The Holy Quran 12:65 — Surah Yusuf

Arabic text

وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا۟ مَتَـٰعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا۟ بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى ۖ هَـٰذِهِۦ بِضَـٰعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا ۖ وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ

Translation

When they opened their provisions and found their funds returned to them, they said, "O our father! What more can we want? Here are our funds returned to us (we can now easily afford to return for more food). We shall bring (food) for our family, protect our brother and have an extra camel load (which the minister would not give us without seeing Bin Yaameen for himself). This measure (of grains that we have presently) is inadequate (and we will have to return for more)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, Binyamin's share. that is, such an easy load ought not to be given up. Somehow or other, send Binyamin with us. Some have taken ذٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَّسِيْرٌ (“That is a measure…”) to refer to the grain they had brought the first time, and have taken the word “yasir” in the sense of “little”: that is, what we brought earlier is little compared with our…

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