Joseph
12. Yūsuf
يوسف
Page #237
12:19
وَجَاءَتْ
سَيَّارَةٌ
فَأَرْسَلُوا
وَارِدَهُمْ
فَأَدْلَى
دَلْوَهُ
قَالَ
يَابُشْرَى
هَذَا
غُلَامٌ
وَأَسَرُّوهُ
بِضَاعَةً
وَاللَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ
بِمَا
يَعْمَلُونَ
wa-jāʾat sayyāratun fa-ʾarsalū wāridahum fa-ʾadlā dalwahū qāla yā-bushrā hādhā ghulāmun wa-ʾasarrūhu biḍāʿatan wa-llāhu ʿalīmun bi-mā yaʿmalūna
Then there came a caravan of travellers: they sent their water-carrier (for water), and he let down his bucket (into the well)... He said: "Ah there! Good news! Here is a (fine) young man!" So they concealed him as a treasure! But Allah knoweth well all that they do!
— Abdullah Yusufali
There came a caravan, and they sent their water-drawer, who let down his bucket. ‘Good news!’ he said. ‘This is a young boy!’ So they hid him as [a piece of] merchandise, and Allah knew best what they were doing.
