قَالَ إِنِّي لَيَحۡزُنُنِيٓ أَن تَذۡهَبُواْ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأۡكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُ وَأَنتُمۡ عَنۡهُ غَٰفِلُونَ ١٣
[Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."
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قَالَ He said qāla إِنِّي Indeed, [I] innī لَيَحۡزُنُنِيٓ it surely saddens me layaḥzununī أَن that an تَذۡهَبُواْ you should take him tadhhabū بِهِۦ you should take him bihi وَأَخَافُ and I fear wa-akhāfu أَن that an يَأۡكُلَهُ would eat him yakulahu ٱلذِّئۡبُ a wolf l-dhi'bu وَأَنتُمۡ while you wa-antum عَنۡهُ of him ʿanhu غَٰفِلُونَ (are) unaware ghāfilūna Tafsir Jacob said to his sons: I am saddened by your taking him because I cannot bear to be away from him. I also fear that a wolf may eat him when you are not paying attention to him, absorbed in your enjoyment and play.
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