← Surah 12

12:79

قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَـٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّظَـٰلِمُونَ

Word by word

قَالَ
He said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
مَعَاذَ
Allah forbid
Noun
Root: عوذ
Grammar (i'rab)
مَعَاذَNoun — masculine، accusative
ٱللَّهِ
Allah forbid
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهِNoun — proper noun، genitive
أَن
that
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنPreposition — subordinating
نَّأْخُذَ
we take
Verb
Root: أخذ
Grammar (i'rab)
نَّأْخُذَVerb — imperfect، 1st plur.
إِلَّا
except
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَّاPreposition — restriction
مَن
(one) who
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَنNoun — relative
وَجَدْنَا
we found
Verb
Root: وجد
Grammar (i'rab)
وَجَدْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
مَتَٰعَنَا
our possession
Noun
Root: متع
Grammar (i'rab)
مَتَٰعَNoun — masculine، accusative
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
عِندَهُۥٓ
with him
Noun
Root: عند
Grammar (i'rab)
عِندَNoun — location adverb، accusative
هُۥٓNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
إِنَّآ
Indeed, we
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِنَّPreposition — accusative
آNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
إِذًا
then
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِذًاPreposition — answer
لَّظَٰلِمُونَ
surely (would be) wrongdoers
Noun
Root: ظلم
Grammar (i'rab)
لَّPreposition — emphasis، prefix
ظَٰلِمُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative

Translation

EN

He said: "Allah forbid that we take other than him with whom we found our property: indeed (if we did so), we should be acting wrongfully.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

He replied, ‘God forbid that we should take anyone other than the person on whom we found our property: that would be unjust of us.’

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

He said: Allah forbid that we should seize save him with whom we found our property; then truly we should be wrong-doers.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh [to prevent] that we take except him with whom we found our possession. Indeed, we would then be unjust."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

"Maazallah! Biz, malımızı kimde bulmuşsak ancak onu alıkoruz, yoksa haksızlık etmiş oluruz" dedi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

O dedi ki: "Eşyamızı yanında bulduğumuzdan başkasını tutuklamaktan Allah korusun. Çünkü öyle yaparsak zalimlerden oluruz."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Yusuf) şöyle demişti: “Eşyamızı yanında bulduğumuz kimseden başkasını alıkoymaktan Allah’a sığınırız; doğrusu o takdirde biz zalimler oluruz!”

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

قال يوسف: نعتصم بالله ونستجير به أن نأخذ أحدًا غير الذي وجدنا المكيال عنده -كما حكمتم أنتم-، فإننا إن فعلنا ما تطلبون نكون في عداد الظالمين.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

Where this verse appears

Topics
Oneness of God