Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:94

12:94

وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ ٱلْعِيرُ قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ إِنِّى لَأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ ۖ لَوْلَآ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ

walammā faṣalati l-ʿīru qāla abūhum innī la-ajidu rīḥa yūsufa lawlā an tufannidūni

And when the caravan departed [from Egypt], their father said, "Indeed, I find the smell of Joseph [and would say that he was alive] if you did not think me weakened in mind."

— Saheeh International

Later, when the caravan departed, their father said, ‘You may think I am senile but I can smell Joseph,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when the caravan departed, their father said: "I do indeed feel the smell of Yûsuf (Joseph), if only you think me not a dotard (a person who has weakness of mind because of old age)."

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

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Word by Word

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
فَصَلَتِfaṣalatideparted
ٱلْعِيرُl-ʿīruthe caravan
قَالَqālatheir father said
أَبُوهُمْabūhumtheir father said
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
لَأَجِدُla-ajidu[I] find
رِيحَrīḥa(the) smell
يُوسُفَۖyūsufa(of) Yusuf
لَوْلَآlawlāif not
أَنanthat
تُفَنِّدُونِtufannidūniyou think me weakened in mind