Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:13

12:13

قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَـٰفِلُونَ

qāla innī layaḥzununī an tadhhabū bihi wa-akhāfu an yakulahu l-dhi'bu wa-antum ʿanhu ghāfilūna

[Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."

— Saheeh International

He replied, ‘The thought of you taking him away with you worries me: I am afraid a wolf may eat him when you are not paying attention.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He [Ya‘qûb (Jacob)] said: "Truly, it saddens me that you should take him away. I fear lest a wolf should devour him, while you are careless of him."

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

Juz 12Page 236meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓlayaḥzununīit surely saddens me
أَنanthat
تَذْهَبُوا۟tadhhabūyou should take him
بِهِۦbihiyou should take him
وَأَخَافُwa-akhāfuand I fear
أَنanthat
يَأْكُلَهُyakulahuwould eat him
ٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'bua wolf
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
عَنْهُʿanhuof him
غَـٰفِلُونَghāfilūna(are) unaware