Surah Yusuf 12:15 — translation and meaning

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ۚ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا بِهِ وَأَجْمَعُوا أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِي غَيَابَتِ الْجُبِّ وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
فَلَمَّا
falamma
So when
ذَهَبُوا
dhahabu
they took him
بِهِ
bihi
they took him
وَأَجْمَعُوا
wa-ajma'u
and agreed
أَن
an
that
يَجْعَلُوهُ
yaj'aluhu
they put him
فِي
fi
in
غَيَابَتِ
ghayabati
(the) bottom
الْجُبِّ
al-jubi
(of) the well
وَأَوْحَيْنَا
wa-awhayna
But We inspired
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to him
لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم
latunabbi-annahum
Surely, you will inform them
بِأَمْرِهِمْ
bi-amrihim
about this affair
هَذَا
hadha
about this affair
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
لَا
la
(do) not
يَشْعُرُونَ
yash'uruna
perceive

Transliteration

Falammaa zahaboo bihee wa ajma'ooo anyyaj'aloohu fee ghayaabatil jubb; wa awyainaaa ilaihi latunabbi 'annahum bi amrihim haaza wa hum laa yash'uroon

Translation

So when they took him [out] and agreed to put him into the bottom of the well... But We inspired to him, "You will surely inform them [someday] about this affair of theirs while they do not perceive [your identity]."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So Jacob sent Joseph with his brothers. They took him a long distance and were determined to throw him to the bottom of a well. In this condition, I sent revelation to Joseph saying, ‘You will inform them of this act of theirs at a time when they will not realise that it is you’.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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