Surah Yusuf · Ayah 72·Makkī

72

وَلِمَن بِهِۦ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ ﴿٧٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "We are missing the measure of the king. And for he who produces it is [the reward of] a camel's load, and I am responsible for it."

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 12 words

Rarest here: ص-و-ع — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 44 letters · āyah 72 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.

  • Quran 12:88 · Yusufclose

    فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ مَسَّنَا وَأَهْلَنَا ٱلضُّرُّ وَجِئْنَا بِبِضَٰعَةٍ مُّزْجَىٰةٍ فَأَوْفِ لَنَا ٱلْكَيْلَ وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْنَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَجْزِى ٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ

    So when they entered upon Joseph, they said, "O 'Azeez, adversity has touched us and our family, and we have come with goods poor in quality, but give us full measure and be…

  • Quran 12:65 · Yusufclose

    وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا۟ مَتَٰعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا۟ بِضَٰعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى هَٰذِهِۦ بِضَٰعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ ذَٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ

    And when they opened their baggage, they found their merchandise returned to them. They said, "O our father, what [more] could we desire? This is our merchandise returned to us…

  • Quran 7:112 · Al-A'raafclose

    يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ

    Who will bring you every learned magician."

  • Quran 20:87 · Taa-Haaclose

    قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلَٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَآ أَوْزَارًا مِّن زِينَةِ ٱلْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنَٰهَا فَكَذَٰلِكَ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ

    They said, "We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people [of Pharaoh], so we threw them [into the fire], and…

  • Quran 69:29 · Al-Haaqqaclose

    هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ

    Gone from me is my authority."

  • Quran 7:130 · Al-A'raafrelated

    وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

    And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.

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.

  • Yusuf 12:712 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ وَأَقْبَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم مَّاذَا تَفْقِدُونَ

    ف-ق-دق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:712 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ وَأَقْبَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم مَّاذَا تَفْقِدُونَ

    ف-ق-دق-و-ل

  • An-Naml 27:202 shared roots

    وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ

    ف-ق-دق-و-ل

  • Al-Qasas 28:742 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ

    ز-ع-مق-و-ل

  • Al-Qasas 28:622 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ

    ز-ع-مق-و-ل

  • Maryam 19:273 shared roots

    فَأَتَتْ بِهِۦ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُۥ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْـًٔا فَرِيًّا

    ح-م-لج-ي-أق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 12:72?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 12:72 include Quran 12:88 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 12:65 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 7:112 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 20:87 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 12:88 reads: “So when they entered upon Joseph, they said, "O 'Azeez, adversity has touched us and our family, and we have come with goods poor in quality, but give us full measure and be…” 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 12:72 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 12:72 (Surah Yusuf, Joseph) reads: “They said, "We are missing the measure of the king. And for he who produces it is [the reward of] a camel's load, and I am responsible for it."”

Which surah is verse 12:72 in?

Quran 12:72 is āyah 72 of Surah Yusuf (Joseph), chapter 12 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 12:72?

Tartīl presents Quran 12:72 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.