Surah Yusuf, Ayah 68 (12:68)

يُوسُف

وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَهُمْ أَبُوهُم مَّا كَانَ يُغْنِى عَنْهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن …

Quran 12:68 is ayah 68 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 243 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:68
وَلَمَّادَخَلُوا۟مِنْحَيْثُأَمَرَهُمْأَبُوهُممَّاكَانَيُغْنِىعَنْهُممِّنَٱللَّهِمِنشَىْءٍإِلَّاحَاجَةًفِىنَفْسِيَعْقُوبَقَضَىٰهَا ۚوَإِنَّهُۥلَذُوعِلْمٍلِّمَاعَلَّمْنَٰهُوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ٦٨
walammā dakhalū min ḥaythu amarahum abūhum mā kāna yugh'nī ʿanhum mina l-lahi min shayin illā ḥājatan fī nafsi yaʿqūba qaḍāhā wa-innahu ladhū ʿil'min limā ʿallamnāhu walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

And when they entered from where their father had ordered them, it did not avail them against Allāh at all except [it was] a need [i.e., concern] within the soul of Jacob, which he satisfied. And indeed, he was a possessor of knowledge because of what We had taught him, but most of the people do not know.(68)

Word by word

  1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
  2. دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey entered
  3. مِنْminfrom
  4. حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
  5. أَمَرَهُمْamarahumordered them
  6. أَبُوهُمabūhumtheir father
  7. مَّاmānot
  8. كَانَkānait
  9. يُغْنِىyugh'nīavail(ed)
  10. عَنْهُمʿanhumthem
  11. مِّنَminaagainst
  12. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  13. مِنminany
  14. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  15. إِلَّاillābut
  16. حَاجَةًḥājatan(it was) a need
  17. فِىfīof
  18. نَفْسِnafsiYaqub's soul
  19. يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūbaYaqub's soul
  20. قَضَىٰهَا ۚqaḍāhāwhich he carried out
  21. وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, he
  22. لَذُوladhū(was) a possessor
  23. عِلْمٍʿil'min(of) knowledge
  24. لِّمَاlimābecause
  25. عَلَّمْنَٰهُʿallamnāhuWe had taught him
  26. وَلَٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
  27. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
  28. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
  29. لَاlā(do) not
  30. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

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