Quran 12:84 — Yusuf, verse 84
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and he turned away from them, saying, ‘Alas for Joseph!’ His eyes went white with grief and he was filled with sorrow.
وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا أَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَابْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ
watawallā ʿanhum waqāla yāasafā ʿalā yūsufa wa-ib'yaḍḍat ʿaynāhu mina l-ḥuz'ni fahuwa kaẓīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And he turned away from them, and said, 'Ah, woe is me for Joseph!' And his eyes turned white because of the sorrow that he choked within him.
- Muhammad Asad
- But he turned away from them and said: "O woe is me for Joseph!"-and his eyes became dim from the grief with which he was filled.
- Sahih International
- And he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَتَوَلَّىٰwatawallā | And he turned away | ولي |
| 2 | عَنْهُمْʿanhum | from them | — |
| 3 | وَقَالَwaqāla | and said | قول |
| 4 | يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰyāasafā | Alas, my grief | أسف |
| 5 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 6 | يُوسُفَyūsufa | Yusuf | — |
| 7 | وَٱبْيَضَّتْwa-ib'yaḍḍat | And became white | بيض |
| 8 | عَيْنَاهُʿaynāhu | his eyes | عين |
| 9 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 10 | ٱلْحُزْنِl-ḥuz'ni | the grief | حزن |
| 11 | فَهُوَfahuwa | and he (was) | — |
| 12 | كَظِيمٌۭkaẓīmun | a suppressor | كظم |