Verse 12:85 | inQuran

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And he turned away from them and said, ‘O my grief for Joseph!’ And his eyes became white because of grief, and he was suppressing his sorrow.

English - Five Volume Translation

And he turned away from them and said, ‘O my grief for Joseph!’ And his eyes became white because of grief, and he was suppressing his sorrow.[1584]

English - Short Commentary Translation

And he turned away from them and said, ‘O my grief for Joseph!’ And his eyes were filled with tears[1403] because of grief, and he was suppressing his sorrow.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور اس نے ان سے توجہ پھیر لی اور کہا وائے افسوس یوسف پر! اور اس کی آنکھیں غم سے ڈبڈبا آئیں اور وہ اپنا غم دبانے والا تھا۔

French

Et il se détourna d’eux, et dit : « Ô ma douleur pour Joseph ! » Et ses yeux furent remplis de larmes à cause du chagrin qu’il éprouvait et qu’il réprimait.

German

Und er wandte sich ab von ihnen und sprach: "O mein Kummer um Joseph!" Und seine Augen wurden tränenvoll vor Kummer, dann unterdrückte er (seinen Schmerz).

Chinese

他离开他们, (私下祈祷着) 说: “我的养主啊! 关于尤素夫, 我再向你诉苦!” 由于悲伤, 他的眼中充满了泪水, 但他(常) 把自己的悲哀抑藏 (在心里)。

Italian

E volse loro le spalle, e disse: «Oh, come sono afflitto per Giuseppe!» E i suoi occhi si sbiancarono per il dolore e reprimeva la sua angoscia.

Spanish

Y se apartó de ellos diciendo: “¡Qué pena siento por José!” y sus jos se llenaron de lágrimas por la pena que sufría, pues reprimía su dolor”.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور اس نے ان کی طرف سے اپنا رخ پھیر لیا اور (الگ جاکر دعا کی اور) کہا اے (میرے خدا)! یوسف کے واقعہ پر میں پھر فریاد کرتا ہوں۔ اور غم کی وجہ سے اس کی آنکھوں میں آنسو[2] بھر آئے مگر وہ اپنے غم کو (ہمیشہ اپنے دل کے) اندر (ہی) دبائے[3] رکھتا تھا۔

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

پھر وہ ان کی طرف سے منہ پھیر کر بیٹھ گیا اور کہنے لگا کہ "ہا ئے یوسف!" وہ دل ہی دل میں غم سے گھٹا جا رہا تھا اور اس کی آنکھیں سفید پڑ گئی تھیں

English - Sahih

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.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اور اس نے ان سے منہ پھیر لیا اور کہا ہائے یوسف! اور غم سے اس کی آنکھیں سفید ہو گئیں پس وہ سخت غمگین ہوا

English - Talal Itani

And he turned away from them and said, "Alas, my grief over Yusuf!" And became white his eyes from the grief, and he (was) a suppressor.

Chinese Commentary ^*

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

2

قرآن مجید کے لفظ ہیں اِبْیَضَّتْ عَیْنَاہُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ مترجمین نے اس کا ترجمہ یہ کیا ہے کہ آنکھیں سفید ہو گئیں یعنی پتھرا گئیں۔ مگر لغت میں اس جملہ کے معنے آنسوؤں سے آنکھوں کا بھر جانا بھی لکھے ہیں۔ اور وہی ہم نے کیے ہیں۔ کیونکہ نبی کی شان کے یہی مطابق ہیں۔ وہ خدا سے دعا کرتے ہوئے رو پڑتا ہے جیسا کہ ہمارے آقا آنحضرت صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم بھی روتے تھے۔

3

یعنی خداتعالیٰ کے سوا بندوں پر ظاہر نہیں کرتا تھا۔

English - Arberry

And he turned away from them, and said, 'Ah, woe is me for Joseph!' And his eyes turned white because of the sorrow that he choked within him.

English - Maududi

Then he turned his back to them, and said: "O my grief for Joseph!" His eyes whitened with grief and he was choked up with sorrow trying to suppress his grief.

English - Ahmed Ali

He turned away from them and cried: "Alas for Joseph!" And his eyes turned white with grief which he bore in silence.

English - Yusuf Ali

And he turned away from them, and said: "How great is my grief for Joseph!" And his eyes became white with sorrow, and he fell into silent melancholy.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

1584

Important Words:

ابیضت (became white) is derived from بیض which again is derived from باض. They say باضه i.e. he surpassed him in whiteness. بیض means, he whitened a thing or made it white. بیض السقاء means, he filled the skin with water or milk; or, contrarily, he emptied it. ابیض means, it was or became white. The expression ابیضت عیناه من الحزن is used regarding a person who is stricken with grief and means, the world became dark for him or his eyes became white with grief. (Lane & Bihar).

Commentary:

In view of the meaning of the word ابیضت given under Important Words the verse cannot mean that Jacob became blind on account of excessive weeping. The expression ابیضت عیناه من الحزن only means that his eyes became white because of grief; or (according to one meaning of the word) his eyes became filled with tears on account of grief. The interpretation of these words that Jacob’s eyes became blind is evidently wrong for the following reasons: (1) Arabic idiom does not bear it out, for the becoming white of eyes never means their becoming blind. (2) The Quran represents Jacob as displaying extraordinary patience, hinted at in his words when told that Joseph had been devoured by a wolf and also when Benjamin and Judah failed to return to him (vv. 19 & 84). Now, it is a strange sort of patience if he became blind on account of weeping for his sons. (3) It does not at all become a Prophet of God that he should go on bewailing and weeping for any worldly thing, however great, till he becomes blind. (4) The present verse itself tells us that Jacob was کـظیم i.e. he had succeeded in repressing his grief. This shows that he neither wept excessively nor became blind on account of it. (5) The expression ابیضت عیناه is used in Arabic only to express a person’s great grief and sorrow, and is never used about a person’s becoming blind through weeping and wailing.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

1403

Bayyadas-Siqa means, he filled the skin with water or milk. The expression Ibyaddat ‘Aina-hu is used regarding a person who is stricken with grief and his eyes become filled with tears. The verse thus only signifies that the world became dark for Jacob and his eyes became filled with tears on account of grief (Lane, Razi & Bihar).

English - Pickthall

And he turned away from them and said: Alas, my grief for Joseph! And his eyes were whitened with the sorrow that he was suppressing.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And he turned away from them, and said: O my sorrow for Joseph! And his eyes were filled (with tears) on account of the grief, then he repressed (grief).

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Then he turned away from them and made supplication: Lord I appeal to Thee again in the matter of Joseph. His eyes welled up with tears but he did not permit his sorrow to be witnessed by others.

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