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Yusuf 10

Ayah 10 of 111 · Meccan

قَالَ قَآئِلٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ لَا تَقۡتُلُواْ يُوسُفَ وَأَلۡقُوهُ فِي غَيَٰبَتِ ٱلۡجُبِّ يَلۡتَقِطۡهُ بَعۡضُ ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَٰعِلِينَ ١٠

Said a speaker among them, "Do not kill Joseph but throw him into the bottom of the well; some travelers will pick him up - if you would do [something]."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَSaidqāla
  2. قَآئِلٞa speakerqāilun
  3. مِّنۡهُمۡamong themmin'hum
  4. لَا(Do) notlā
  5. تَقۡتُلُواْkilltaqtulū
  6. يُوسُفَYusufyūsufa
  7. وَأَلۡقُوهُbut throw himwa-alqūhu
  8. فِيinfī
  9. غَيَٰبَتِthe bottomghayābati
  10. ٱلۡجُبِّ(of) the welll-jubi
  11. يَلۡتَقِطۡهُwill pick himyaltaqiṭ'hu
  12. بَعۡضُsomebaʿḍu
  13. ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ[the] caravanl-sayārati
  14. إِنifin
  15. كُنتُمۡyou arekuntum
  16. فَٰعِلِينَdoingfāʿilīna

Tafsir

One of the brothers said: Do not kill Yousuf, rather throw him into a well and some passers by may find him and take him, this is a lesser evil if you really want to get rid of him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran