Ayah Yusuf (Joseph) 12:16

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Muhammad Asad

And at nightfall they came to their father, weeping

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And they came weeping to their father at eventide

Safi Kaskas

At nightfall, they returned to their father, weeping,

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وَجَاۤءُوۤ أَبَاهُمۡ عِشَاۤءࣰ یَبۡكُونَ ۝١٦

Transliteration (2021)

wajāū abāhum ʿishāan yabkūn

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And they came (to) their father early at night weeping.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And at nightfall they came to their father, weeping

M. M. Pickthall

And they came weeping to their father in the evening

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

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

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

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

Safi Kaskas

At nightfall, they returned to their father, weeping,

Wahiduddin Khan

And at nightfall they came to their father, weeping

Shakir

And they came to their father at nightfall, weeping

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And they drew near their father in the time of night, weeping.

T.B.Irving

They came back weeping to their father in the evening.

Abdul Hye

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

The Study Quran

And in the evening they came weeping unto their father

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

They returned to their father at nightfall, weeping.

Talal Itani (2012)

And they came to their father in the evening weeping

Dr. Kamal Omar

And they came (back) to their father at Isha (as the night became dark and it is time for offering Salat-ul-Isha), weeping (in crocodile tears)

M. Farook Malik

At nightfall they return to their father, weeping

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And they came weeping to their father at eventide

Muhammad Sarwar

In the evening they returned to their father weepin

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And at nightfall, they came to their father weeping

Shabbir Ahmed

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

Dr. Munir Munshey

In the evening, they returned to their father, weeping

Syed Vickar Ahamed

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

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And they came to their father at night, weeping

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

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

Abdel Haleem

and at nightfall they returned to their father weeping

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And they came to their father at nightfall, weeping

Ahmed Ali

At nightfall they came to their father weeping

Aisha Bewley

That night they came back to their father in tears,

Ali Ünal

And at nightfall they returned to their father, weeping

Ali Quli Qara'i

In the evening, they came weeping to their father

Hamid S. Aziz

And they came to their father in the evening weeping

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And they came crying to their father in the evening.

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

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

Musharraf Hussain

That late evening they came to their father crying,

Maududi

At nightfall they came to their father weepin

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Andthey came to their father in the evening, crying.

Mohammad Shafi

And they came to their father in the evening, weeping

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And at night they came to their father weeping.

Rashad Khalifa

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

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

At nightfall, they returned weeping to their father

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they came to the father at nightfall, weeping

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And they came (to) their father (at) evening/first darkness/dinnertime weeping

Bijan Moeinian

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

Faridul Haque

And at nightfall they came to their father, weeping

Sher Ali

And they came to their father in the evening, weeping

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And (throwing Yusuf [Joseph] into the well,) they came to their father at night, weeping (deceptively)

Amatul Rahman Omar

And they came weeping to their father at nightfall

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

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

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

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

George Sale

And they came to their father at even, weeping

Edward Henry Palmer

And they came to their father at eve and weepin

John Medows Rodwell

And they came at nightfall to their father weeping

N J Dawood (2014)

At nightfall they returned to their father, weeping

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Fode Drame

And they came in the evening to their father weeping.

Munir Mezyed

Early at night, they came back to their father weeping.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And they came to their father in the evening crying.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

As night came, (the brothers) came to their father. They were crying.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

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

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

They came back weeping to their father in the evening.

Samy Mahdy

And they came to their father at dinner time, crying.

Sayyid Qutb

At nightfall they came to their father weeping,

Ahmed Hulusi

And they came to their father in the first hours of the night, weeping.

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

And they came to their father at nightfall, weeping.

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

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

Mir Aneesuddin

And they came to their father at night fall, weeping.

The Wise Quran

And they came to their father at night, they were weeping.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

OLD Literal Word for Word

And they came (to) their father early at night weeping

OLD Transliteration

Wajaoo abahum AAishaan yabkoona

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