# 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 16

- **Surah:** 12. Surah Yusuf (Joseph) — سورة يوسف
- **Verse:** 16 / 111 · **Juz:** 12 · **Mushaf page:** 236
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-16

## Arabic

وَجَٓاؤُٓ۫ اَبَاهُمْ عِشَٓاءً يَبْكُونَۜ

## Transcription

Wajaoo abahum AAishaanyabkoon

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

That night they came back to their father in tears,

### Progressive Muslims

And they came to their father evening time crying.

### Shabbir Ahmed

After carrying out their plan they came to their father at night weeping.

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And they came to their father in the evening, weeping.

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

Andthey came to their father in the evening, crying.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

They came back to their father in the evening, weeping.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

At nightfall they came to their father weeping,

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

And they came to their father at night, weeping.

### Muhammad Asad

And at nightfall they came to their father, weeping,

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And they came weeping to their father in the evening.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

At nightfall they came to their father weeping

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

And they came back home to their father in the evening weeping their fill.

### Bijan Moeinian

Then the brothers returned to their fathers at nightfall and started to cry.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

And they came to their father in the early part of the night weeping.

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then they came to their father in the early part of the night, weeping.

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

Then they returned to their father in the evening, weeping.

### Taqi Usmani

And at nightfall, they came to their father weeping.

### Abdul Haleem

and at nightfall they returned to their father weeping.

### Arthur John Arberry

And they came to their father in the evening, and they were weeping.

### E. Henry Palmer

And they came to their father at eve and weeping

### Hamid S. Aziz

And when they had gone off with him and agreed to put him in the depths of a pit, We inspired him, "Thou shall surely remind them of this affair of theirs when they know you not. "

### Mahmoud Ghali

And they came weeping to their father at eventide.

### George Sale

And they came to their father at even, weeping,

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

And they came crying to their father in the early part of the night.

### Amatul Rahman Omar

And they came weeping to their father at nightfall.

### Ali Quli Qarai

In the evening, they came weeping to their father.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Gecenin ilk saatlerinde, ağlayarak babalarına geldiler.

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Akşam üstü babalarına ağlar vaziyette geldiler.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Akşamleyin, ağlayarak babalarına geldiler.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

(Yusuf'u kuyuya bırakıp) akşamleyin ağlayarak babalarına geldiler.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Bıraktılar ve yatsıleyin ağlıyarak babalarına geldiler

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Yatsı vaktinde ağlayarak babalarına geldiler.

### Gültekin Onan

Akşam üstü babalarına ağlar vaziyette geldiler.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Akşam ağlaya ağlaya babalarına geldiler.

### İbni Kesir

Akşam üstü ağlaya ağlaya babalarına geldiler.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

Ve akşam olunca babalarının karşısına ağlayarak çıkıp geldiler,

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Akşamleyin, ağlaşarak babalarına geldiler.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Akşamleyin ağlayarak babalarına geldiler.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Akşamdan sonra babalarına geldiler; ağlıyorlardı.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Derken akşam vakti babalarına ağlayarak geldiler:

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Ve akşam olunca, ağlayarak babalarına geldiler.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Ve akşam olunca, ağlayarak babalarına geldiler.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Akşamüzeri babalarına geldiler, ağlıyorlardı.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

(Oğulları) yatsı vakti ağlayarak babalarına gelmişlerdi:[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Akşam değil, yatsı vakti gelmelerinin sebebi bir süre Yusuf'u aradıkları izlenimi vermek olabilir.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Ve akşam olunca, ağlayarak babalarına geldiler.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Ve akşam olunca, ağlayarak babalarına geldiler.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Yatsı vakti, ağlaya ağlaya babalarına geldiler.

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَآءُوٓ — wajāū | And they came | جيا — Cim-Ye-Elif |
| 2 | أَبَاهُمْ — abāhum | (to) their father | ابو — Elif-Be-Vav |
| 3 | عِشَآءًۭ — ʿishāan | early at night | عشو — Ayn-Şin-Vav |
| 4 | يَبْكُونَ — yabkūna | weeping | بكي — Be-Kef-Ye |

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