Skip to content
Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 81

Each word opens its meaning.

﴿٨١﴾

Tap a word for its meaning and pronunciation, then open its page.

Without diacritics

ارجعوا الى ابيكم فقولوا يا ابانا ان ابنك سرق وما شهدنا الا بما علمنا وما كنا للغيب حافظين

"Turn ye back to your father, And say, "O our father! Behold! thy son committed theft! We bear witness only to what We know, and we could not Well guard against the unseen!

A translation is its translator's understanding of the Quran, not the Quran itself. Our method

  • Verse 81 of 111
  • Juz 13
  • Page 245

Word by word

  1. ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟Returnir'jiʿū
  2. إِلَىٰٓtoilā
  3. أَبِيكُمْyour fatherabīkum
  4. فَقُولُوا۟and sayfaqūlū
  5. يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ'O our fatheryāabānā
  6. إِنَّIndeedinna
  7. ٱبْنَكَyour sonib'naka
  8. سَرَقَhas stolensaraqa
  9. وَمَاand notwamā
  10. شَهِدْنَآwe testifyshahid'nā
  11. إِلَّاexceptillā
  12. بِمَاof whatbimā
  13. عَلِمْنَاwe knewʿalim'nā
  14. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  15. كُنَّاwe werekunnā
  16. لِلْغَيْبِof the unseenlil'ghaybi
  17. حَـٰفِظِينَguardiansḥāfiẓīna

Classical tafsir of this verse (in Arabic)

A tafsir is its author's reading, shown as its author wrote it. Our method

Read it in its surah