Bayyinah Translation’s Reflection on Surah Yusuf:20

Bayyinah Translation

4y ago

(12:20) And they sold him off below market rate – just a few coins – as they had become keen to let him go. ﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏ NOTES: Since every human is priceless and Joseph (pbuh) even more so, every price would fall short of his value – but the point here is that these traders accepted less than what they could have gotten. The pronoun in /fīhi/ can refer either to Joseph or to the payment, neither of which they cared much about. The phrase /min al-zāhidīn/ may subtly allude to the fact that his brothers, too, neither valued him nor wanted him in their lives. REQUEST: this translation is being shared here as a draft to receive feedback from the general public. Please share any suggestions for improvement, but ensure that they are evidence-based and not simply reproducing familiar expressions from other translations.

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