12.21. And he of Egypt who purchased him said unto his wife: Receive him honorably. Perchance he may prove useful to us or we may adopt him as a son. Thus We established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events. And Allah was predominant in his career, but most of mankind know not. (Pickthall)
12.21. Und es sagte derjenige, der ihn gekauft hatte, aus Ägypten, zu seiner Frau: "Gib ihm ein ehrenhaftes Verbleiben, es kann sein, daß er uns nützlich ist, oder wir nehmen ihn als Sohn an/ und derart haben Wir Jusuf einen Platz der Stärke im Land gegeben, und damit Wir ihn etwas von der Deutung der Geschehnisse lehren, und Allah hatte über Seiner Angelegenheit die Oberhand, aber die meisten Menschen wissen nicht Bescheid. (Ahmad v. Denffer)
12.21. Und derjenige aus Ägypten, der ihn gekauft hatte, sagte zu seiner Frau: "Bereite ihm einen gastfreundlichen Aufenthalt. Vielleicht wird er uns nützlich sein, oder nehmen wir ihn als Kind an." So verliehen Wir Yusuf eine feste Stellung im Land. Und Wir wollten ihn etwas von der Deutung der Geschichten lehren. Und Allah ist in Seiner Angelegenheit überlegen. Aber die meisten Menschen wissen nicht. (Bubenheim)
12.21. Der Käufer, der aus ?gypten war, sagte zu seiner Frau: "Behandle ihn gut und würdig! Er könnte uns nützlich sein, oder wir könnten ihn als Sohn annehmen." So haben Wir Joseph ein sicheres Dasein im Lande gewährt. Wir haben ihn gelehrt, Träume zu deuten. Gott setzt Seine Verfügung durch; doch die meisten Menschen wissen es nicht. (Azhar)
12.21. Und derjenige, der ihn aus Ägypten kaufte, sagte seiner Gattin: „Pflege mit ihm einen gütigen Umgang! Vielleicht wird er uns von Nutzen sein oder wir nehmen ihn als Kind an.“ Und solcherart festigten WIR (die Stellung von) Yusuf im Lande, und um ihn von der Traumdeutung zu lehren. Und ALLAH erfüllt zweifelsohne Seine Bestimmung. Doch die meisten Menschen wissen es nicht. (Zaidan)
12.21. Derjenige, der ihn (dann) kaufte, (ein Mann) aus Ägypten, sagte zu seiner Frau: "Nimm ihn freundlich (in unseren Haushalt) auf! Vielleicht wird er uns (noch) von Nutzen sein, oder wir nehmen ihn als Kind an." So gaben wir dem Joseph Macht im Land. Auch wollten wir ihn lehren, Träume zu deuten. Und Allah hat in dem, was er sich vornimmt, die Oberhand. Aber die meisten Menschen wissen (es) nicht. (Paret)
12.21. Und derjenige (Mann) aus Ägypten, der ihn gekauft hatte, sagte zu seiner Frau: "Nimm ihn freundlich auf. Vielleicht kann er uns einmal nützlich werden, oder wir nehmen ihn als Sohn an." Und so gaben Wir Yusuf Macht im Land, und Wir lehrten ihn (auch) die Deutung der Träume. Und Allah setzt das durch, was Er beschließt. Die meisten Menschen aber wissen es nicht. (Rasul)
Tafsir von Maududi für die Ayaat 21 bis 21
The person ( 16 ) who bought him in Egypt said to his wife, ( 17 ) "Deal kindly with him: maybe he proves useful to us, or we may adopt him as our son. " ( 18 ) Thus We made a way for establishing Joseph in the land and arranged to teach him the understanding of affairs. ( 19 ) Allah does whatever He wills but most people do not understand this.
Desc No: 16 According to the Bible his name was Potiphar. But the Qur'an mentions him merely by the title (AI-'Aziz). As the Qur'an uses the same title for Prophet Joseph, when he rose to a high rank, it appears that the person held a high office or rank in Egypt, for the word (`Aziz) stands for a powerful person who cannot be opposed and disobeyed. The Bible and the Talmud say that he was an officer of Pharaoh's body guards and captain of the guard. And according to a tradition from Hadrat Ibn `Abbas, related by Ibn Jarir, he was the officer of the royal treasury.
Desc No: 17 According to the Talmud the name of his wife was Zelicha and she is known by the same name in the Muslim traditions. As regards the other tradition among the Muslims that Prophet Joseph married her afterwards, it is neither based on the Qur'an nor on the history of the Israelites. And the fact is that it is below the dignity of a Prophet to have married such a woman about whom he had personal knowledge that she was of a bad character. And this opinion is confirmed by this general statement of the Qur'an: "Women of bad character are for men of bad character and men of bad character are for women of bad character. And the women of pure character are for men of pure character, and the men of pure character for the women of pure character.... " (XXIV : 26. )
Desc No: 18 The fact that Potiphar had a very high opinion of Prophet Joseph from the very beginning is also confirmed by the Talmud and the Bible. The Talmud says that at this time Joseph was about eighteen years of age (and) Potiphar was very favourably impressed with his bearing and appearance. So he came to the conclusion that he belonged to some noble family and had been made a slave by the force of adverse circumstances. When the Midianites carried him before Potiphar, he said...."He dces not look like a slave and I fear he has been stolen from his country and his home." That is why Potiphar did not treat him like a slave, but put him incharge of his house and all his possessions. Likewise the Bible says, "And he left all that he had in Josep's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat." (Gen. 39: 6).
Desc No: 19 This verse alludes to the special training Prophet Joseph needed at that time for the performance of the duties of the high rank to which he was destined to rise. Up to that time, he had been brought up in the desert, under the environment of a semi-nomadic life of a shepherd. There was neither any settled state in Canaan and Northern Arabia nor had there been any appreciable progress in culture and civilization, for it was inhabited by different independent clans with no settled government. Thus it is obvious that the training that Prophet Joseph had received in Canaan, had equipped him with the good characteristics of nomadic life coupled with the qualities of God-worship and high morality of the family of Prophet Abraham. But this was not enough to enable him to direct the affairs of Egypt, which was at that time one of the most cultured and civilized countries of the known world and required a different experience and training for the conduct of its affairs. The All-Powerful Allah made arrangements for this training and sent him to the house of an officer of a very high rank in Egypt, who entrusted him with full powers over his house and estate. This enabled him to develop all those latent abilities that were needed to fulfil his destiny, and he gained the experience that was required for the efficient conduct of the affairs of the kingdom of Egypt in the years to come. "
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