Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:8

12:8

إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

idh qālū layūsufu wa-akhūhu aḥabbu ilā abīnā minnā wanaḥnu ʿuṣ'batun inna abānā lafī ḍalālin mubīnin

When they said, "Joseph and his brother are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.

— Saheeh International

The brothers said [to each other], ‘Although we are many, Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we are–– our father is clearly in the wrong.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When they said: "Truly, Yûsuf (Joseph) and his brother (Benjamin) are dearer to our father than we, while we are a strong group. Really, our father is in a plain error.

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

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Word by Word

إِذْidhWhen
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
لَيُوسُفُlayūsufuSurely Yusuf
وَأَخُوهُwa-akhūhuand his brother
أَحَبُّaḥabbu(are) more beloved
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أَبِينَاabīnāour father
مِنَّاminnāthan we
وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
عُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batun(are) a group
إِنَّinnaIndeed
أَبَانَاabānāour father
لَفِىlafī(is) surely in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
مُّبِينٍmubīninclear