Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:73

12:73

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَـٰرِقِينَ

qālū tal-lahi laqad ʿalim'tum mā ji'nā linuf'sida fī l-arḍi wamā kunnā sāriqīna

They said, "By Allāh, you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."

— Saheeh International

They said, ‘By God! You must know that we did not come to make mischief in your land: we are no thieves.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "By Allâh! Indeed you know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!"

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

Juz 13Page 244meccan

Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
لَقَدْlaqadcertainly
عَلِمْتُمʿalim'tumyou know
مَّاmānot
جِئْنَاji'nāwe came
لِنُفْسِدَlinuf'sidathat we cause corruption
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
وَمَاwamāand not
كُنَّاkunnāwe are
سَـٰرِقِينَsāriqīnathieves