Surah Yusuf 12:75 — translation and meaning
يوسف · Verse 75 / 111 · Page 244
ۚ قَالُوا جَزَاؤُهُ مَن وُجِدَ فِي رَحْلِهِ فَهُوَ جَزَاؤُهُ كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الظَّالِمِينَ
Word by Word
ۚ
قَالُوا
qalu
They said
جَزَاؤُهُ
jazauhu
Its recompense
مَن
man
(is that one) who
وُجِدَ
wujida
it is found
فِي
fi
in
رَحْلِهِ
rahlihi
his bag
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
then he
جَزَاؤُهُ
jazauhu
(will be) his recompense
كَذَلِكَ
kadhalika
Thus
نَجْزِي
najzi
(do) we recompense
الظَّالِمِينَ
al-zalimina
the wrongdoers
Transliteration
Qaaloo jazaaa'uhoo manw wujida fee rahlihee fahuwa jazaaa'uh; kazaalika najziz zaalimeen
Translation
[The brothers] said, "Its recompense is that he in whose bag it is found - he [himself] will be its recompense. Thus do we recompense the wrongdoers."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Joseph’s brothers said that the payment for any thief among them was that the person in whose bag the stolen item was found would become the slave of whoever he stole from. This punishment of being made into a slave is the way they punished thieves.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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