Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:69

12:69

وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَخَاهُ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ أَخُوكَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

walammā dakhalū ʿalā yūsufa āwā ilayhi akhāhu qāla innī anā akhūka falā tabta-is bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

And when they entered upon Joseph, he took his brother to himself; he said, "Indeed, I am your brother, so do not despair over what they used to do [to me]."

— Saheeh International

Then, when they presented themselves before Joseph, he drew his brother apart and said, ‘I am your brother, so do not be saddened by their past actions,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when they went in before Yûsuf (Joseph), he took his brother (Benjamin) to himself and said: "Verily! I am your brother, so grieve not for what they used to do."

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

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Word by Word

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey entered
عَلَىٰʿalāupon
يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
ءَاوَىٰٓāwāhe took
إِلَيْهِilayhito himself
أَخَاهُۖakhāhuhis brother
قَالَqālaHe said
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
أَنَا۠anā[I] am
أَخُوكَakhūkayour brother
فَلَاfalāso (do) not
تَبْتَئِسْtabta-isgrieve
بِمَاbimāfor what
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado