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Yusuf 17

Ayah 17 of 111 · Meccan

قَالُواْ يَٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّا ذَهَبۡنَا نَسۡتَبِقُ وَتَرَكۡنَا يُوسُفَ عِندَ مَتَٰعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُؤۡمِنٖ لَّنَا وَلَوۡ كُنَّا صَٰدِقِينَ ١٧

They said, "O our father, indeed we went racing each other and left Joseph with our possessions, and a wolf ate him. But you would not believe us, even if we were truthful."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  2. يَٰٓأَبَانَآO our fatheryāabānā
  3. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  4. ذَهَبۡنَا[we] wentdhahabnā
  5. نَسۡتَبِقُracing each othernastabiqu
  6. وَتَرَكۡنَاand we leftwataraknā
  7. يُوسُفَYusufyūsufa
  8. عِندَwithʿinda
  9. مَتَٰعِنَاour possessionsmatāʿinā
  10. فَأَكَلَهُand ate himfa-akalahu
  11. ٱلذِّئۡبُۖthe wolfl-dhi'bu
  12. وَمَآBut notwamā
  13. أَنتَyouanta
  14. بِمُؤۡمِنٖ(will) believebimu'minin
  15. لَّنَاuslanā
  16. وَلَوۡeven ifwalaw
  17. كُنَّاwe arekunnā
  18. صَٰدِقِينَtruthfulṣādiqīna

Tafsir

They said: O our father, we went off on foot racing with one another and shooting arrows and we left Joseph by our clothes and provisions to look after them. Then the wolf ate him. You are not going to believe us, even though we are absolutely truthful in what we have told you.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran