Surah Yusuf 12:10 — translation and meaning
يوسف · Verse 10 / 111 · Page 236
قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِي غَيَابَتِ الْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ السَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ
Word by Word
قَالَ
qala
Said
قَائِلٌ
qailun
a speaker
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
among them
لَا
la
(Do) not
تَقْتُلُوا
taqtulu
kill
يُوسُفَ
yusufa
Yusuf
وَأَلْقُوهُ
wa-alquhu
but throw him
فِي
fi
in
غَيَابَتِ
ghayabati
the bottom
الْجُبِّ
al-jubi
(of) the well
يَلْتَقِطْهُ
yaltaqit'hu
will pick him
بَعْضُ
ba'du
some
السَّيَّارَةِ
al-sayarati
[the] caravan
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
فَاعِلِينَ
fa'ilina
doing
Transliteration
Qaalaa qaaa'ilum minhum laa taqtuloo Yoosufa wa alqoohu fee ghayaabatil jubbi yaltaqithu badus sai yaarati in kuntum faa 'ileen
Translation
Said a speaker among them, "Do not kill Joseph but throw him into the bottom of the well; some travelers will pick him up - if you would do [something]."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
One of the brothers said: Do not kill Yousuf, rather throw him into a well and some passers by may find him and take him, this is a lesser evil if you really want to get rid of him.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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