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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 17

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Without diacritics

قالوا يا ابانا انا ذهبنا نستبق وتركنا يوسف عند متاعنا فاكله الذئب وما انت بمؤمن لنا ولو كنا صادقين

They said: "O our father! We went racing with one another, And left Joseph with our things; And the wolf devoured him.… But thou wilt never believe us Even though we tell the truth.

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  • Verse 17 of 111
  • Juz 12
  • Page 237

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟They saidqālū
  2. يَـٰٓأَبَانَآO our fatheryāabānā
  3. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  4. ذَهَبْنَا[we] wentdhahabnā
  5. نَسْتَبِقُracing each othernastabiqu
  6. وَتَرَكْنَاand we leftwataraknā
  7. يُوسُفَYusufyūsufa
  8. عِندَwithʿinda
  9. مَتَـٰعِنَاour possessionsmatāʿinā
  10. فَأَكَلَهُand ate himfa-akalahu
  11. ٱلذِّئْبُ ۖthe wolfl-dhi'bu
  12. وَمَآBut notwamā
  13. أَنتَyouanta
  14. بِمُؤْمِنٍۢ(will) believebimu'minin
  15. لَّنَاuslanā
  16. وَلَوْeven ifwalaw
  17. كُنَّاwe arekunnā
  18. صَـٰدِقِينَtruthfulṣādiqīna

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