Quran 12:52 — Yusuf, verse 52
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Joseph said, ‘This was] for my master to know that I did not betray him behind his back: God does not guide the mischief of the treacherous.
ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِالْغَيْبِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي كَيْدَ الْخَائِنِينَ
dhālika liyaʿlama annī lam akhun'hu bil-ghaybi wa-anna l-laha lā yahdī kayda l-khāinīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'That, so that he may know I betrayed him not secretly, and that God guides not the guile of the treacherous.
- Muhammad Asad
- [When Joseph learned what had happened, he said: "I asked for] this, so that [my former master] might know that I did not betray him behind his back, and that God does not bless with His guidance the artful schemes of those who betray their trust.
- Sahih International
- That is so he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allāh does not guide the plan of betrayers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 2 | لِيَعْلَمَliyaʿlama | he may know | علم |
| 3 | أَنِّىannī | that I | — |
| 4 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 5 | أَخُنْهُakhun'hu | [I] betray him | خون |
| 6 | بِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybi | in secret | غيب |
| 7 | وَأَنَّwa-anna | and that | — |
| 8 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 9 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 10 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guide | هدي |
| 11 | كَيْدَkayda | (the) plan | كيد |
| 12 | ٱلْخَآئِنِينَl-khāinīna | (of) the betrayers | خون |