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Yusuf Surah 12

Verse 95

يوسف

Joseph • makkah

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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

English - Five Volume Translation

English - Short Commentary Translation

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12:95

وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ ٱلْعِيرُ قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ إِنِّى لَأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ ۖ لَوْلَآ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And when the caravan departed, their father said, ‘Surely, I feel the scent of Joseph, even though you take me to be a dotard.’

English - Five Volume Translation

And when the caravan departed, their father said, ‘Surely, I feel the scent of Joseph, even though you take me to be a dotard.’[1594]

Important Words:

تفندون (take me to be a dotard) is derived from فند (fannada) which is derived from فند (fanada) which means, he uttered a falsehood; he committed mistakes in extreme old age; he became weak in judgement by reason of extreme old age. افندmeans, he became weak in intellect or he doted. فندہ (fannada-hu) means, he pronounced him to be an utterer of falsehood; he blamed him; he pronounced his judgement to be weak; مفند (mufannad) is one who is weak in judgement or unsound in mind by reason of extreme old age or disease; one who confounds things in his speech (Lane).

Commentary:

The verse shows that even before the caravan reached home, Jacob told his people that in spite of all appearances to the contrary he hoped to meet Joseph soon; and in order to lend emphasis to his conviction, he added the words "even though you take me to be a dotard" meaning thereby, "you consider this meeting to be an impossibility, being not more than the wishful thinking of an old man, but I know it as a fact and a certainty."

English - Short Commentary Translation

And when the caravan departed, their father said, ‘Surely, I perceive the scent of Joseph, even though you take me to be a dotard.’[1408]

Even before the caravan reached home, Jacob had told his people that, in spite of all appearances to the contrary, he hoped to meet Joseph soon; and in order to lend emphasis to his conviction, he added the words 'even though you take me to be a dotard' meaning thereby, 'you consider this meeting to be an impossibility, being not more than the illusion and wishful thinking of an old man, but I know it as a fact and a certainty.'

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

پس جب قافلہ روانہ ہوا تو ان کے باپ نے کہا یقیناً مجھے یوسف کی خوشبو آرہی ہے خواہ تم مجھے دیوانہ ٹھہراتے رہو۔

French

Et quand la caravane se mit en route, leur père dit : « Assurément, je perçois le parfum de Joseph, bien que vous me preniez pour un radoteur. »

German

Als die Karawane aufgebrochen war, sprach ihr Vater: "Siehe, wahrlich, ich spüre den Geruch Josephs, wenn ihr mich auch für schwachsinnig haltet."

Chinese

当商队 (从埃及) 出发时, 他们的父亲 (向人们) 说: “纵使你们把我看作一个年老昏愦的人, (我也必须说:) 我确已嗅出尤素夫的气味了。”

Italian

E quando la carovana se ne ripartì, il padre disse loro: «Di certo io sento il profumo di Giuseppe, anche se mi prendete per un rimbambito.»

Spanish

Y cuando la caravana hubo partido, su padre dijo: “En verdad, siento el perfume de José, aunque penséis que deliro”.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور جب (ان کا) قافلہ (مصر سے) چل پڑا۔ تو ان کے باپ نے (لوگوں سے) کہا (کہ) ایسا نہ ہو کہ تم مجھے جھٹلانے لگو تو (میں ضرور کہوں گا کہ) مجھے یوسف کی خوشبو ضرور آرہی ہے۔

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

جب یہ قافلہ (مصر سے) روانہ ہوا تو ان کے باپ نے (کنعان میں) کہا "میں یوسفؑ کی خوشبو محسوس کر رہا ہوں، تم لوگ کہیں یہ نہ کہنے لگو کہ میں بڑھاپے میں سٹھیا گیا ہوں"

English - Sahih

And when the caravan departed [from Egypt], their father said, "Indeed, I find the smell of Joseph [and would say that he was alive] if you did not think me weakened in mind."

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اور جب قافلہ روانہ ہوا تو ان کے باپ نے کہا بے شک میں یوسف کی بو پاتا ہوں اگر مجھے دیوانہ نہ بناؤ

English - Talal Itani

And when departed the caravan, their father said, "Indeed, I [I] find (the) smell (of) Yusuf, if not that you think me weakened in mind."

Chinese Commentary ^*

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

So, when the caravan set forth, their father said, 'Surely I perceive Joseph's scent, unless you think me doting.'

English - Maududi

And as the caravan set out (from Egypt), their father said (in Canaan): "Indeed I smell the fragrance of Joseph. I say so although you may think that I am doting."

English - Ahmed Ali

The caravan departed (from Egypt) and Jacob said (at home): "Say not that I am in my dotage, but I get the smell of Joseph."

English - Yusuf Ali

When the caravan left (Egypt), their father said: "I do indeed scent the presence of Joseph: Nay, think me not a dotard."

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

1594

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English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

1408

English - Pickthall

When the caravan departed their father had said: Truly I am conscious of the breath of Joseph, though ye call me dotard.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And when the caravan left (Egypt), their father said: Surely I scent (the power of) Joseph, if you call me not a dotard.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

When the caravan set out from Egypt, their father said to those around him: Were it not that you would call me a dotard, I would say that I certainly perceive the fragrance of Joseph.

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