Quran 12:38 — Yusuf, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and I follow the faith of my forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Because of God’s grace to us and to all mankind, we would never worship anything beside God, but most people are ungrateful.
وَاتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ آبَائِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ۚ مَا كَانَ لَنَا أَنْ نُشْرِكَ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ
wa-ittabaʿtu millata ābāī ib'rāhīma wa-is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba mā kāna lanā an nush'rika bil-lahi min shayin dhālika min faḍli l-lahi ʿalaynā waʿalā l-nāsi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yashkurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And I have followed the creed of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Not ours is it to associate aught with God. That is of God's bounty to us, and to men; but most men are not thankful.
- Muhammad Asad
- and I follow the creed of my forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It is not conceivable that we should [be allowed to] ascribe divinity to aught beside God: this is [an outcome] of God's bounty unto us and unto all mankind -but most people are ungrateful.
- Sahih International
- And I have followed the religion of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And it was not for us to associate anything with Allāh. That is from the favor of Allāh upon us and upon the people, but most of the people are not grateful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱتَّبَعْتُwa-ittabaʿtu | And I follow | تبع |
| 2 | مِلَّةَmillata | (the) religion | ملل |
| 3 | ءَابَآءِىٓābāī | (of) my forefathers | أبو |
| 4 | إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma | Ibrahim | — |
| 5 | وَإِسْحَـٰقَwa-is'ḥāqa | and Isaac | — |
| 6 | وَيَعْقُوبَ ۚwayaʿqūba | and Yaqub | — |
| 7 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 8 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 9 | لَنَآlanā | for us | — |
| 10 | أَنan | that | — |
| 11 | نُّشْرِكَnush'rika | we associate | شرك |
| 12 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | with Allah | أله |
| 13 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 14 | شَىْءٍۢ ۚshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 15 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 16 | مِنmin | (is) from | — |
| 17 | فَضْلِfaḍli | (the) Grace | فضل |
| 18 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 19 | عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā | upon us | — |
| 20 | وَعَلَىwaʿalā | and upon | — |
| 21 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the mankind | نوس |
| 22 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 23 | أَكْثَرَakthara | most | كثر |
| 24 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | (of) the men | نوس |
| 25 | لَاlā | (are) not | — |
| 26 | يَشْكُرُونَyashkurūna | grateful | شكر |