Quran 12:80 — Yusuf, verse 80
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When they lost hope of [persuading] him, they withdrew to confer with each other: the eldest of them said, ‘Do you not remember that your father took a solemn pledge from you in the name of God and before that you failed in your duty with regard to Joseph? I will not leave this land until my father gives me leave or God decides for me- He is the best decider-
فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْأَسُوا مِنْهُ خَلَصُوا نَجِيًّا ۖ قَالَ كَبِيرُهُمْ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ قَدْ أَخَذَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَوْثِقًا مِنَ اللَّهِ وَمِنْ قَبْلُ مَا فَرَّطْتُمْ فِي يُوسُفَ ۖ فَلَنْ أَبْرَحَ الْأَرْضَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْذَنَ لِي أَبِي أَوْ يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ لِي ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الْحَاكِمِينَ
falammā is'tayasū min'hu khalaṣū najiyyan qāla kabīruhum alam taʿlamū anna abākum qad akhadha ʿalaykum mawthiqan mina l-lahi wamin qablu mā farraṭtum fī yūsufa falan abraḥa l-arḍa ḥattā yadhana lī abī aw yaḥkuma l-lahu lī wahuwa khayru l-ḥākimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When they despaired of moving him, they conferred privily apart. Said the eldest of them, 'Do you not know how your father has taken a solemn pledge from you by God, and aforetime you failed regarding Joseph? Never will I quit this land, until my father gives me leave, or God judges in my favour; He is the best of judges.
- Muhammad Asad
- And so, when they lost all hope of [moving] him, they withdrew to take counsel [among themselves]. The eldest of them said: "Do you not remember that your father has bound you by a solemn pledge before God - and how, before that, you had failed with regard to Joseph? Hence, I shall not depart from this land till my father gives me leave or God passes judgment in my favour: for He is the best of all judges.
- Sahih International
- So when they had despaired of him, they secluded themselves in private consultation. The eldest of them said, "Do you not know that your father has taken upon you an oath by Allāh and [that] before you failed in [your duty to] Joseph? So I will never leave [this] land until my father permits me or Allāh decides for me, and He is the best of judges.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | So when | — |
| 2 | ٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟is'tayasū | they despaired | يأس |
| 3 | مِنْهُmin'hu | of him | — |
| 4 | خَلَصُوا۟khalaṣū | they secluded themselves | خلص |
| 5 | نَجِيًّۭا ۖnajiyyan | (in) private consultation | نجو |
| 6 | قَالَqāla | Said | قول |
| 7 | كَبِيرُهُمْkabīruhum | the eldest among them | كبر |
| 8 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 9 | تَعْلَمُوٓا۟taʿlamū | you know | علم |
| 10 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 11 | أَبَاكُمْabākum | your father | أبو |
| 12 | قَدْqad | has taken | — |
| 13 | أَخَذَakhadha | has taken | أخذ |
| 14 | عَلَيْكُمʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 15 | مَّوْثِقًۭاmawthiqan | a promise | وثق |
| 16 | مِّنَmina | by | — |
| 17 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 18 | وَمِنwamin | and before | — |
| 19 | قَبْلُqablu | and before | قبل |
| 20 | مَاmā | that | — |
| 21 | فَرَّطتُمْfarraṭtum | you failed | فرط |
| 22 | فِىfī | concerning | — |
| 23 | يُوسُفَ ۖyūsufa | Yusuf | — |
| 24 | فَلَنْfalan | So never | — |
| 25 | أَبْرَحَabraḥa | will I leave | برح |
| 26 | ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa | the land | أرض |
| 27 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 28 | يَأْذَنَyadhana | permits | أذن |
| 29 | لِىٓlī | me | — |
| 30 | أَبِىٓabī | my father | أبو |
| 31 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 32 | يَحْكُمَyaḥkuma | Allah decides | حكم |
| 33 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah decides | أله |
| 34 | لِى ۖlī | for me | — |
| 35 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and He | — |
| 36 | خَيْرُkhayru | (is) the Best | خير |
| 37 | ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَl-ḥākimīna | (of) the judges | حكم |