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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 11

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قالوا يا ابانا ما لك لا تامنا على يوسف وانا له لناصحون

They said: "O our father! Why dost thou not Trust us with Joseph, Seeing we are indeed His sincere well-wishers?

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  • Verse 11 of 111
  • Juz 12
  • Page 236

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟They saidqālū
  2. يَـٰٓأَبَانَاO our fatheryāabānā
  3. مَاWhymā
  4. لَكَ(do) youlaka
  5. لَاnotlā
  6. تَأْمَ۫نَّاtrust ustamannā
  7. عَلَىٰwithʿalā
  8. يُوسُفَYusufyūsufa
  9. وَإِنَّاwhile indeed, wewa-innā
  10. لَهُۥ(are) for himlahu
  11. لَنَـٰصِحُونَsurely well-wisherslanāṣiḥūna

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