Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:83

12:83

قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِيَنِى بِهِمْ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

qāla bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amran faṣabrun jamīlun ʿasā l-lahu an yatiyanī bihim jamīʿan innahu huwa l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīmu

[Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. Perhaps Allāh will bring them to me all together. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise."

— Saheeh International

Their father said, ‘No! Your souls have prompted you to do wrong! But it is best to be patient: may God bring all of them back to me- He alone is the All Knowing, the All Wise,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He [Ya‘qûb (Jacob)] said: "Nay, but your ownselves have beguiled you into something. So patience is most fitting (for me). May be Allâh will bring them (back) all to me. Truly He! Only He is All-Knowing, All-Wise."

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

Juz 13Page 245meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
بَلْbalNay
سَوَّلَتْsawwalathave enticed
لَكُمْlakumyou
أَنفُسُكُمْanfusukumyour souls
أَمْرًۭاۖamransomething
فَصَبْرٌۭfaṣabrunso patience
جَمِيلٌۖjamīlun(is) beautiful
عَسَىʿasāPerhaps
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
أَنanwill bring them to me
يَأْتِيَنِىyatiyanīwill bring them to me
بِهِمْbihimwill bring them to me
جَمِيعًاۚjamīʿanall
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu(is) the All-Knower
ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuAll-Wise