The Holy Quran 12:62 — Surah Yusuf

Arabic text

وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَـٰنِهِ ٱجْعَلُوا۟ بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ فِى رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَآ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Translation

(To ensure that they would not fail to return a second time because of lack of money) He (Yusuf عليه الصلاة والسلام) said to his attendants, "Place their funds (with which they paid for the food) back into their carriages (bags) so that they recognise it when they return to their families and so that they may come back (happily)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Yusuf's ﵇ kindness to his brothers: that is, [Yusuf ﵇] ordered that the money they had paid for the grain should also be put secretly into their baggage, so that when they reached home, opened their baggage and saw that the price had been returned along with the grain, they would have an even greater incentive to come here again: where else does one find…

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