بَعِیۡرٍ
Appears 2 times in Quran
Derived Words (2)
Words derived from the stem "بَعِیۡرٍ".
- of a camel
- shall have a camel-load
Occurrences in Quran
Found 2 verses containing "بَعِیۡرٍ".
وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوۡا مَتٰعَہُمۡ وَجَدُوۡا بِضٰعَتَہُمۡ رُدَّتۡ اِلَیۡہِمۡ ۖ قَالُوۡا یٰۤاَبَانَا مَا نَبۡغِیۡ ۖ ہٰذِہٖ بِضٰعَتُنَا رُدَّتۡ اِلَیۡنَا ۖ وَنَمِیۡرُ اَہۡلَنَا وَنَحۡفَظُ اَخَانَا وَنَزۡدَادُ کَیۡلَ بَعِیۡرٍ ۖ ذٰلِکَ کَیۡلٌ یَّسِیۡرٌ
اردو میں اتنا کہنا کافی ہوتا ہے کہ ان کی پونجی واپس کر دی گئی ہے۔ مگر عربی میں ’’ان کی طرف‘‘ کا لفظ بھی بڑھایا جاتا ہے اس لئے قرآن مجید میں اِلَیْنَا کا لفظ بھی آیا ہے۔ گو اردو کچھ معیوب ہو گئی ہے لیکن ہم نے اس نوٹ کے ساتھ عربی کا لفظی ترجمہ دے دیا ہے۔
قرآن مجید میں کَیْلٌ یَّسِیْرٌ ہے۔ مترجموں نے یہ ترجمہ کیا ہے کہ جو غلّہ ہم اس دفعہ لائے ہیں تھوڑا ہے مگر انہوں نے لُغت نہیں دیکھی۔ یَسِیْرٌ کے معنے آسان یا آسانی پیدا کرنے والے کے بھی ہیں۔ یعنی نعمت۔ ہم نے یہی ترجمہ اختیار کیا ہے اور اس سے مضمون واضح ہوتا ہے۔
A 'camel-load' may not necessarily mean a load put on a camel’s back, but may denote also the load which a camel can ordinarily carry, though it may be loaded on an ass.
Important Words:
نمیر (we shall bring provision) is derived from مار. They say مار اھله i.e. he brought or conveyed wheat or other corn or provision of any kind to or for his family or his household (Lane).
یسیر (easy to obtain) is derived from یسر (yassara) which is again derived from یسر (yasara) which means, he was or became gentle, tractable, submissive, manageable or easy. یسرہ means, he made it easy; he facilitated it. یسر means, little or small in quantity; petty; paltry; of no weight or worth; easy to get; easy and gentle in tractableness, submissiveness or manageableness (Lane). See also 2:220.
Commentary:
Although the Quran does not clearly mention what conveyance was used by Joseph’s brethren in their journey; the words, the measure of a camel-load, used here as well as in 12:73 apparently lead to the inference that they made their journey on camels. But the Bible says that the journey was made on asses; for we read in Gen. 43:24, "And he gave their asses provender." The question which of the two statements is correct can best be answered by finding out which conveyance the Prophet Jacob and his family generally used on their journeys. The Bible itself tells us that the animal which they usually used was the camel (Gen. 31:17).
Moreover, the long and difficult nature of the journey also favours the inference that it was performed on camels. It must, however, be noted that the words "a camel-load" may not necessarily mean a load put on a camel’s back, but may denote only the load which a camel can ordinarily carry, though it may be loaded on asses. In this case the difference between the statements of the Bible and the Quran about the form of conveyance disappears.
1
اردو میں اتنا کہنا کافی ہوتا ہے کہ ان کی پونجی واپس کر دی گئی ہے۔ مگر عربی میں ’’ان کی طرف‘‘ کا لفظ بھی بڑھایا جاتا ہے اس لئے قرآن مجید میں اِلَیْنَا کا لفظ بھی آیا ہے۔ گو اردو کچھ معیوب ہو گئی ہے لیکن ہم نے اس نوٹ کے ساتھ عربی کا لفظی ترجمہ دے دیا ہے۔
2
قرآن مجید میں کَیْلٌ یَّسِیْرٌ ہے۔ مترجموں نے یہ ترجمہ کیا ہے کہ جو غلّہ ہم اس دفعہ لائے ہیں تھوڑا ہے مگر انہوں نے لُغت نہیں دیکھی۔ یَسِیْرٌ کے معنے آسان یا آسانی پیدا کرنے والے کے بھی ہیں۔ یعنی نعمت۔ ہم نے یہی ترجمہ اختیار کیا ہے اور اس سے مضمون واضح ہوتا ہے۔
1567
Important Words:
نمیر (we shall bring provision) is derived from مار. They say مار اھله i.e. he brought or conveyed wheat or other corn or provision of any kind to or for his family or his household (Lane).
یسیر (easy to obtain) is derived from یسر (yassara) which is again derived from یسر (yasara) which means, he was or became gentle, tractable, submissive, manageable or easy. یسرہ means, he made it easy; he facilitated it. یسر means, little or small in quantity; petty; paltry; of no weight or worth; easy to get; easy and gentle in tractableness, submissiveness or manageableness (Lane). See also 2:220.
Commentary:
Although the Quran does not clearly mention what conveyance was used by Joseph’s brethren in their journey; the words, the measure of a camel-load, used here as well as in 12:73 apparently lead to the inference that they made their journey on camels. But the Bible says that the journey was made on asses; for we read in Gen. 43:24, "And he gave their asses provender." The question which of the two statements is correct can best be answered by finding out which conveyance the Prophet Jacob and his family generally used on their journeys. The Bible itself tells us that the animal which they usually used was the camel (Gen. 31:17).
Moreover, the long and difficult nature of the journey also favours the inference that it was performed on camels. It must, however, be noted that the words "a camel-load" may not necessarily mean a load put on a camel’s back, but may denote only the load which a camel can ordinarily carry, though it may be loaded on asses. In this case the difference between the statements of the Bible and the Quran about the form of conveyance disappears.
1391
A 'camel-load' may not necessarily mean a load put on a camel’s back, but may denote also the load which a camel can ordinarily carry, though it may be loaded on an ass.
قَالُوۡا نَفۡقِدُ صُوَاعَ الۡمَلِکِ وَلِمَنۡ جَآءَ بِہٖ حِمۡلُ بَعِیۡرٍ وَّاَنَا۠ بِہٖ زَعِیۡمٌ
بعض لوگ کہتے ہیں کہ ان کا پانی پینے کا برتن تھا۔ لیکن اعلان غلّہ ماپنے کے برتن کا ہوا ہے۔ معلوم ہوتا ہے یوسفؑ نے پانی پینے کا برتن رکھنا چاہا تھا لیکن غلطی سے ماپنے کا برتن رکھا گیا۔ مگر یہ توجیہ غلط ہے کیونکہ صُوَاعَ کا لفظ جو یہاں استعمال ہوا ہے اس کے معنے ماپنے کے برتن کے بھی ہیں اور پانی پینے کے برتن کے بھی۔ پس ایک ہی لفظ کا ترجمہ ماپنے کا برتن بھی ہے اور پانی پینے کا برتن بھی۔
Important Words:
صواع (measuring cup) is derived from صاع. They say, صاع الشیء i.e. he folded or doubled the thing; he twisted it or bent it. صاع الحب means, he measured the corn with the measure known as صاع. صاع القوم means, he incited the people against one another. صاع is a well-known measure for measuring corn, etc. صواع means, a certain measure for measuring corn; a cup of the kind called جام from which one drinks (Aqrab & Lane).
Commentary:
The incident mentioned in this and the contiguous verses has given rise to much controversy. It is absurd to say, as some commentators of the Quran have done, that Joseph first intentionally put the drinking cup into his brother’s sack, and then accused him of theft—an action much below his dignity, inasmuch as it represents him as guilty not only of lying but also of great injustice to his brother. The whole story has originated with the Bible from which some commentators seem to have unthinkingly borrowed it. See Genesis 44:2-15.
The Quran makes the whole matter quite clear. What Joseph is mentioned as having put into his brother’s sack was a سقایة (a drinking cup), while the vessel which was declared by the royal proclaimer to be missing was صواع (a measuring cup). Unlike the سقایة the صواع has here been called صواع الملك i.e. the measuring cup of the King because it was Government property. Joseph had himself put a سقایة (a drinking cup) into his brother’s sack without the latter’s knowledge, that it might be of use to him on the journey. But the صواع الملك i.e. the royal measuring cup which seemed to have been in Joseph’s hand when he was saying farewell to his brother happened to be placed in Benjamin’s sack by mistake, nobody knowing how it found its way there. In search for this precious thing the luggage of the whole caravan was searched, that of Benjamin last of all. But it happened to be found in his luggage along with the سقایة (drinking cup) which Joseph had himself put there. Joseph at once understood how the mistake had occurred, but, thinking that all this was God’s own plan for detaining Benjamin, he judiciously kept silent until the caravan was gone. This is how Benjamin remained behind with Joseph.
1
بعض لوگ کہتے ہیں کہ ان کا پانی پینے کا برتن تھا۔ لیکن اعلان غلّہ ماپنے کے برتن کا ہوا ہے۔ معلوم ہوتا ہے یوسفؑ نے پانی پینے کا برتن رکھنا چاہا تھا لیکن غلطی سے ماپنے کا برتن رکھا گیا۔ مگر یہ توجیہ غلط ہے کیونکہ صُوَاعَ کا لفظ جو یہاں استعمال ہوا ہے اس کے معنے ماپنے کے برتن کے بھی ہیں اور پانی پینے کے برتن کے بھی۔ پس ایک ہی لفظ کا ترجمہ ماپنے کا برتن بھی ہے اور پانی پینے کا برتن بھی۔
1574
Important Words:
صواع (measuring cup) is derived from صاع. They say, صاع الشیء i.e. he folded or doubled the thing; he twisted it or bent it. صاع الحب means, he measured the corn with the measure known as صاع. صاع القوم means, he incited the people against one another. صاع is a well-known measure for measuring corn, etc. صواع means, a certain measure for measuring corn; a cup of the kind called جام from which one drinks (Aqrab & Lane).
Commentary:
The incident mentioned in this and the contiguous verses has given rise to much controversy. It is absurd to say, as some commentators of the Quran have done, that Joseph first intentionally put the drinking cup into his brother’s sack, and then accused him of theft—an action much below his dignity, inasmuch as it represents him as guilty not only of lying but also of great injustice to his brother. The whole story has originated with the Bible from which some commentators seem to have unthinkingly borrowed it. See Genesis 44:2-15.
The Quran makes the whole matter quite clear. What Joseph is mentioned as having put into his brother’s sack was a سقایة (a drinking cup), while the vessel which was declared by the royal proclaimer to be missing was صواع (a measuring cup). Unlike the سقایة the صواع has here been called صواع الملك i.e. the measuring cup of the King because it was Government property. Joseph had himself put a سقایة (a drinking cup) into his brother’s sack without the latter’s knowledge, that it might be of use to him on the journey. But the صواع الملك i.e. the royal measuring cup which seemed to have been in Joseph’s hand when he was saying farewell to his brother happened to be placed in Benjamin’s sack by mistake, nobody knowing how it found its way there. In search for this precious thing the luggage of the whole caravan was searched, that of Benjamin last of all. But it happened to be found in his luggage along with the سقایة (drinking cup) which Joseph had himself put there. Joseph at once understood how the mistake had occurred, but, thinking that all this was God’s own plan for detaining Benjamin, he judiciously kept silent until the caravan was gone. This is how Benjamin remained behind with Joseph.