Quran 12:69 — Yusuf, verse 69
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Then, when they presented themselves before Joseph, he drew his brother apart and said, ‘I am your brother, so do not be saddened by their past actions,’
وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ آوَىٰ إِلَيْهِ أَخَاهُ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّي أَنَا أَخُوكَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
walammā dakhalū ʿalā yūsufa āwā ilayhi akhāhu qāla innī anā akhūka falā tabta-is bimā kānū yaʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when they entered unto Joseph, he said, taking his brother into his arms, 'I am thy brother; so do not despair of that they have done.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND WHEN [the sons of Jacob] presented themselves before Joseph, he drew his brother [Benjamin] unto himself, saying [to him in secret]: "Behold, I am thy brother! So grieve thou not over their past doings!"
- Sahih International
- And when they entered upon Joseph, he took his brother to himself; he said, "Indeed, I am your brother, so do not despair over what they used to do [to me]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَمَّاwalammā | And when | — |
| 2 | دَخَلُوا۟dakhalū | they entered | دخل |
| 3 | عَلَىٰʿalā | upon | — |
| 4 | يُوسُفَyūsufa | Yusuf | — |
| 5 | ءَاوَىٰٓāwā | he took | أوي |
| 6 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | to himself | — |
| 7 | أَخَاهُ ۖakhāhu | his brother | أخو |
| 8 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 9 | إِنِّىٓinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 10 | أَنَا۠anā | [I] am | — |
| 11 | أَخُوكَakhūka | your brother | أخو |
| 12 | فَلَاfalā | so (do) not | — |
| 13 | تَبْتَئِسْtabta-is | grieve | بأس |
| 14 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 15 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used (to) | كون |
| 16 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |