Overall meaning : Informing us about what happened to Joseph, peace be upon him, after his brothers had thrown him down the well, Allah Almighty says: A group of travellers came that way and sent their water-bearer to the well to draw water for them, and, having let down his bucket, Joseph clung to it. Seeing Joseph, he exclaimed, 'Good news! What a lucky find! It is a boy!’ They concealed him as part of their merchandise, bent on selling him, but Allah was fully aware of everything they were doing. They later sold him for a trifling price, merely a few silver coins (dirhams), only wanting to get rid of him.
The travellers brought him in safety into Egypt, whose Chief Minister bought him of them. 'Make his stay with us honourable and be kind to him,’ the Chief Minister said to his wife. 'He may prove useful to us, or we may adopt him as our own son.
Just as We saved Joseph from the well and made Egypt’s Chief Minister hold him in great affection, so, too, We established him in the land of Egypt, where We put him in charge of the nation’s storehouses and taught him the interpretation of dreams, as well as the meaning of Allah’s scriptures and His prophets’ ways. Allah has power to accomplish His will and execute His purpose, but most people do not know that all power of decision rests with Him.