Quran 12:86 — Yusuf, verse 86
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘I plead my grief and sorrow before God. I have knowledge from God that you do not have.
قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
qāla innamā ashkū bathī waḥuz'nī ilā l-lahi wa-aʿlamu mina l-lahi mā lā taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'I make complaint of my anguish and my sorrow unto God; I know from God that you know not.
- Muhammad Asad
- He answered: "It is only to God that I complain of my deep grief and my sorrow: for I know, from God, something that you do not know.
- Sahih International
- He said, "I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allāh, and I know from Allāh that which you do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | إِنَّمَآinnamā | Only | — |
| 3 | أَشْكُوا۟ashkū | I complain | شكو |
| 4 | بَثِّىbathī | (of) my suffering | بثث |
| 5 | وَحُزْنِىٓwaḥuz'nī | and my grief | حزن |
| 6 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 8 | وَأَعْلَمُwa-aʿlamu | and I know | علم |
| 9 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 11 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 12 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 13 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | you know | علم |