Surah Yusuf · Ayah 59·Makkī

59

وَلَمَّا لَّكُم مِّنْ أَلَا أَنِّىٓ وَأَنَا۠ ﴿٥٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when he had furnished them with their supplies, he said, "Bring me a brother of yours from your father. Do not you see that I give full measure and that I am the best of accommodators?

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 10 roots in 11 of 17 words

Rarest here: ج-ه-ز 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 25 points across 6 rule families

  • Ghunnah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī11
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī4
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

17 words · 72 letters · āyah 59 of 111

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا ٱلْكَيْلُ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَآ أَخَانَا نَكْتَلْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ

    So when they returned to their father, they said, "O our father, [further] measure has been denied to us, so send with us our brother [that] we will be given measure. And indeed…

  • وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا

    And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

  • قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

    He said, "Yes, and, [moreover], you will be among those made near [to me]."

  • قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥٓ أَبًا شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥٓ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    They said, "O 'Azeez, indeed he has a father [who is] an old man, so take one of us in place of him. Indeed, we see you as a doer of good."

  • وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَكْفُلُونَهُۥ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ نَٰصِحُونَ

    And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his…

  • وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

    And his nearest kindred who shelter him

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Mutaffifin 83:22 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

    ك-ي-لو-ف-ي

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1812 shared roots

    أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ

    ك-ي-لو-ف-ي

  • Yusuf 12:634 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا ٱلْكَيْلُ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَآ أَخَانَا نَكْتَلْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ

    ك-ي-لأ-خ-وأ-ب-وق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:634 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا ٱلْكَيْلُ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَآ أَخَانَا نَكْتَلْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ

    ك-ي-لأ-خ-وأ-ب-وق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:602 shared roots

    فَإِن لَّمْ تَأْتُونِى بِهِۦ فَلَا كَيْلَ لَكُمْ عِندِى وَلَا تَقْرَبُونِ

    ك-ي-لأ-ت-ي

  • Yusuf 12:602 shared roots

    فَإِن لَّمْ تَأْتُونِى بِهِۦ فَلَا كَيْلَ لَكُمْ عِندِى وَلَا تَقْرَبُونِ

    ك-ي-لأ-ت-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 12:59?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 12:59 include Quran 12:63 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 74:14 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 7:114 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 12:78 (Surah Yusuf). For example, 12:63 reads: “So when they returned to their father, they said, "O our father, [further] measure has been denied to us, so send with us our brother [that] we will be given measure. And indeed…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 12:59 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 12:59 (Surah Yusuf, Joseph) reads: “And when he had furnished them with their supplies, he said, "Bring me a brother of yours from your father. Do not you see that I give full measure and that I am the best of accommodators?”

Which surah is verse 12:59 in?

Quran 12:59 is āyah 59 of Surah Yusuf (Joseph), chapter 12 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 12:59?

Tartīl presents Quran 12:59 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.