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Verse (12:55) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 55th verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph)

Sahih International: [Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."

Pickthall: He said: Set me over the storehouses of the land. Lo! I am a skilled custodian.

Yusuf Ali: (Joseph) said: "Set me over the store-houses of the land: I will indeed guard them, as one that knows (their importance)."

Shakir: He said: Place me (in authority) over the treasures of the land, surely I am a good keeper, knowing well.

Muhammad Sarwar: Joseph said, "Put me in charge of the treasuries of the land. I know how to manage them."

Mohsin Khan: [Yusuf (Joseph)] said: "Set me over the storehouses of the land; I will indeed guard them with full knowledge" (as a minister of finance in Egypt, in place of Al-'Aziz who was dead at that time).

Arberry: He said, 'Set me over the land's storehouses; I am a knowing guardian.'

See Also

Language Research Group
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