← Yusuf
12:76
Yusuf · Ayah 76
1/33
Translation
So he began
Word Breakdown
Click on a word or start guided reading mode (↓)
Grammar Rules
Past tense verb
فَبَدَأَ (So he began) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Sahih International
So he began [the search] with their bags before the bag of his brother; then he extracted it from the bag of his brother. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not have taken his brother within the religion [i.e., law] of the king except that Allāh willed. We raise in degrees whom We will, but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.
1/33