Joseph
12. Yūsuf
يوسف
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وَقَالَ
الْمَلِكُ
ائْتُونِي
بِهِ
أَسْتَخْلِصْهُ
لِنَفْسِي
فَلَمَّا
كَلَّمَهُ
قَالَ
إِنَّكَ
الْيَوْمَ
لَدَيْنَا
مَكِينٌ
أَمِينٌ
wa-qāla l-maliku ʾtūnī bihī ʾastakhliṣhu li-nafsī fa-lammā kallamahū qāla ʾinnaka l-yawma ladaynā makīnun ʾamīnun
The king said, ‘Bring him to me, I will make him my favourite.’ Then, when he had spoken with him, he said, ‘Indeed today [onwards] you will be honoured and trustworthy with us.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
So the king said: "Bring him unto me; I will take him specially to serve about my own person." Therefore when he had spoken to him, he said: "Be assured this day, thou art, before our own presence, with rank firmly established, and fidelity fully proved!
