Quran 12:13 — Yusuf, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He replied, ‘The thought of you taking him away with you worries me: I am afraid a wolf may eat him when you are not paying attention.’
قَالَ إِنِّي لَيَحْزُنُنِي أَنْ تَذْهَبُوا بِهِ وَأَخَافُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَأَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ غَافِلُونَ
qāla innī layaḥzununī an tadhhabū bihi wa-akhāfu an yakulahu l-dhi'bu wa-antum ʿanhu ghāfilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'It grieves me that you should go with him, and I fear the wolf may eat him, while you are heedless of him.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [Jacob] answered: "Behold, it grieves me indeed [to think] that you might take him with you, for I dread lest the wolf devour him at a moment when you are heedless of him!"
- Sahih International
- [Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, [I] | — |
| 3 | لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓlayaḥzununī | it surely saddens me | حزن |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | تَذْهَبُوا۟tadhhabū | you should take him | ذهب |
| 6 | بِهِۦbihi | you should take him | — |
| 7 | وَأَخَافُwa-akhāfu | and I fear | خوف |
| 8 | أَنan | that | — |
| 9 | يَأْكُلَهُyakulahu | would eat him | أكل |
| 10 | ٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'bu | a wolf | ذأب |
| 11 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you | — |
| 12 | عَنْهُʿanhu | of him | — |
| 13 | غَـٰفِلُونَghāfilūna | (are) unaware | غفل |