Yusuf 12:55
Joseph · ayah 55 of 111
قَالَ ٱجْعَلْنِى عَلَىٰ خَزَآئِنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ إِنِّى حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌۭ
Qala ijAAalnee AAala khaza-inial-ardi innee hafeethun AAaleem
"[Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian.""
Saheeh International translation
Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Joseph said, ‘Put me in charge of the nation’s storehouses: I shall manage them prudently and carefully.’"
Pickthall (classic)+
"He said: Set me over the storehouses of the land. Lo! I am a skilled custodian."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"(Joseph) said: "Set me over the store-houses of the land: I will indeed guard them, as one that knows (their importance).""