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Yusuf 73

Ayah 73 of 111 · Meccan

قَالُواْ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُم مَّا جِئۡنَا لِنُفۡسِدَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَٰرِقِينَ ٧٣

They said, "By Allāh, you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  2. تَٱللَّهِBy Allahtal-lahi
  3. لَقَدۡcertainlylaqad
  4. عَلِمۡتُمyou knowʿalim'tum
  5. مَّاnotmā
  6. جِئۡنَاwe cameji'nā
  7. لِنُفۡسِدَthat we cause corruptionlinuf'sida
  8. فِيinfī
  9. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe landl-arḍi
  10. وَمَاand notwamā
  11. كُنَّاwe arekunnā
  12. سَٰرِقِينَthievessāriqīna

Tafsir

The brothers of Joseph swore by Allah that those accusing them knew they were free of blame and innocent of this, as they could see from their situation, and that they had not come to the land of Egypt to cause corruption in it, and that they had never been thieves.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran