Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:64

12:64

قَالَ هَلْ ءَامَنُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَخِيهِ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ فَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَـٰفِظًا ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

qāla hal āmanukum ʿalayhi illā kamā amintukum ʿalā akhīhi min qablu fal-lahu khayrun ḥāfiẓan wahuwa arḥamu l-rāḥimīna

He said, "Should I entrust you with him except [under coercion] as I entrusted you with his brother before? But Allāh is the best guardian, and He is the most merciful of the merciful."

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘Am I to entrust him to you as I did his brother before? God is the best guardian and the Most Merciful of the merciful.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "Can I entrust him to you except as I entrusted his brother [Yûsuf (Joseph)] to you aforetime? But Allâh is the Best to guard, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy."

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

Juz 13Page 243meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
هَلْhalShould
ءَامَنُكُمْāmanukumI entrust you
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiwith him
إِلَّاillāexcept
كَمَآkamāas
أَمِنتُكُمْamintukumI entrusted you
عَلَىٰٓʿalāwith
أَخِيهِakhīhihis brother
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُۖqablubefore
فَٱللَّهُfal-lahuBut Allah
خَيْرٌkhayrun(is) the best
حَـٰفِظًۭاۖḥāfiẓanGuardian
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
أَرْحَمُarḥamu(is the) Most Merciful
ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَl-rāḥimīna(of) the merciful