Surah Yusuf, Ayah 55
Quran 12:55 · Joseph · Makki · Para 13 · Page 242
قَالَ اجْعَلْنِیْ عَلٰی خَزَآىِٕنِ الْاَرْضِ ۚ اِنِّیْ حَفِیْظٌ عَلِیْمٌ ۟
Transliteration
Qala ijAAalnee AAala khaza-inial-ardi innee hafeethun AAaleem
Saheeh International
[Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
Joseph asked the king to put him in charge of taking care of the storehouses of wealth and food in the land of Egypt, because he would be a trustworthy guardian, with knowledge and insight about what he was taking care of.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
Explains 12:54–12:55 together — read it on 12:54