Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:81

12:81

ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَـٰفِظِينَ

ir'jiʿū ilā abīkum faqūlū yāabānā inna ib'naka saraqa wamā shahid'nā illā bimā ʿalim'nā wamā kunnā lil'ghaybi ḥāfiẓīna

Return to your father and say, 'O our father, indeed your son has stolen, and we did not testify except to what we knew. And we were not witnesses of the unseen.

— Saheeh International

so go back to your father and say, “Your son stole. We can only tell you what we saw. How could we guard against the unforeseen?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Return to your father and say, ‘O our father! Verily, your son (Benjamin) has stolen, and we testify not except according to what we know, and we could not know the Unseen!

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

Juz 13Page 245meccan

Word by Word

ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ir'jiʿūReturn
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أَبِيكُمْabīkumyour father
فَقُولُوا۟faqūlūand say
يَـٰٓأَبَانَآyāabānā'O our father
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱبْنَكَib'nakayour son
سَرَقَsaraqahas stolen
وَمَاwamāand not
شَهِدْنَآshahid'nāwe testify
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِمَاbimāof what
عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāwe knew
وَمَاwamāAnd not
كُنَّاkunnāwe were
لِلْغَيْبِlil'ghaybiof the unseen
حَـٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīnaguardians