Surah Yusuf Ayat 10 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 10
Said a speaker among them, “Do not kill Joseph but throw him into the bottom of the well; some travelers will pick him up – if you would do [something].”
Said one of them: “Slay not Joseph, but if ye must do something, throw him down to the bottom of the well: he will be picked up by some caravan of travellers.”
Thereupon one of them said: “Do not kill Joseph, but if you are bent upon doing something, cast him down to the bottom of some dark pit, perhaps some caravan passing by will take him out of it.”
One from among them said: “Kill not Yusuf (Joseph), but if you must do something, throw him down to the bottom of a well, he will be picked up by some caravan of travellers.”
One among them said: Kill not Joseph but, if ye must be doing, fling him into the depth of the pit; some caravan will find him.
One (Literally: a speaker) of them said, “Do not kill Yûsuf, and cast him into the unseen (bottom) of the pit, (and) (some) travellers will pick him out, in case you are performing (that).”
[Another of them] said, ‘Do not kill Joseph, but, if you must, throw him into the hidden depths of a well where some caravan may pick him up.’
ان میں سے ایک نے کہا یوسف کو قتل تو نہ کرو بلکہ اسے کسی اندھے کنوئیں (کی تہ) میں ڈال آؤ کہ اسے کوئی (آتا جاتا) قافلہ اٹھا لے جائے اگر تمہیں کرنا ہی ہے تو یوں کرو
Quran 12 Verse 10 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Yusuf ayat 10, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(12:10) Thereupon one of them said: “Do not kill Joseph, but if you are bent upon doing something, cast him down to the bottom of some dark pit, perhaps some caravan passing by will take him out of it.”
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Yusuf verse 10 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Yusuf ayat 7 which provides the complete commentary from verse 7 through 10.
Quick navigation links
