Quran 12:11 — Yusuf, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said to their father, ‘Why do you not trust us with Joseph? We wish him well.
قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَنَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَنَاصِحُونَ
qālū yāabānā mā laka lā tamannā ʿalā yūsufa wa-innā lahu lanāṣiḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Father, what ails thee, that thou trustest us not with Joseph? Surely we are his sincere well-wishers.
- Muhammad Asad
- [On this they agreed; and thereupon] they spoke [thus to their father]: "O our father! Wherefore wilt thou not trust us with Joseph, seeing that we are indeed his well-wishers?
- Sahih International
- They said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānā | O our father | أبو |
| 3 | مَاmā | Why | — |
| 4 | لَكَlaka | (do) you | — |
| 5 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 6 | تَأْمَ۫نَّاtamannā | trust us | أمن |
| 7 | عَلَىٰʿalā | with | — |
| 8 | يُوسُفَyūsufa | Yusuf | — |
| 9 | وَإِنَّاwa-innā | while indeed, we | — |
| 10 | لَهُۥlahu | (are) for him | — |
| 11 | لَنَـٰصِحُونَlanāṣiḥūna | surely well-wishers | نصح |