Quran 12:10 — Yusuf, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Another of them] said, ‘Do not kill Joseph, but, if you must, throw him into the hidden depths of a well where some caravan may pick him up.’
قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِي غَيَابَتِ الْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ السَّيَّارَةِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ
qāla qāilun min'hum lā taqtulū yūsufa wa-alqūhu fī ghayābati l-jubi yaltaqiṭ'hu baʿḍu l-sayārati in kuntum fāʿilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- One of them said, 'No, kill not Joseph, but cast him into the bottom of the pit and some traveller will pick him out, if you do aught.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Another of them said: "Do not slay Joseph, but -rather - if you must do something - cast him into the dark depths of this well, [whence] some caravan may pick him up."
- Sahih International
- Said a speaker among them, "Do not kill Joseph but throw him into the bottom of the well; some travelers will pick him up - if you would do [something]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | Said | قول |
| 2 | قَآئِلٌۭqāilun | a speaker | قول |
| 3 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | among them | — |
| 4 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 5 | تَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulū | kill | قتل |
| 6 | يُوسُفَyūsufa | Yusuf | — |
| 7 | وَأَلْقُوهُwa-alqūhu | but throw him | لقي |
| 8 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 9 | غَيَـٰبَتِghayābati | the bottom | غيب |
| 10 | ٱلْجُبِّl-jubi | (of) the well | جبب |
| 11 | يَلْتَقِطْهُyaltaqiṭ'hu | will pick him | لقط |
| 12 | بَعْضُbaʿḍu | some | بعض |
| 13 | ٱلسَّيَّارَةِl-sayārati | [the] caravan | سير |
| 14 | إِنin | if | — |
| 15 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 16 | فَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīna | doing | فعل |