Thumma bada lahum min baAAdi ma raawoo alayati layasjununnahu hatta heenin
English
Ahmed Ali
And yet in spite of having seen these clear proofs they found it proper to incarcerate him for a time.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and it seemed good to them) to the chief official (after they had seen the signs (of his innocence)) the torn shirt and the judgement of her brother (to imprison him for a time) a few years; it is also said that (for a time) means: until people stopped talking about it.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : then it seemed, it appeared, [good] to them, after they had seen the signs, indicating joseph’s innocence, that they should imprison him for a while, until such time as people ceased to talk of him. he was thus imprisoned.
