Quran 12:82 — Yusuf, verse 82
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Ask in the town where we have been; ask the people of the caravan we travelled with: we are telling the truth.”’
وَاسْأَلِ الْقَرْيَةَ الَّتِي كُنَّا فِيهَا وَالْعِيرَ الَّتِي أَقْبَلْنَا فِيهَا ۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ
wasali l-qaryata allatī kunnā fīhā wal-ʿīra allatī aqbalnā fīhā wa-innā laṣādiqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Enquire of the city wherein we were, and the caravan in which we approached; surely we are truthful men".'
- Muhammad Asad
- And ask thou in the town in which we were [at the time], and of the people of the caravan with whom we travelled hither, and [thou wilt find that] we, are indeed telling the truth!"'
- Sahih International
- And ask the city in which we were and the caravan in which we came - and indeed, we are truthful.'"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَسْـَٔلِwasali | And ask | سأل |
| 2 | ٱلْقَرْيَةَl-qaryata | the town | قري |
| 3 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | where | — |
| 4 | كُنَّاkunnā | we were | كون |
| 5 | فِيهَاfīhā | [in it] | — |
| 6 | وَٱلْعِيرَwal-ʿīra | and the caravan | عير |
| 7 | ٱلَّتِىٓallatī | which | — |
| 8 | أَقْبَلْنَاaqbalnā | we returned | قبل |
| 9 | فِيهَا ۖfīhā | [in it] | — |
| 10 | وَإِنَّاwa-innā | And indeed, we | — |
| 11 | لَصَـٰدِقُونَlaṣādiqūna | surely (are) truthful.' | صدق |