Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | And [Joseph] said to his servants: "Place their merchandise in their camel-packs, so that they may find it there when they come home, and hence be the more eager to return |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | He said unto his young men: Place their merchandise in their saddlebags, so that they may know it when they go back to their folk, and so will come again | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | And (Joseph) told his servants to put their stock-in-trade (with which they had bartered) into their saddle-bags, so they should know it only when they returned to their people, in order that they might come back | |
Shakir | | And he said to his servants: Put their money into their bags that they may recognize it when they go back to their family, so that they may come back | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | Joseph said to his servants, Put their money back into their saddlebags, so that they will recognize it when they return home to their family; thus they may come back | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | And Joseph said to his spiritual warriors: Lay their merchandise into their saddlebags so that perhaps they will recognize it when they turned about to their household so that perhaps they will return. | |
| T.B.Irving | | He told his houseboys: "Place their trading goods back in their saddlebags, so they will recognize it when they return home to their family; thus they may come back." | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | Joseph ordered his servants to put his brothers’ money back into their saddlebags so that they would find it when they returned to their family and perhaps they would come back. | |
| Safi Kaskas | | [Joseph] said to his servants, "Place their merchandise in their camel-packs, so that they may recognize them when they go back to their family, and be eager to return. | |
| Abdul Hye | | (Joseph) told his servants to put their money (of grain) into their bags, so that they might know about it when they go back to their people, in order that they might come back. | |
| The Study Quran | | He said to his servant boys, “Put their merchandise in their saddlebags. Perchance they will recognize it when they have gone back to their people; perchance they will return. | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | And he said to his servants: "Return their goods back into their bags, so that they will recognize it when they return to their family and they will come back again." | |
Abdel Haleem | | Joseph said to his servants, ‘Put their [traded] goods back into their saddlebags, so that they may recognize them when they go back to their family, and [be eager to] return.&rsquo | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | And he said to his pages: place their goods in their packs, haply they will recognize them when they reach back to their household: haply they will return | |
Ahmed Ali | | Then he ordered his servants: "Put their money back in their packs: They may find it on reaching home, and perhaps come again." | |
Aisha Bewley | | He told his serving men, ´Put back their goods into their saddlebags for them to find when they arrive back to their families so that perhaps they will return again.´ | |
Ali Ünal | | He (Joseph) said to his servants: "Put back their merchandise (with which they had bartered) into their saddlebags, so that they may find it there when they have returned home, and hence will (be more eager to) return." | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | He said to his servants, ‘Put their money in their saddlebags. Maybe they will recognize it when they return to their folks, and maybe they will come back [again].&rsquo | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | Then he said to his servants, "Put their merchandise (they brought in payment) back into their packs, so that they may discover it only when they have returned to their family; per chance (or possibly) they may return." | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | And he said to his pages, "Set their merchandise in their saddlebags that possibly they will recognize it when they turn over (i.e., return) to their family; possibly they will return." | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | Then Joseph told his people to put his brothers' money back into their bags so that perhaps they would recognize it, when at home, and come back to Egypt once again | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | And he (Yusuf) said to his boys, .Put their goods in their camel-packs. Perhaps they will recognize it when they go back to their family; perhaps they will come again | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | Joseph said to his servants, "Load their barter (the price of wheat) back in their saddlebags. So that they may find it when they come home, and hence be more eager to return." | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | And (Yusuf) told his servants to put their money used to trade (for the supplies) into their saddle bags, so that they would know it only after they returned to their people, (and) so that they might come back (again) | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | And [Joseph] said to his servants, "Put their merchandise into their saddlebags so they might recognize it when they have gone back to their people that perhaps they will [again] return." | |
Farook Malik | | Joseph told his servants to put his brother's money into their saddlebags secretly so that they should know about it only when they reach their family, so that they might come back." | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | Yusuf asked his aides to put their barter goods back into their baggage, so that they may recognize their goods upon returning to their families. Then maybe they will return to Egypt | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | And (Yusuf) asked his staff-members: “Put back their money (which has been charged for the ration-supplied) into their shopping bags, so that they might recognise it when they go back to their family-members, in order that they might return back (to us).” | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | He said to his servants, 'Put their goods in their saddlebags; perhaps they will recognize them when they return to their families, and maybe they will come back.' | |
Maududi | | And Joseph said to his servants: "Put surreptitiously in their packs the goods they had given in exchange for corn." Joseph did so expecting that they would find it when they returned home. Feeling grateful for this generosity, they might be inclined to return to him | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | And he said to his servants: put their merchandise (and fund) in their saddlebags, so that they may recognize it when they go back to their family, so that they may return | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | And Joseph told members of his staff to put their goods with which they had bartered into their saddlebags so they would find it only when they returned to their people, in order that they might return | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | And so Yusuf told his servants, “Put the goods they exchanged with us back in their saddlebags so they recognise them when they return to their family and, hopefully, they will come back. | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | Andhe said to his servants: "Return their goods into their saddlebags, so that they may recognize it when they return to their family so that they may come back." | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | And Joseph told his men, "Put back their payments secretly in their bags so that they come to know about it only when they go back to their family. It may induce them to come back here." | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | Joseph then ordered his servants to put their goods (which they had bartered for the food) secretly in their bags. He hoped that they will appreciate his generosity and return back | |
| Faridul Haque | | He said to his slaves, "Place their means back into their sacks, perhaps they may recognise it when they return to their homes, perhaps they may come again." | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | Then he said to his attendants: 'Put their merchandise in their saddlebags, hopefully they will recognize it when they return to their people. Perhaps they will come back. | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | And he said to his servants: Put their money into their bags that they may recognize it when they go back to their family, so that they may come back | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | And he said to his youths/servants : "Put their goods/merchandise in their packsaddles, maybe/perhaps they know (recognize) it when they returned to their family/people , maybe/perhaps they return." | |
Sher Ali | | And he said to his servants, `Put their money back into their saddle-bags that they may recognize it when they return to their family; haply, they may come back. | |
Rashad Khalifa | | He then instructed his assistants: "Put their goods back in their bags. When they find them upon their return to their family, they may come back sooner." | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | And Yusuf said to his servants 'put their capital in their saddlebags, haply they may recognize it when they go back to their home, per-chance they may return. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | And he said to his servants, `Put their cash (they paid for the corn) in their saddle-bags,' (and to himself,) `that they may recognize it (as benevolence) when they return to their family and perhaps they may come back (with his brother on this account). | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | And Yusuf (Joseph) said to his servants: ‘Put their money (which they paid for grain back) into their sacks so that when they return to their family, they may identify it (that the money is back). It is likely that they may come again (for the very same reason). | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | And (Yoosuf (Joseph)) told his servants to put their money (with which they had bought the corn) into their bags, so that they might know it when they go back to their people, in order that they might come back | |
