Surah Yusuf 12:35 — translation and meaning

يوسف · Verse 35 / 111 · Page 239

ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا رَأَوُا الْآيَاتِ لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُ حَتَّى حِينٍ

Word by Word

ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
بَدَا
bada
(it) appeared
لَهُم
lahum
to them
مِّن
min
after
بَعْدِ
ba'di
after
مَا
ma
[what]
رَأَوُا
ra-awu
they had seen
الْآيَاتِ
al-ayati
the signs
لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُ
layasjununnahu
surely they should imprison him
حَتَّى
hatta
until
حِينٍ
hinin
a time

Transliteration

Summa badaa lahum mim ba'di maa ra-awul Aayaati layasjununnahoo hatta heen

Translation

Then it appeared to them after they had seen the signs that al-'Azeez should surely imprison him for a time.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Then the view of the minister and his people, after they had seen evidence of his innocence, was that they should put him in prison for an unknown period, so that the scandal was not exposed.

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

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