Surah Yusuf 12:84 — translation and meaning
يوسف · Verse 84 / 111 · Page 245
وَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَاأَسَفَى عَلَى يُوسُفَ وَابْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ
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وَتَوَلَّى
watawalla
And he turned away
عَنْهُمْ
anhum
from them
وَقَالَ
waqala
and said
يَاأَسَفَى
yaasafa
Alas my grief
عَلَى
ala
over
يُوسُفَ
yusufa
Yusuf!
وَابْيَضَّتْ
wa-ib'yaddat
And became white
عَيْنَاهُ
aynahu
his eyes
مِنَ
mina
from
الْحُزْنِ
al-huz'ni
the grief
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
and he (was)
كَظِيمٌ
kazimun
a suppressor
Transliteration
Wa tawallaa 'anhum wa qaala yaaa asafaa 'alaa Yoosufa wabyaddat 'aynaahu minal huzni fahuwa kazeem
Translation
And he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
He pulled away, turning from them, saying, ‘O my grief for Joseph!’ The blackness of his eyes had become white out of his great mourning for him, because he was filled with grief and sorrow, yet hiding his grief from the people.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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