتَٰعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا۟ بِضَٰعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا …

Quran 12:65 is ayah 65 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 243 of the Madani Mushaf.

Juz 13
Hizb 25
Page 243
Ruku 8
Revealed Mecca

12:65

وَلَمَّافَتَحُوا۟مَتَٰعَهُمْوَجَدُوا۟بِضَٰعَتَهُمْرُدَّتْإِلَيْهِمْ ۖقَالُوا۟يَٰٓأَبَانَامَانَبْغِى ۖهَٰذِهِۦبِضَٰعَتُنَارُدَّتْإِلَيْنَا ۖوَنَمِيرُأَهْلَنَاوَنَحْفَظُأَخَانَاوَنَزْدَادُكَيْلَبَعِيرٍ ۖذَٰلِكَكَيْلٌيَسِيرٌ٦٥

walammā fataḥū matāʿahum wajadū biḍāʿatahum ruddat ilayhim qālū yāabānā mā nabghī hādhihi biḍāʿatunā ruddat ilaynā wanamīru ahlanā wanaḥfaẓu akhānā wanazdādu kayla baʿīrin dhālika kaylun yasīrun

And when they opened their baggage, they found their merchandise returned to them. They said, "O our father, what [more] could we desire? This is our merchandise returned to us. And we will obtain supplies [i.e., food] for our family and protect our brother and obtain an increase of a camel's load; that is an easy measurement."(65)

Word by word

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
فَتَحُوا۟fataḥūthey opened
مَتَٰعَهُمْmatāʿahumtheir baggage
وَجَدُوا۟wajadūthey found
بِضَٰعَتَهُمْbiḍāʿatahumtheir merchandise
رُدَّتْruddatreturned
إِلَيْهِمْ ۖilayhimto them
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāO our father
مَاmāWhat
نَبْغِى ۖnabghī(could) we desire
هَٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
بِضَٰعَتُنَاbiḍāʿatunā(is) our merchandise
رُدَّتْruddatreturned
إِلَيْنَا ۖilaynāto us
وَنَمِيرُwanamīruAnd we will get provision
أَهْلَنَاahlanā(for) our family
وَنَحْفَظُwanaḥfaẓuand we will protect
أَخَانَاakhānāour brother
وَنَزْدَادُwanazdāduand get an increase
كَيْلَkaylameasure
بَعِيرٍ ۖbaʿīrin(of) a camel's (load)
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
كَيْلٌkaylun(is) a measurement
يَسِيرٌyasīruneasy

Tafsir (commentary) of 12:65

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This commentary explains ayahs 12:65–66 together.

They find Their Money returned to Their Bags

Allah says, when Yusuf's brothers opened their bags, they found their merchandise inside them, for Yusuf had ordered his servants to return it to their bags. When they found their merchandise in their bags,

قَالُواْ يأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى

(They said: "O our father! What (more) can we desire..."), what more can we ask for,

هَـذِهِ بِضَـعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا

(This, our money has been returned to us;) Qatadah commented (that they said), "What more can we ask for, our merchandise was returned to us and the `Aziz has given us the sufficient load we wanted" They said next,

وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا

(so we shall get (more) food for our family,), `if you send our brother with us the next time we go to buy food for our family,'

وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ

(and we shall guard our brother and add one more measure of a camel's load.) since Yusuf, peace be upon him, gave each man a camel's load of corn.

ذلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ

(This quantity is easy (for the king to give).) They said these words to make their case more appealing, saying that taking their brother with them is worth this gain,

قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّى تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ اللَّهِ

(He Ya`qub (Jacob) said: "I will not send him with you until you swear a solemn oath to me in Allah's Name..."), until you swear by Allah with the strongest oath,

لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِ إِلاَّ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ

(that you will bring him back to me unless you are yourselves surrounded (by enemies)), unless you were all overwhelmed and were unable to rescue him,

فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ

(And when they had sworn their solemn oath), he affirmed it further, saying,

اللَّهُ عَلَى مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ

(Allah is the Witness to what we have said.) Ibn Ishaq commented, "Ya`qub did that because he had no choice but to send them to bring necessary food supplies for their survival. So he sent Binyamin with them."

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