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وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَـٰنِهِ ٱجْعَلُوا۟ بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ فِى رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَآ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Waq a la lifity a nihi ijAAaloo bi da AAatahum fee ri ha lihim laAAallahum yaAArifoonah a i tha inqalaboo il a ahlihim laAAallahum yarjiAAoon a

And [Joseph] said to his servants: "Place their merchandise⁶⁰ in their camel-packs, so that they may find it there when they come home, and hence be the more eager to return."⁶¹

- Mohammad Asad

Yusuf told his servants to put his brother's money into their saddlebags secretly so that they should know about it only when they reach their family, so that they may come back again."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Joseph ordered his servants to put his brothers' money back into their saddlebags so that they would find it when they returned to their family and perhaps they would come back.

- Mustafa Khattab

He said unto his young men: Place their merchandise in their saddlebags, so that they may know it when they go back to their folk, and so will come again.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

And (Joseph) told his servants to put their stock in trade (with which they had bartered) into their saddlebags so they should know it only when they returned to their people in order that they might come back. ¹⁷²² ¹⁷²³

Surah 12. Yusuf, Ayah 62

And [Joseph] said to his servants: "Place their merchandise⁶⁰ in their camel-packs, so that they may find it there when they come home, and hence be the more eager to return."⁶¹

- Mohammad Asad

Yusuf told his servants to put his brother's money into their saddlebags secretly so that they should know about it only when they reach their family, so that they may come back again."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Joseph ordered his servants to put his brothers' money back into their saddlebags so that they would find it when they returned to their family and perhaps they would come back.

- Mustafa Khattab

He said unto his young men: Place their merchandise in their saddlebags, so that they may know it when they go back to their folk, and so will come again.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

And (Joseph) told his servants to put their stock in trade (with which they had bartered) into their saddlebags so they should know it only when they returned to their people in order that they might come back. ¹⁷²² ¹⁷²³

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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Surah 12. Yusuf, Ayah 62

And [Joseph] said to his servants: "Place their merchandise60 in their camel-packs, so that they may find it there when they come home, and hence be the more eager to return."61

- Mohammad Asad

Yusuf told his servants to put his brother's money into their saddlebags secretly so that they should know about it only when they reach their family, so that they may come back again."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Joseph ordered his servants to put his brothers' money back into their saddlebags so that they would find it when they returned to their family and perhaps they would come back.

- Mustafa Khattab

He said unto his young men: Place their merchandise in their saddlebags, so that they may know it when they go back to their folk, and so will come again.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

And (Joseph) told his servants to put their stock in trade (with which they had bartered) into their saddlebags so they should know it only when they returned to their people in order that they might come back. 1722 1723

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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And [Joseph] said to his servants: "Place their merchandise⁶⁰ in their camel-packs, so that they may find it there when they come home, and hence be the more eager to return."⁶¹

And (Joseph) told his servants to put their stock in trade (with which they had bartered) into their saddlebags so they should know it only when they returned to their people in order that they might come back. ¹⁷²² ¹⁷²³