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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 63

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فلما رجعوا الى ابيهم قالوا يا ابانا منع منا الكيل فارسل معنا اخانا نكتل وانا له لحافظون

Now when they returned To their father, they said: "O our father! No more Measure of grain shall we get (Unless we take our brother): So send our brother with us, That we may get our measure; And we will indeed Take every care of him."

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  • Verse 63 of 111
  • Juz 13
  • Page 242

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammā
  2. رَجَعُوٓا۟they returnedrajaʿū
  3. إِلَىٰٓtoilā
  4. أَبِيهِمْtheir fatherabīhim
  5. قَالُوا۟they saidqālū
  6. يَـٰٓأَبَانَاO our fatheryāabānā
  7. مُنِعَHas been deniedmuniʿa
  8. مِنَّاto usminnā
  9. ٱلْكَيْلُthe measurel-kaylu
  10. فَأَرْسِلْso sendfa-arsil
  11. مَعَنَآwith usmaʿanā
  12. أَخَانَاour brotherakhānā
  13. نَكْتَلْ(that) we will get measurenaktal
  14. وَإِنَّاAnd indeed, wewa-innā
  15. لَهُۥfor himlahu
  16. لَحَـٰفِظُونَ(will) surely (be) guardianslaḥāfiẓūna

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