Surah Yusuf 12:96 — translation and meaning

يوسف · Verse 96 / 111 · Page 247

ۖ فَلَمَّا أَن جَاءَ الْبَشِيرُ أَلْقَاهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَارْتَدَّ بَصِيرًا قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Word by Word

ۖ
فَلَمَّا
falamma
Then when
أَن
an
[that]
جَاءَ
jaa
arrived
الْبَشِيرُ
al-bashiru
the bearer of glad tidings
أَلْقَاهُ
alqahu
he cast it
عَلَى
ala
over
وَجْهِهِ
wajhihi
his face
فَارْتَدَّ
fa-ir'tadda
then returned (his) sight
بَصِيرًا
basiran
then returned (his) sight
قَالَ
qala
He said
أَلَمْ
alam
Did not
أَقُل
aqul
I say
لَّكُمْ
lakum
to you
إِنِّي
inni
indeed, I
أَعْلَمُ
a'lamu
[I] know
مِنَ
mina
from
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
مَا
ma
what
لَا
la
not
تَعْلَمُونَ
ta'lamuna
you know

Transliteration

Falammaaa an jaaa'albasheeru alqaahu 'alaa wajhihee fartadda baseeran qaala alam aqul lakum inneee a'lamu minal laahi maa laa ta'lamoon

Translation

And when the bearer of good tidings arrived, he cast it over his face, and he returned [once again] seeing. He said, "Did I not tell you that I know from Allah that which you do not know?"

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So when the person bearing news came with what would delight Jacob, he lay Joseph’s shirt over his face, and he became able to see again. Then he asked his sons if he had not said to them that he knew about the kindness and grace of Allah in a way that they did not know.

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

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