Quran 12:42

Surah Yusuf, Verse 42

Verse 42 of 111 in Surah Yusuf (يوسف), chapter 12 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

وَقَالَ لِلَّذِى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِى ٱلسِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ

EnglishSaheeh International
And he said to the one whom he knew would go free, "Mention me before your master." But Satan made him forget the mention [to] his master, and he [i.e., Joseph] remained in prison several years.
TamilJan Trust Foundation
அவ்விருவரில் யார் விடுதலை அடைவார் என்று எண்ணினாரோ அவரிடம், "என்னைப் பற்றி உம் எஜமானனிடம் கூறுவீராக!" என்றும் சொன்னார்; ஆனால் (சிறையிலிருந்து விடுதவையாகிய) அவர் தம் எஜமானனிடம் (இதைப் பற்றிக்) கூறுவதிலிருந்து ஷைத்தான் அவரை மறக்கடித்து விட்டான்; ஆகவே அவர் சிறைக்கூடத்தில் (பின்னும்) சில ஆண்டுகள் இருக்க வேண்டியாவரானார்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center
තවද ඔවුන් දෙදෙනාගෙන් සැබැවින් ම මොහු නිදහස් වනු ඇතැයි සිතූ පුද්ගලයා අමතා, ‘නුඹේ ස්වාමියා අබියස මා ගැන මතක් කරන්න’ යැයි ඔහු (යූසුෆ්) පැවසුවේ ය. එහෙත් තම ස්වාමියා වෙත මෙනෙහි කිරීමට ෂෙයිතාන් ඔහුට අමතක කර දැමී ය. එහෙයින් ඔහු (තවත්) වසර කිහිපයක් සිරගෙහි රැඳුණේ ය.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
اور جس کی نسبت یوسف کا گمان تھا کہ ان دونوں میں سے یہ چھوٹ جائے گا اس سے کہا کہ اپنے بادشاه سے میرا ذکر بھی کر دینا، پھر اسے شیطان نے اپنے بادشاه سے ذکر کرنا بھلا دیا اور یوسف نے کئی سال قیدخانے میں ہی کاٹے.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
そして2人の中,釈放されると思われる者に言った。「あなたの主人にわたしのことを告げなさい。」だが悪魔は,かれがかれ(ユースフ)のことをその主人に告げるのを忘れさせた。それでかれは,なお数年間獄中に留まった。
ChineseMa Jian
他对两人中预料将会获释的人说:请你在你主人面前替我申冤。但恶魔使他忘记在他主人面前替优素福申冤,以至他在监里坐了几年。

Tafsir of 12:42

Yusuf asks the King's Distiller to mention Him to the King Yusuf knew that the distiller would be saved. So discretely, so that the other man's suspicion that he would be crucified would not intensify, he said, اذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ (Mention me to your King.) asking him to mention his story to the king. That man forgot Yusuf's request and did not mention his story to the king, a plot from the devil, so that Allah's Prophet would not leave the prison. This is the correct meaning of, فَأَنْسَاهُ الشَّيْطَنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِ (But Shaytan made him forget to mention it to his master.) that it refers to the man who was saved. As was said by Mujahid, Muhammad bin Ishaq and several others. As for, `a few years', or, Bida` in Arabic, it means between three and nine, according to Mujahid and Qatadah. Wahb bin Munabbih said, "Ayyub suffered from the illness for seven years, Yusuf remained in prison for seven years and Bukhtanassar (Nebuchadnezzar - Chaldean king of Babylon) was tormented for seven years."

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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