Quran 12:63 — Yusuf, verse 63
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When they returned to their father, they said, ‘Father, we have been denied any more corn, but send our brother back with us and we shall be given another measure. We shall guard him carefully.’
فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا إِلَىٰ أَبِيهِمْ قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا الْكَيْلُ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا أَخَانَا نَكْتَلْ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ
falammā rajaʿū ilā abīhim qālū yāabānā muniʿa minnā l-kaylu fa-arsil maʿanā akhānā naktal wa-innā lahu laḥāfiẓūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So, when they had returned to their father, they said, 'Father, the measure was denied to us; so send with us our brother, that we may obtain the measure; surely we shall be watching over him.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And so, when they returned to their father, [Joseph's brothers] said: "O our father! All grain is [to be] withheld from us [in the future unless we bring Benjamin with us]: send, therefore, our brother with us, so that we may obtain our measure (of grain]; and, verily, we shall guard him well!"
- Sahih International
- So when they returned to their father, they said, "O our father, [further] measure has been denied to us, so send with us our brother [that] we will be given measure. And indeed, we will be his guardians."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | So when | — |
| 2 | رَجَعُوٓا۟rajaʿū | they returned | رجع |
| 3 | إِلَىٰٓilā | to | — |
| 4 | أَبِيهِمْabīhim | their father | أبو |
| 5 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 6 | يَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānā | O our father | أبو |
| 7 | مُنِعَmuniʿa | Has been denied | منع |
| 8 | مِنَّاminnā | to us | — |
| 9 | ٱلْكَيْلُl-kaylu | the measure | كيل |
| 10 | فَأَرْسِلْfa-arsil | so send | رسل |
| 11 | مَعَنَآmaʿanā | with us | — |
| 12 | أَخَانَاakhānā | our brother | أخو |
| 13 | نَكْتَلْnaktal | (that) we will get measure | كيل |
| 14 | وَإِنَّاwa-innā | And indeed, we | — |
| 15 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 16 | لَحَـٰفِظُونَlaḥāfiẓūna | (will) surely (be) guardians | حفظ |