Washarawhu bithamanin bakhsin darahima maAAdoodatin wakanoo feehi mina alzzahideena
English
Ahmed Ali
And they sold him as worthless for a few paltry dirham.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and they sold him) the brothers of malik ibn du'ar bought him (for a low price) by cheating in weight; it is also said that he was bought with false money; and it was also said that he was bought with unlawful money, (a number of silver coins) 20 silver coins; it is also said: 32 silver coins; (and they attached no value to him) they were reluctant to buy him because they did not need him; it is also said that the brothers of joseph attached no importance to joseph because they did not know his standing and stature with allah, exalted is he. it is also said that the people of the caravan attached no value to joseph.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : then they sold him — they [the caravan] purchased him from them — for a very low, a diminished, price, a handful of dirhams, 20 or 22; for they, that is, his brothers, set small store by him. so the caravan brought him to egypt, where the one who had bought him sold him for 20 dinars, two pairs of sandals and two robes.
