Quran 12:3 — Yusuf, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We tell you [Prophet] the best of stories in revealing this Quran to you. Before this you were one of those who knew nothing about them.
نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ بِمَا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ هَـٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ لَمِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ
naḥnu naquṣṣu ʿalayka aḥsana l-qaṣaṣi bimā awḥaynā ilayka hādhā l-qur'āna wa-in kunta min qablihi lamina l-ghāfilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We will relate to thee the fairest of stories in that We have revealed to thee this Koran, though before it thou wast one of the heedless.
- Muhammad Asad
- In the measure that We reveal this Qur'an unto thee, [O Prophet,] We explain it to thee in the best possible way, seeing that ere this thou wert indeed among those who are unaware [of what revelation is].
- Sahih International
- We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur’ān although you were, before it, among the unaware.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 2 | نَقُصُّnaquṣṣu | relate | قصص |
| 3 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | to you | — |
| 4 | أَحْسَنَaḥsana | the best | حسن |
| 5 | ٱلْقَصَصِl-qaṣaṣi | of the narrations | قصص |
| 6 | بِمَآbimā | in what | — |
| 7 | أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynā | We have revealed | وحي |
| 8 | إِلَيْكَilayka | to you | — |
| 9 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | (of) this | — |
| 10 | ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'āna | the Quran | قرأ |
| 11 | وَإِنwa-in | although | — |
| 12 | كُنتَkunta | you were | كون |
| 13 | مِنmin | before it | — |
| 14 | قَبْلِهِۦqablihi | before it | قبل |
| 15 | لَمِنَlamina | surely among | — |
| 16 | ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَl-ghāfilīna | the unaware | غفل |