The Holy Quran 12:10 — Surah Yusuf

Arabic text

قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِى غَيَـٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ

Translation

One of them (the eldest Juda) said, "Do not kill Yusuf. If you really intend doing something (you should rather) throw him in a dark well so that some travellers may (find him there and) take him away." (Accepting his opinion, they then devised a plan to get Yusuf عليه الصلاة والسلام away from his father.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The proposal of Yahuda: the one who said this was Yahuda. That is, killing is too grave a matter, and our aim can be achieved even without it: if you wish to remove Yusuf ﵇ from here, the easy course is to throw him into some unknown well far from the town. Abu Hayyan has quoted some lexicographers as saying that “ghayabat al-jubb” (the depths of the well)

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