Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:3

12:3

نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ

naḥnu naquṣṣu ʿalayka aḥsana l-qaṣaṣi bimā awḥaynā ilayka hādhā l-qur'āna wa-in kunta min qablihi lamina l-ghāfilīna

We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur’ān although you were, before it, among the unaware.

— Saheeh International

We tell you [Prophet] the best of stories in revealing this Quran to you. Before this you were one of those who knew nothing about them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

We relate unto you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) the best of stories through Our Revelations unto you, of this Qur’ân. And before this (i.e. before the coming of Divine Revelation to you), you were among those who knew nothing about it (the Qur’ân).

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

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Word by Word

نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
نَقُصُّnaquṣṣurelate
عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
أَحْسَنَaḥsanathe best
ٱلْقَصَصِl-qaṣaṣiof the narrations
بِمَآbimāin what
أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe have revealed
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
هَـٰذَاhādhā(of) this
ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
وَإِنwa-inalthough
كُنتَkuntayou were
مِنminbefore it
قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore it
لَمِنَlaminasurely among
ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَl-ghāfilīnathe unaware