Quran 12:2 — Yusuf, verse 2
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have sent it down as an Arabic Quran so that you [people] may understand.
إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
innā anzalnāhu qur'ānan ʿarabiyyan laʿallakum taʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We have sent it down as an Arabic Koran; haply you will understand.
- Muhammad Asad
- behold, We have bestowed it from on high as a discourse in the Arabic tongue, so that you might encompass it with your reason.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّآinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 2 | أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhu | We have sent it down | نزل |
| 3 | قُرْءَٰنًاqur'ānan | (as) a Quran in Arabic | قرأ |
| 4 | عَرَبِيًّۭاʿarabiyyan | (as) a Quran in Arabic | عرب |
| 5 | لَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 6 | تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna | understand | عقل |