Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:85

12:85

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ تَفْتَؤُا۟ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَ

qālū tal-lahi tafta-u tadhkuru yūsufa ḥattā takūna ḥaraḍan aw takūna mina l-hālikīna

They said, "By Allāh, you will not cease remembering Joseph until you become fatally ill or become of those who perish."

— Saheeh International

They said, ‘By God! You will ruin your health if you do not stop thinking of Joseph, or even die.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "By Allâh! You will never cease remembering Yûsuf (Joseph) until you become weak with old age, or until you be of the dead."

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

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قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
تَفْتَؤُا۟tafta-uyou will not cease
تَذْكُرُtadhkururemembering
يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
تَكُونَtakūnayou become
حَرَضًاḥaraḍanfatally ill
أَوْawor
تَكُونَtakūnabecome
مِنَminaof
ٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَl-hālikīnathose who perish