Surah Yusuf, Ayah 90 (12:90)

يُوسُف

قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ يُوسُفُ وَهَٰذَآ أَخِى ۖ قَدْ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ …

Quran 12:90 is ayah 90 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 246 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:90
قَالُوٓا۟أَءِنَّكَلَأَنتَيُوسُفُ ۖقَالَأَنَا۠يُوسُفُوَهَٰذَآأَخِى ۖقَدْمَنَّٱللَّهُعَلَيْنَآ ۖإِنَّهُۥمَنيَتَّقِوَيَصْبِرْفَإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايُضِيعُأَجْرَٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ٩٠
qālū a-innaka la-anta yūsufu qāla anā yūsufu wahādhā akhī qad manna l-lahu ʿalaynā innahu man yattaqi wayaṣbir fa-inna l-laha lā yuḍīʿu ajra l-muḥ'sinīna

They said, "Are you indeed Joseph?" He said, "I am Joseph, and this is my brother. Allāh has certainly favored us. Indeed, he who fears Allāh and is patient, then indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good."(90)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
  2. أَءِنَّكَa-innakaAre you indeed
  3. لَأَنتَla-antasurely you
  4. يُوسُفُ ۖyūsufuYusuf
  5. قَالَqālaHe said
  6. أَنَا۠anāI am
  7. يُوسُفُyūsufuYusuf
  8. وَهَٰذَآwahādhāand this
  9. أَخِى ۖakhī(is) my brother
  10. قَدْqadIndeed
  11. مَنَّmannaAllah has been gracious
  12. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has been gracious
  13. عَلَيْنَآ ۖʿalaynāto us
  14. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
  15. مَنmanwho
  16. يَتَّقِyattaqifears Allah
  17. وَيَصْبِرْwayaṣbirand (is) patient
  18. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
  19. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  20. لَاlā(does) not
  21. يُضِيعُyuḍīʿulet go waste
  22. أَجْرَajra(the) reward
  23. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doers

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