Quran 12:18 — Yusuf, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and they showed him his shirt, deceptively stained with blood. He cried, ‘No! Your souls have prompted you to do wrong! But it is best to be patient: from God alone I seek help to bear what you are saying.’
وَجَاءُوا عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنْفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ
wajāū ʿalā qamīṣihi bidamin kadhibin qāla bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amran faṣabrun jamīlun wal-lahu l-mus'taʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And they brought his shirt with false blood on it. He said, 'No; but your spirits tempted you to do somewhat. But come, sweet patience! And God's succour is ever there to seek against that you describe.'
- Muhammad Asad
- and they produced his tunic with false blood upon it. [But Jacob] exclaimed: "Nay, but it is your [own] minds that have made [so terrible] a happening seem a matter of little account to you! But [as for myself,] patience in adversity is most goodly [in the sight of God]; and it is to God [alone] that I pray to give me strength to bear the misfortune which you have described to me."
- Sahih International
- And they brought upon his shirt false blood. [Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. And Allāh is the one sought for help against that which you describe."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَآءُوwajāū | And they brought | جيأ |
| 2 | عَلَىٰʿalā | upon | — |
| 3 | قَمِيصِهِۦqamīṣihi | his shirt | قمص |
| 4 | بِدَمٍۢbidamin | with false blood | دمو |
| 5 | كَذِبٍۢ ۚkadhibin | with false blood | كذب |
| 6 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 7 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 8 | سَوَّلَتْsawwalat | has enticed you | سول |
| 9 | لَكُمْlakum | has enticed you | — |
| 10 | أَنفُسُكُمْanfusukum | your souls | نفس |
| 11 | أَمْرًۭا ۖamran | (to) a matter | أمر |
| 12 | فَصَبْرٌۭfaṣabrun | so patience | صبر |
| 13 | جَمِيلٌۭ ۖjamīlun | (is) beautiful | جمل |
| 14 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 15 | ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُl-mus'taʿānu | (is) the One sought for help | عون |
| 16 | عَلَىٰʿalā | against | — |
| 17 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 18 | تَصِفُونَtaṣifūna | you describe | وصف |