Quran 12:78 — Yusuf, verse 78
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘Mighty governor, he has an elderly father. Take one of us in his place. We can see that you are a very good man.’
قَالُوا يَا أَيُّهَا الْعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُ أَبًا شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَاكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
qālū yāayyuhā l-ʿazīzu inna lahu aban shaykhan kabīran fakhudh aḥadanā makānahu innā narāka mina l-muḥ'sinīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Mighty prince, he has a father, aged and great with years; so take one of us in his place; we see that thou art one of the good-doers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- They said: "O thou great one! Behold, he has a father, a very old man: detain, therefore, one of us in his stead. Verily, we see that thou art a doer of good!"
- Sahih International
- They said, "O ʿAzeez, indeed he has a father [who is] an old man, so take one of us in place of him. Indeed, we see you as a doer of good."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O | — |
| 3 | ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu | Aziz | عزز |
| 4 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 5 | لَهُۥٓlahu | he has | — |
| 6 | أَبًۭاaban | a father | أبو |
| 7 | شَيْخًۭاshaykhan | old | شيخ |
| 8 | كَبِيرًۭاkabīran | [great] | كبر |
| 9 | فَخُذْfakhudh | so take | أخذ |
| 10 | أَحَدَنَاaḥadanā | one of us | أحد |
| 11 | مَكَانَهُۥٓ ۖmakānahu | (in) his place | كون |
| 12 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 13 | نَرَىٰكَnarāka | [we] see you | رأي |
| 14 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 15 | ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna | the good-doers | حسن |