يُوسُف : ١٠

  • قَالَ Said
  • قَآئِلٞ a speaker
  • مِّنۡهُمۡ among them
  • لَا (Do) not
  • تَقۡتُلُواْ kill
  • يُوسُفَ Yusuf
  • وَأَلۡقُوهُ but throw him
  • فِي in
  • غَيَٰبَتِ the bottom
  • ٱلۡجُبِّ (of) the well
  • يَلۡتَقِطۡهُ will pick him
  • بَعۡضُ some
  • ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ [the] caravan
  • إِن if
  • كُنتُمۡ you are
  • فَٰعِلِينَ doing
Said a speaker among them, "Do not kill Joseph but throw him into the bottom of the well; some travelers will pick him up - if you would do [something]."
One of them, namely, Judah, said, 'Do not kill Joseph, but cast him, throw him, into the bottom of a well (ghayaabat al-jubb is the darkest recess of a well; a variant reading has the plural [ghayaabaat]), so that some caravan might pick him up, if you are to do anything', of what you desire, in the way of separating [Joseph from us]: so content yourselves with this [solution].