Quran 12:8 — Yusuf, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The brothers said [to each other], ‘Although we are many, Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we are–– our father is clearly in the wrong.’
إِذْ قَالُوا لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
idh qālū layūsufu wa-akhūhu aḥabbu ilā abīnā minnā wanaḥnu ʿuṣ'batun inna abānā lafī ḍalālin mubīnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When they said, 'Surely Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we, though we are a band. Surely our father is in manifest error.
- Muhammad Asad
- NOW [Joseph's brothers] spoke [thus to one another:] "Truly, Joseph and his brother [Benjamin] are dearer to our father than we, even though we are so many. Behold, our father is surely suffering from an aberration!"
- Sahih International
- When they said, "Joseph and his brother are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 3 | لَيُوسُفُlayūsufu | Surely Yusuf | — |
| 4 | وَأَخُوهُwa-akhūhu | and his brother | أخو |
| 5 | أَحَبُّaḥabbu | (are) more beloved | حبب |
| 6 | إِلَىٰٓilā | to | — |
| 7 | أَبِينَاabīnā | our father | أبو |
| 8 | مِنَّاminnā | than we | — |
| 9 | وَنَحْنُwanaḥnu | while we | — |
| 10 | عُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batun | (are) a group | عصب |
| 11 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 12 | أَبَانَاabānā | our father | أبو |
| 13 | لَفِىlafī | (is) surely in | — |
| 14 | ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālin | an error | ضلل |
| 15 | مُّبِينٍmubīnin | clear | بين |