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Yusuf 3

Ayah 3 of 111 · Meccan

نَحۡنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيۡكَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلۡغَٰفِلِينَ ٣

We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur’ān although you were, before it, among the unaware.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. نَحۡنُWenaḥnu
  2. نَقُصُّrelatenaquṣṣu
  3. عَلَيۡكَto youʿalayka
  4. أَحۡسَنَthe bestaḥsana
  5. ٱلۡقَصَصِof the narrationsl-qaṣaṣi
  6. بِمَآin whatbimā
  7. أَوۡحَيۡنَآWe have revealedawḥaynā
  8. إِلَيۡكَto youilayka
  9. هَٰذَا(of) thishādhā
  10. ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَthe Quranl-qur'āna
  11. وَإِنalthoughwa-in
  12. كُنتَyou werekunta
  13. مِنbefore itmin
  14. قَبۡلِهِۦbefore itqablihi
  15. لَمِنَsurely amonglamina
  16. ٱلۡغَٰفِلِينَthe unawarel-ghāfilīna

Tafsir

By revealing this Qur’ān to you, I narrate, O Messenger, the best of stories, in their accuracy, the soundness of their words and their eloquence. Before I revealed it, you were unaware of these stories, without any knowledge of them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran