سورة یُوسُف
Surah Yûsuf 12:9
Joseph · Verse 9 of 111
اقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ أَوِ اطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ قَوْمًا صَالِحِينَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
`So you (had better either) kill Joseph or remove him to some distant land. (In this way) your father´s favour will be exclusively yours. After that you can (repent and) become a pious people.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Slay ye Joseph or cast him out to some (unknown) land, that so the favour of your father may be given to you alone: (there will be time enough) for you to be righteous after that!
Ahmed Ali
Let us kill Joseph or cast him in some distant land so that we may get our father´s exclusive affection; then play innocent."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
(One of them said:) "Kill Joseph, or cast him out in some distant land so that your father’s attention should turn only to you, and after that you may again become righteous people."
Daryabadi
Slay Yusuf or cast him forth to some land; your father´s countenance will be free for you, and ye shall be thereafter a people favoured.
Faridul Haque
"Kill Yusuf or throw him somewhere in the land, so that your father’s attention may be directed only towards you, and then after it you may again become righteous!"
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Slay Joseph or banish him to some (other) land, so that your father
Maulvi Sher Ali
So contrive to kill Joseph or cast him out to some distant land, so that your father's favour may become exclusively yours, and you can thereafter repent and become a righteous people.'
Muhammad Asad
[Said one of them:] "Slay Joseph, or else drive him away to some [faraway] land, so that your father's regard may be for you alone: and after this is done, you will be [free to repent and to live once again as] righteous people!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
Kill Yusuf (Joseph) or cast him out to some (other) land, so that the favour of your father may be given to you alone, and after that you will be righteous folk (by intending repentance before committing the sin).
Muhammad Pickthall
(One said): Kill Joseph or cast him to some (other) land, so that your father's favour may be all for you, and (that) ye may afterward be righteous folk.
Muhammad Sarwar
Some of them suggested, "Let us kill Joseph or leave him somewhere far away from the presence of our father. Only then shall we receive equal treatment and thereafter can become righteous people".
Muhammed ali Shakir
Slay Yusuf or cast him (forth) into some land, so that your father's regard may be exclusively for you, and after that you may be a righteous people.
Rashad Khalifa
Let us kill Joseph, or banish him, that you may get some attention from your father. Afterwards, you can be righteous people.
Shabbir Ahmed
One of them proposed, "Let us slay Joseph or leave him in a distant land. Then your father’s favor will be all for you, and your affairs will be adjusted right for you."
Commentary 12:9 The brothers of Joseph wanted to return to piety after committing a flagrant sin. This is not permissible in the eyes of Allâh. Piety and virtue cannot be…
اقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ أَوِ اطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا مِن بَعْدِهِ قَوْمًا صَالِحِينَ
12:9 The brothers of Joseph wanted to return to piety after committing a flagrant sin. This is not permissible in the eyes of Allâh. Piety and virtue cannot be attained after an intentionally bad act without an extensive period of sincere repentance, prayer and efforts to right the wrong committed,