Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:84

12:84

وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَٱبْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

watawallā ʿanhum waqāla yāasafā ʿalā yūsufa wa-ib'yaḍḍat ʿaynāhu mina l-ḥuz'ni fahuwa kaẓīmun

And he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor.

— Saheeh International

and he turned away from them, saying, ‘Alas for Joseph!’ His eyes went white with grief and he was filled with sorrow.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And he turned away from them and said: "Alas, my grief for Yûsuf (Joseph)!" And he lost his sight because of the sorrow that he was suppressing.

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

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Word by Word

وَتَوَلَّىٰwatawallāAnd he turned away
عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
وَقَالَwaqālaand said
يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰyāasafāAlas, my grief
عَلَىٰʿalāover
يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
وَٱبْيَضَّتْwa-ib'yaḍḍatAnd became white
عَيْنَاهُʿaynāhuhis eyes
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْحُزْنِl-ḥuz'nithe grief
فَهُوَfahuwaand he (was)
كَظِيمٌۭkaẓīmuna suppressor