Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:11

12:11

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَ۫نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَـٰصِحُونَ

qālū yāabānā mā laka lā tamannā ʿalā yūsufa wa-innā lahu lanāṣiḥūna

They said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?

— Saheeh International

They said to their father, ‘Why do you not trust us with Joseph? We wish him well.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "O our father! Why do you not trust us with Yûsuf (Joseph) though we are indeed his well-wishers?"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāO our father
مَاmāWhy
لَكَlaka(do) you
لَاlānot
تَأْمَ۫نَّاtamannātrust us
عَلَىٰʿalāwith
يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
وَإِنَّاwa-innāwhile indeed, we
لَهُۥlahu(are) for him
لَنَـٰصِحُونَlanāṣiḥūnasurely well-wishers