Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:72

12:72

قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ

qālū nafqidu ṣuwāʿa l-maliki waliman jāa bihi ḥim'lu baʿīrin wa-anā bihi zaʿīmun

They said, "We are missing the measure of the king. And for he who produces it is [the reward of] a camel's load, and I am responsible for it."

— Saheeh International

They replied, ‘The king’s drinking-cup is missing,’ and, ‘Whoever returns it will get a camel-load [of grain],’ and, ‘I give you my word.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "We have lost the (golden) bowl of the king and for him who produces it is (the reward of) a camel load; and I will be bound by it."

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

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Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
نَفْقِدُnafqiduWe are missing
صُوَاعَṣuwāʿa(the) cup
ٱلْمَلِكِl-maliki(of) the king
وَلِمَنwalimanAnd for (one) who
جَآءَjāabrings
بِهِۦbihiit
حِمْلُḥim'lu(is) a load
بَعِيرٍۢbaʿīrin(of) a camel
وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I
بِهِۦbihifor it
زَعِيمٌۭzaʿīmun(is) responsible