Surah Yusuf 12:42 — translation and meaning

يوسف · Verse 42 / 111 · Page 240

وَقَالَ لِلَّذِي ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ نَاجٍ مِّنْهُمَا اذْكُرْنِي عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَاهُ الشَّيْطَانُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِ فَلَبِثَ فِي السِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ

Word by Word

وَقَالَ
waqala
And he said
لِلَّذِي
lilladhi
to the one whom
ظَنَّ
zanna
he thought
أَنَّهُ
annahu
that he
نَاجٍ
najin
(would be) saved
مِّنْهُمَا
min'huma
of both of them
اذْكُرْنِي
udh'kur'ni
Mention me
عِندَ
inda
to
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
your master
فَأَنسَاهُ
fa-ansahu
But made him forget
الشَّيْطَانُ
al-shaytanu
the Shaitaan
ذِكْرَ
dhik'ra
(the) mention
رَبِّهِ
rabbihi
(to) his master
فَلَبِثَ
falabitha
so he remained
فِي
fi
in
السِّجْنِ
al-sij'ni
the prison
بِضْعَ
bid'a
several
سِنِينَ
sinina
years

Transliteration

Wa qaala lillazee zanna annahoo najim minhumaz kurnee 'inda rabbika fa-ansaahush Shaitaanu zikra Rabbihee falabisa fis sijni bad'a sineen

Translation

And he said to the one whom he knew would go free, "Mention me before your master." But Satan made him forget the mention [to] his master, and Joseph remained in prison several years.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Joseph asked the one he considered to be saved of the two, the wine bearer of the king, to mention his story and his situation to the king, so that he might release him from prison. Satan made the man forget to mention Joseph to the king, so he stayed in prison for several years after that.

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

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