Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:63

12:63

فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا ٱلْكَيْلُ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَآ أَخَانَا نَكْتَلْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ

falammā rajaʿū ilā abīhim qālū yāabānā muniʿa minnā l-kaylu fa-arsil maʿanā akhānā naktal wa-innā lahu laḥāfiẓūna

So when they returned to their father, they said, "O our father, [further] measure has been denied to us, so send with us our brother [that] we will be given measure. And indeed, we will be his guardians."

— Saheeh International

When they returned to their father, they said, ‘Father, we have been denied any more corn, but send our brother back with us and we shall be given another measure. We shall guard him carefully.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So, when they returned to their father, they said: "O our father! No more measure of grain shall we get (unless we take our brother). So send our brother with us, and we shall get our measure and truly we will guard him."

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

Juz 13Page 242meccan

Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
رَجَعُوٓا۟rajaʿūthey returned
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أَبِيهِمْabīhimtheir father
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
يَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāO our father
مُنِعَmuniʿaHas been denied
مِنَّاminnāto us
ٱلْكَيْلُl-kayluthe measure
فَأَرْسِلْfa-arsilso send
مَعَنَآmaʿanāwith us
أَخَانَاakhānāour brother
نَكْتَلْnaktal(that) we will get measure
وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, we
لَهُۥlahufor him
لَحَـٰفِظُونَlaḥāfiẓūna(will) surely (be) guardians