فَبَدَأَ بِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْ قَبْلَ وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَخْرَجَهَا مِن وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كِدْنَا لِيُوسُفَ ۖ مَا كَانَ لِيَأْخُذَ أَخَاهُ فِى دِينِ ٱلْمَلِكِ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَٰتٍۢ مَّن نَّشَآءُ ۗ وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِى عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌۭ
Translation
Sahih International
So he began [the search] with their bags before the bag of his brother; then he extracted it from the bag of his brother. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not have taken his brother within the religion of the king except that Allah willed. We raise in degrees whom We will, but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.
Word-by-Word Translation
فَبَدَأَ
So he began
بِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْ
with their bags
قَبْلَ
before
وِعَآءِ
(the) bag
أَخِيهِ
(of) his brother
ثُمَّ
then
ٱسْتَخْرَجَهَا
he brought it out
مِن
from
وِعَآءِ
(the) bag
أَخِيهِ ۚ
(of) his brother
كَذَٰلِكَ
Thus
كِدْنَا
(did) We plan
لِيُوسُفَ ۖ
for Yusuf
مَا
He could not
كَانَ
He could not
لِيَأْخُذَ
take
أَخَاهُ
his brother
فِى
by
دِينِ
the law
ٱلْمَلِكِ
(of) the king
إِلَّآ
except
أَن
that
يَشَآءَ
Allah willed
ٱللَّهُ ۚ
Allah willed
نَرْفَعُ
We raise
دَرَجَـٰتٍۢ
(in) degrees
مَّن
whom
نَّشَآءُ ۗ
We will
وَفَوْقَ
but over
كُلِّ
every
ذِى
possessor
عِلْمٍ
(of) knowledge
عَلِيمٌۭ
(is) the All-Knower
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