Surah Yusuf, Ayah 20 (12:20)

يُوسُف

وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍۭ بَخْسٍ دَرَٰهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍ وَكَانُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ

Quran 12:20 is ayah 20 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 237 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:20
وَشَرَوْهُبِثَمَنٍۭبَخْسٍدَرَٰهِمَمَعْدُودَةٍوَكَانُوا۟فِيهِمِنَٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ٢٠
washarawhu bithamanin bakhsin darāhima maʿdūdatin wakānū fīhi mina l-zāhidīna

And they sold him for a reduced price - a few dirhams - and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.(20)

Word by word

  1. وَشَرَوْهُwasharawhuAnd they sold him
  2. بِثَمَنٍۭbithamaninfor a price
  3. بَخْسٍbakhsinvery low
  4. دَرَٰهِمَdarāhimadirhams
  5. مَعْدُودَةٍmaʿdūdatinfew
  6. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
  7. فِيهِfīhiabout him
  8. مِنَminaof
  9. ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَl-zāhidīnathose keen to give up

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