Stem کَذِبٍ - Quranic Morphology

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said, ‘Nay, but your souls have made a great thing appear light in your eyes. So now comely patience is good for me. And it is Allah alone Whose help is to be sought against what you assert.’

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور وہ اس کی قمیص پر جھوٹا خون لگا لائے۔ اس نے کہا بلکہ تمہارے نفوس نے ایک بہت سنگین بات تمہارے لئے معمولی اور آسان بنا دی ہے۔ پس صبرجمیل(کے سوا میں کیا کر سکتا ہوں) اور اللہ ہی ہے جس سے اس (بات) پر مدد مانگی جائے جو تم بیان کرتے ہو۔

French

Et ils vinrent avec du faux sang sur sa chemise. Il dit : « Non mais votre esprit a fait que cet acte énorme vous paraisse ordinaire. Aussi, je ferai preuve d’une patience bienséante. Et c’est seulement Allāh dont l’aide doit être invoquée contre ce que vous affirmez. »

German

Sie hatten falsches Blut auf sein Hemd gebracht. Er sprach: "Nein; eure Seelen haben euch etwas vorgespiegelt. So (obliegt mir nun) geziemende Geduld. Und Allah ist um Hilfe anzurufen wider das, was ihr erzählt."

Chinese

他们带来了他的染着假血的衬衫(给他们的父亲看)。[a]他说: “(这不是事情的真象, 而是) 你们把自己所做的 (恶) 事显示得美丽。现在我只得好好地忍耐。对你们所叙述的, 只有求安拉援助。”

Italian

E vennero con la sua tunica intrisa di finto sangue. Egli rispose: «No, ma le vostre menti vi hanno fatto sembrare attraente questa azione peccaminosa. Così ora mi converrà esercitare una dignitosa pazienza. E posso invocare solo l'aiuto di Allah contro quanto mi avete raccontato.»

Spanish

Y llegaron con sangre falsa en su túnica. Dijo: “No, aunque uestras mentes hayan hecho que este acto pecaminoso os sea atractivo. Ahora la bella paciencia es buena para mí. Pues sólo a Al-lah debe pedirse ayuda contra lo que afirmáis”.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور (اسے یقین دلانے کے لئے) وہ اس کے کرتے پر جھوٹا خون لگا لائے (جسے دیکھ کر) اس نے کہا (یہ بات درست نہیں) بلکہ تمہارے نفسوں نے تمہارے لئے ایک (ایسی بری) بات کو خوبصورت کرکے دکھلایا ہے (جسے تم کر گذرے ہو) اب اچھی طرح صبر کرنا (ہی میرے لئے مناسب) ہے اور جو بات تم بیان کرتے ہو اس (کے تدارک) کے لئے اللہ ہی سے مدد مانگی جا سکتی ہے (اور اسی سے مانگی جائے گی)۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

And they came with false blood on his shirt. [a]He said, ‘This what you say is not true but your souls have made a great thing appear light in your eyes.[1367] So comely patience is now called for. And it is Allah alone Whose help is to be sought against what you assert.’

English - Five Volume Translation

And they came with false blood on his shirt. [a]He said, ‘Nay, but your souls have made a great thing appear light in your eyes. So now comely patience is good for me. And it is Allah alone Whose help is to be sought against what you assert.’[1522]

12:84.

Important Words:

کذب (false) really means either a lie or a falsehood or the act of telling a lie, but here it is used in the sense of مکذوب i.e. false or that about which a lie is uttered (Lane).

سولت (made a great thing appear light) is derived from سال. The verb سول (sawila) of which the aorist is یسول means, he or it was or became lax, flaccid or uncompact; or it hung down loosely; or it was or became pendent or pendulous. They say سول له الشیطان i.e. Satan led him into error; or he facilitated to him the commission of great sins; or he incited him to indulgence in lusts; or he made the commission of great sins appear small in his eyes. The Arabic expression سولت له نفسه امراmeans, his soul embellished or commended to him a thing or an affair; or his soul made it appear easy to him; or made it appear as a light matter in his eyes; or pictured to him what is foul as goodly (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

This verse alludes to another point of difference between the Quranic account and the Biblical version. According to the Bible, Jacob believed the report of his sons to be true and declared that Joseph had really been "rent in pieces" by a wolf (Gen. 37:33); while the Quran says that he regarded their report as a concocted story. Other parts of the Bible, however, support the Quranic version. In Gen. 44:28 we have: And the one (child) went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since. If Jacob was really convinced that Joseph had been torn in pieces, the sentence, "I saw him not since" becomes quite meaningless. These words clearly show that in his heart of hearts Jacob thought Joseph to be alive, though for the time being he yielded to the inevitable.

The Talmud also agrees with the Quranic account and says that Jacob did not believe the statement of his sons to be true and that he was told in a vision that Joseph was alive (Jew. Enc.).

The verse provides another point of resemblance between Joseph and the Holy Prophet. Just as Joseph’s brothers falsely declared that he had been slain, similarly, the Quraish falsely announced first at Uhud and then at Mecca that the Prophet had been killed, with the difference that whereas Joseph’s brethren spoke of Joseph as having been killed by a wolf, the Quraish asserted that they had themselves killed the Holy Prophet. This is the tenth point of resemblance between the Holy Prophet and Joseph.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

اور وہ یوسفؑ کے قمیص پر جھوٹ موٹ کا خون لگا کر آئے تھے یہ سن کر ان کے باپ نے کہا "بلکہ تمہارے نفس نے تمہارے لیے ایک بڑے کام کو آسان بنا دیا اچھا، صبر کروں گا اور بخوبی کروں گا، جو بات تم بنا رہے ہو اس پر اللہ ہی سے مدد مانگی جا سکتی ہے"

English - Sahih

And they brought upon his shirt false blood. [Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. And Allah is the one sought for help against that which you describe."

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اور اسی کے کرتے پر جھوٹ موٹ کا خون بھی لگا لائے اس نے کہا نہیں بلکہ تم نے دل سے ایک بات بنائی ہے اب صبر ہی بہتر ہے اورالله ہی سے مدد مانگتا ہوں اس بات پر جو تم بیان کر تے ہو

English - Talal Itani

And they brought upon his shirt with false blood. He said, "Nay, has enticed you your souls (to) a matter, so patience (is) beautiful. And Allah (is) the One sought for help against what you describe."

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

12:84.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

And they brought his shirt with false blood on it. He said, 'No; but your spirits tempted you to do somewhat. But come, sweet patience! And God's succour is ever there to seek against that you describe.'

English - Maududi

And they brought Joseph's shirt, stained with false blood. Seeing this their father exclaimed: "Nay (this is not true); rather your evil souls have made it easy for you to commit a heinous act. So I will bear this patiently, and in good grace. It is Allah's help alone that I seek against your fabrication."

English - Ahmed Ali

They showed him the shirt with false blood on it. (Their father) said: "It is not so; you have made up the story. Yet endurance is best. I seek the help of God alone for what you impute."

English - Yusuf Ali

They stained his shirt with false blood. He said: "Nay, but your minds have made up a tale (that may pass) with you, (for me) patience is most fitting: Against that which ye assert, it is Allah (alone) Whose help can be sought"..

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

12:84.

1522

Important Words:

کذب (false) really means either a lie or a falsehood or the act of telling a lie, but here it is used in the sense of مکذوب i.e. false or that about which a lie is uttered (Lane).

سولت (made a great thing appear light) is derived from سال. The verb سول (sawila) of which the aorist is یسول means, he or it was or became lax, flaccid or uncompact; or it hung down loosely; or it was or became pendent or pendulous. They say سول له الشیطان i.e. Satan led him into error; or he facilitated to him the commission of great sins; or he incited him to indulgence in lusts; or he made the commission of great sins appear small in his eyes. The Arabic expression سولت له نفسه امراmeans, his soul embellished or commended to him a thing or an affair; or his soul made it appear easy to him; or made it appear as a light matter in his eyes; or pictured to him what is foul as goodly (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

This verse alludes to another point of difference between the Quranic account and the Biblical version. According to the Bible, Jacob believed the report of his sons to be true and declared that Joseph had really been "rent in pieces" by a wolf (Gen. 37:33); while the Quran says that he regarded their report as a concocted story. Other parts of the Bible, however, support the Quranic version. In Gen. 44:28 we have: And the one (child) went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since. If Jacob was really convinced that Joseph had been torn in pieces, the sentence, "I saw him not since" becomes quite meaningless. These words clearly show that in his heart of hearts Jacob thought Joseph to be alive, though for the time being he yielded to the inevitable.

The Talmud also agrees with the Quranic account and says that Jacob did not believe the statement of his sons to be true and that he was told in a vision that Joseph was alive (Jew. Enc.).

The verse provides another point of resemblance between Joseph and the Holy Prophet. Just as Joseph’s brothers falsely declared that he had been slain, similarly, the Quraish falsely announced first at Uhud and then at Mecca that the Prophet had been killed, with the difference that whereas Joseph’s brethren spoke of Joseph as having been killed by a wolf, the Quraish asserted that they had themselves killed the Holy Prophet. This is the tenth point of resemblance between the Holy Prophet and Joseph.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

a

12:84.

1367

These words indicate that Jacob regarded the report of his sons as a concocted story.

English - Pickthall

And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: Nay, but your minds have beguiled you into something. (My course is) comely patience. And Allah it is Whose help is to be sought in that (predicament) which ye describe.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: Nay, your souls have made a matter light for you. So patience is goodly. And Allah is He Whose help is sought against what you describe.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

In support of their tale they produced Joseph's shirt smeared with false blood. Seeing this, their father said: It is not as you say; in truth your minds have presented to you in an agreeable shape the evil thing that you have compassed. It now behoves me to be steadfast. It is Allah alone Whose help can avail against that which you assert, and Him I shall beseech for help.

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