Quran 12:94 — Yusuf, verse 94
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Later, when the caravan departed, their father said, ‘You may think I am senile but I can smell Joseph,’
وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ الْعِيرُ قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ إِنِّي لَأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ ۖ لَوْلَا أَنْ تُفَنِّدُونِ
walammā faṣalati l-ʿīru qāla abūhum innī la-ajidu rīḥa yūsufa lawlā an tufannidūni
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So, when the caravan set forth, their father said, 'Surely I perceive Joseph's scent, unless you think me doting.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND AS SOON as the caravan [with which Jacob's sons were travelling] was on its way, their father said [to the people around him]: "Behold, were it not that you might consider me a dotard, [I would say that] I truly feel the breath of Joseph [in the air]!"
- Sahih International
- And when the caravan departed [from Egypt], their father said, "Indeed, I find the smell of Joseph [and would say that he was alive] if you did not think me weakened in mind."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَمَّاwalammā | And when | — |
| 2 | فَصَلَتِfaṣalati | departed | فصل |
| 3 | ٱلْعِيرُl-ʿīru | the caravan | عير |
| 4 | قَالَqāla | their father said | قول |
| 5 | أَبُوهُمْabūhum | their father said | أبو |
| 6 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 7 | لَأَجِدُla-ajidu | [I] find | وجد |
| 8 | رِيحَrīḥa | (the) smell | روح |
| 9 | يُوسُفَ ۖyūsufa | (of) Yusuf | — |
| 10 | لَوْلَآlawlā | if not | — |
| 11 | أَنan | that | — |
| 12 | تُفَنِّدُونِtufannidūni | you think me weakened in mind | فند |