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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 8

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اذ قالوا ليوسف واخوه احب الى ابينا منا ونحن عصبة ان ابانا لفي ضلال مبين

They said: "Truly Joseph And his brother are loved More by our father than we: But we are a goodly body! Really our father is obviously Wandering (in his mind)!

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  • Verse 8 of 111
  • Juz 12
  • Page 236

Word by word

  1. إِذْWhenidh
  2. قَالُوا۟they saidqālū
  3. لَيُوسُفُSurely Yusuflayūsufu
  4. وَأَخُوهُand his brotherwa-akhūhu
  5. أَحَبُّ(are) more belovedaḥabbu
  6. إِلَىٰٓtoilā
  7. أَبِينَاour fatherabīnā
  8. مِنَّاthan weminnā
  9. وَنَحْنُwhile wewanaḥnu
  10. عُصْبَةٌ(are) a groupʿuṣ'batun
  11. إِنَّIndeedinna
  12. أَبَانَاour fatherabānā
  13. لَفِى(is) surely inlafī
  14. ضَلَـٰلٍۢan errorḍalālin
  15. مُّبِينٍclearmubīnin

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