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Yusuf 8

Ayah 8 of 111 · Meccan

إِذۡ قَالُواْ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحۡنُ عُصۡبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ ٨

When they said, "Joseph and his brother1 are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Benjamin, who was born of the same mother as Joseph.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِذۡWhenidh
  2. قَالُواْthey saidqālū
  3. لَيُوسُفُSurely Yusuflayūsufu
  4. وَأَخُوهُand his brotherwa-akhūhu
  5. أَحَبُّ(are) more belovedaḥabbu
  6. إِلَىٰٓtoilā
  7. أَبِينَاour fatherabīnā
  8. مِنَّاthan weminnā
  9. وَنَحۡنُwhile wewanaḥnu
  10. عُصۡبَةٌ(are) a groupʿuṣ'batun
  11. إِنَّIndeedinna
  12. أَبَانَاour fatherabānā
  13. لَفِي(is) surely inlafī
  14. ضَلَٰلٖan errorḍalālin
  15. مُّبِينٍclearmubīnin

Tafsir

At that time, the brothers said among themselves: Joseph and his full brother are more beloved to our father than we are, whereas we are a group large in number. Why does he prefer them to us? We think that our father is mistaken in preferring them to us without any apparent reason.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran