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Pray for the Truth

Quran 12:17Yusuf, verse 17

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

They said, ‘We went off racing one another, leaving Joseph behind with our things, and a wolf ate him. You will not believe us, though we are telling the truth!’

قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا إِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا يُوسُفَ عِنْدَ مَتَاعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ ۖ وَمَا أَنْتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَنَا وَلَوْ كُنَّا صَادِقِينَ

qālū yāabānā innā dhahabnā nastabiqu wataraknā yūsufa ʿinda matāʿinā fa-akalahu l-dhi'bu wamā anta bimu'minin lanā walaw kunnā ṣādiqīna

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Word-by-word analysis of Yusuf verse 17
#WordMeaningRoot
1قَالُوا۟qālūThey saidقول
2يَـٰٓأَبَانَآyāabānāO our fatherأبو
3إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
4ذَهَبْنَاdhahabnā[we] wentذهب
5نَسْتَبِقُnastabiquracing each otherسبق
6وَتَرَكْنَاwataraknāand we leftترك
7يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
8عِندَʿindawithعند
9مَتَـٰعِنَاmatāʿināour possessionsمتع
10فَأَكَلَهُfa-akalahuand ate himأكل
11ٱلذِّئْبُ ۖl-dhi'buthe wolfذأب
12وَمَآwamāBut not
13أَنتَantayou
14بِمُؤْمِنٍۢbimu'minin(will) believeأمن
15لَّنَاlanāus
16وَلَوْwalaweven if
17كُنَّاkunnāwe areكون
18صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthfulصدق