Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:79

12:79

قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَـٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّظَـٰلِمُونَ

qāla maʿādha l-lahi an nakhudha illā man wajadnā matāʿanā ʿindahu innā idhan laẓālimūna

He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh [to prevent] that we take except him with whom we found our possession. Indeed, we would then be unjust."

— Saheeh International

He replied, ‘God forbid that we should take anyone other than the person on whom we found our property: that would be unjust of us.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "Allâh forbid, that we should take anyone but him with whom we found our property. Indeed (if we did so), we should be Zâlimûn (wrong-doers)."

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

Juz 13Page 245meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
مَعَاذَmaʿādhaAllah forbid
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah forbid
أَنanthat
نَّأْخُذَnakhudhawe take
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَنman(one) who
وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe found
مَتَـٰعَنَاmatāʿanāour possession
عِندَهُۥٓʿindahuwith him
إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
إِذًۭاidhanthen
لَّظَـٰلِمُونَlaẓālimūnasurely (would be) wrongdoers