12. Sūrat Yūsuf

١٢۔ سُورَةُ يُوسُف

12.14 Joseph's appointment as King's cabinet member.

١٢۔١٤ مقطع في سُورَةُ يُوسُف

quran:12:54

And the king said, "Bring him to me; I will appoint him exclusively for myself." And when he spoke to him, he said, "Indeed, you are today established ˹in position˺ and trusted."  

And the king said, ‘Bring him to me, that I may use him for myself’, that I may make him mine exclusively, with none to share ˹him with me˺. The messenger came to him ˹to Joseph˺ and said, ‘Respond to the king!’, and so he got up and bid farewell to ˹his˺ fellow-prisoners and prayed for them. He then washed himself, put on some good clothes and entered upon him. And when he had spoken with him, he said, to him: ‘Indeed you are on this day in our presence established and trustworthy’, a person of status, entrusted over our affair, so what do you think we should do? He said, ‘Gather food ˹stocks˺ and sow abundantly in these fertile years, then store the corn in its ears. People ˹from far and wide˺ will come to you and ask you to supply them ˹with provisions˺’. He ˹the king˺ said, ‘Whom can I delegate this ˹task˺ to?’
القرآن:١٢:٥٤

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ ائْتُونِي بِهِ أَسْتَخْلِصْهُ لِنَفْسِي ۖ فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُ قَالَ إِنَّكَ الْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِينٌ أَمِينٌ  

{وقال الملك ائتوني به أستخلصه لنفسي} أجعله خالصا لي دون شريك فجاءه الرسول وقال: أجب الملك فقام وودع أهل السجن ودعا لهم ثم اغتسل ولبس ثيابا حسانا ودخل عليه {فلما كلمه قال} له {إنك اليوم لدينا مكين أمين} ذو مكانة وأمانة على أمرنا فماذا ترى أن نفعل؟ قال: اجمع الطعام وازرع زرعا كثيرا في هذه السنين المخصبة وادخر الطعام في سنبله فتأتي إليك الخلق ليمتاروا منك فقال: ومن لي بهذا؟.
quran:12:55

˹Joseph˺ said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."  

He, Joseph, said, ‘Place me in charge of the storehouses of the land, the land of Egypt. I am indeed a skilled custodian’, one worthy of custodianship thereof, and knowledgeable in such affairs — it is also said ˹that he meant˺: ˹I am indeed˺ a ˹competent˺ scribe and accountant.
القرآن:١٢:٥٥

قَالَ اجْعَلْنِي عَلَىٰ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ ۖ إِنِّي حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ  

{قال} يوسف {اجعلني على خزائن الأرض} أرض مصر {إني حفيظ عليم} ذو حفظ وعلم بأمرها، وقيل كاتب حاسب.
quran:12:56

And thus We established Joseph in the land to settle therein wherever he willed. We touch with Our mercy whom We will, and We do not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.  

Thus, in the same way that We were graceful towards Him by delivering him from prison, We established Joseph in the land, the land of Egypt, that he may settle in it wherever he wished, after ˹having suffered˺ hardship and imprisonment. According to the story, the king crowned him, gave him a signet-ring to wear, and appointed him in place of the Court officer, whom he removed from his position, and who later died; and so he ˹the king˺ made him ˹Joseph˺ take the latter’s spouse as a wife. He ˹Joseph˺ discovered that she was ˹still˺ a virgin and she bore him two children. He ˹Joseph˺ established justice in Egypt and people became subject to him. We confer Our mercy on whomever We will and We do not waste the wage of the virtuous.
القرآن:١٢:٥٦

وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَتَبَوَّأُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ ۚ نُصِيبُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا مَنْ نَشَاءُ ۖ وَلَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ  

{وكذلك} كإنعامنا عليه بالخلاص من السجن {مكنَّا ليوسف في الأرض} أرض مصر {يتبوّأُ} ينزل {منها حيث يشاء} بعد الضيق والحبس وفي القصة أن الملك توَّجه وختَّمه وولاه مكان العزيز وعزله ومات بعد، فزوجه امرأته فوجدها عذراء وولدت له ولدين، وأقام العدل بمصر ودانت له الرقاب {نصيب برحمتنا من نشاء ولا نضيع أجر المحسنين}.
quran:12:57

And the reward of the Hereafter is better for those who believed and were fearing Allah.  

Yet the wage of the Hereafter is better, than the wage of this world, for those who believe and are Godfearing. And so the years of drought arrived and afflicted the land of Canaan and Syria.
القرآن:١٢:٥٧

وَلَأَجْرُ الْآخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ  

{ولأجر الآخرة خير} من أجر الدنيا {للذين آمنوا وكانوا يتقون} ودخلت سنو القحط وأصاب أرض كنعان والشام.