Quran 12:111 — Yusuf, verse 111
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There is a lesson in the stories of such people for those who understand. This revelation is no fabrication: it is a confirmation of the truth of what was sent before it; an explanation of everything; a guide and a blessing for those who believe.
لَقَدْ كَانَ فِي قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ ۗ مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًا يُفْتَرَىٰ وَلَـٰكِنْ تَصْدِيقَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
laqad kāna fī qaṣaṣihim ʿib'ratun li-ulī l-albābi mā kāna ḥadīthan yuf'tarā walākin taṣdīqa alladhī bayna yadayhi watafṣīla kulli shayin wahudan waraḥmatan liqawmin yu'minūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- In their stories is surely a lesson to men possessed of minds; it is not a tale forged, but a confirmation of what is before it, and a distinguishing of every thing, and a guidance, and a mercy to a people who believe.
- Muhammad Asad
- Indeed, in the stories of these men there is a lesson for those who are endowed with insight. [As for this revelation,] it could not possibly be a discourse invented [by man]: nay indeed, it is [a divine writ] confirming the truth of whatever there still remains [of earlier revelations], clearly spelling out everything, and [offering] guidance and grace unto people who will believe.
- Sahih International
- There was certainly in their stories a lesson for those of understanding. Never was it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a narration invented, but a confirmation of what was before it and a detailed explanation of all things and guidance and mercy for a people who believe.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَقَدْlaqad | Verily | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | (there) is | كون |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | قَصَصِهِمْqaṣaṣihim | their stories | قصص |
| 5 | عِبْرَةٌۭʿib'ratun | a lesson | عبر |
| 6 | لِّأُو۟لِىli-ulī | for men | أول |
| 7 | ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ۗl-albābi | (of) understanding | لبب |
| 8 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 9 | كَانَkāna | (it) is | كون |
| 10 | حَدِيثًۭاḥadīthan | a narration | حدث |
| 11 | يُفْتَرَىٰyuf'tarā | invented | فري |
| 12 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | but | — |
| 13 | تَصْدِيقَtaṣdīqa | a confirmation | صدق |
| 14 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (of that) which | — |
| 15 | بَيْنَbayna | (was) before it | بين |
| 16 | يَدَيْهِyadayhi | (was) before it | يدي |
| 17 | وَتَفْصِيلَwatafṣīla | and a detailed explanation | فصل |
| 18 | كُلِّkulli | (of) all | كلل |
| 19 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | things | شيأ |
| 20 | وَهُدًۭىwahudan | and a guidance | هدي |
| 21 | وَرَحْمَةًۭwaraḥmatan | and mercy | رحم |
| 22 | لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawmin | for a people | قوم |
| 23 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | who believe | أمن |