← Surah 12

12:11

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَ۫نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَـٰصِحُونَ

Word by word

قَالُوا۟
They said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
يَٰٓأَبَانَا
O our father
Noun
Root: أبو
Grammar (i'rab)
يَٰٓPreposition — vocative، prefix
أَبَاNoun — masc. sing.، accusative
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
مَا
Why
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَاNoun — relative
لَكَ
(do) you
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — preposition، prefix
كَNoun — pronoun، 2nd masc. sing.
لَا
not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَاPreposition — negative
تَأْمَ۫نَّا
trust us
Verb
Root: أمن
Grammar (i'rab)
تَأْمَ۫نَّVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. sing.
اNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
عَلَىٰ
with
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَىٰPreposition — preposition
يُوسُفَ
Yusuf
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
يُوسُفَNoun — proper noun، masculine، genitive
وَإِنَّا
while indeed, we
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — circumstantial، prefix
إِنَّPreposition — accusative
اNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
لَهُۥ
(are) for him
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — preposition، prefix
هُۥNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. sing.
لَنَٰصِحُونَ
surely well-wishers
Noun
Root: نصح
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — emphasis، prefix
نَٰصِحُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative

Translation

EN

They said: "O our father! why dost thou not trust us with Joseph,- seeing we are indeed his sincere well-wishers?

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

They said to their father, ‘Why do you not trust us with Joseph? We wish him well.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

They said: O our father! Why wilt thou not trust us with Joseph, when lo! we are good friends to him?

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

They said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Bunun üzerine "Ey babamız! Yusuf'un iyiliğini istediğimiz halde, onu niçin bize emniyet etmiyorsun? Yarın onu bizimle beraber gönder de gezsin oynasın, biz onu herhalde koruruz" dediler.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Dediler ki: "Ey babamız! Sen bize Yusuf için neden güvenmiyorsun? Halbuki biz onun iyiliğini istiyoruz."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Kardeşler babalarına) şöyle demişti: “Ey babamız! Sana ne oluyor da Yusuf hakkında bize güvenmiyorsun? Oysa biz onun için samimi olanlarız.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

قال إخوة يوسف -بعد اتفاقهم على إبعاده-: يا أبانا ما لك لا تجعلنا أمناء على يوسف مع أنه أخونا، ونحن نريد له الخير ونشفق عليه ونرعاه، ونخصه بخالص النصح؟

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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