Quran 12:66 — Yusuf, verse 66
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘I will never send him with you, not unless you swear by God that you will bring him back to me if that is humanly possible.’ Then, when they had given him their pledge, he said, ‘Our words are entrusted to God.’
قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِنَ اللَّهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِي بِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا آتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ
qāla lan ur'silahu maʿakum ḥattā tu'tūni mawthiqan mina l-lahi latatunnanī bihi illā an yuḥāṭa bikum falammā ātawhu mawthiqahum qāla l-lahu ʿalā mā naqūlu wakīlun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'Never will I send him with you until you bring me a solemn pledge by God that you will surely bring him back to me unless it be that you are encompassed.' When they had brought him their solemn pledge he said, 'God shall be Guardian over what we say.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [Jacob]: "I will not send him with you until you give me a solemn pledge, before God, that you will indeed bring him back unto me, unless you yourselves be encompassed [by death]!" And when they had given him their solemn pledge, [Jacob] said: "God is witness to all that we say!"
- Sahih International
- [Jacob] said, "Never will I send him with you until you give me a promise [i.e., oath] by Allāh that you will bring him [back] to me, unless you should be surrounded [i.e., overcome by enemies]." And when they had given their promise, he said, "Allāh, over what we say, is Entrusted."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | لَنْlan | Never | — |
| 3 | أُرْسِلَهُۥur'silahu | will I send him | رسل |
| 4 | مَعَكُمْmaʿakum | with you | — |
| 5 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 6 | تُؤْتُونِtu'tūni | you give to me | أتي |
| 7 | مَوْثِقًۭاmawthiqan | a promise | وثق |
| 8 | مِّنَmina | by | — |
| 9 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 10 | لَتَأْتُنَّنِىlatatunnanī | that surely you will bring him to me | أتي |
| 11 | بِهِۦٓbihi | that surely you will bring him to me | — |
| 12 | إِلَّآillā | unless | — |
| 13 | أَنan | that | — |
| 14 | يُحَاطَyuḥāṭa | you are surrounded | حوط |
| 15 | بِكُمْ ۖbikum | you are surrounded | — |
| 16 | فَلَمَّآfalammā | And when | — |
| 17 | ءَاتَوْهُātawhu | they had given him | أتي |
| 18 | مَوْثِقَهُمْmawthiqahum | their promise | وثق |
| 19 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 20 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 21 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 22 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 23 | نَقُولُnaqūlu | we say | قول |
| 24 | وَكِيلٌۭwakīlun | (is) a Guardian | وكل |