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Yusuf 82

Ayah 82 of 111 · Meccan

وَسۡـَٔلِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةَ ٱلَّتِي كُنَّا فِيهَا وَٱلۡعِيرَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَقۡبَلۡنَا فِيهَاۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ ٨٢

And ask the city in which we were and the caravan in which we came - and indeed, we are truthful.'"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَسۡـَٔلِAnd askwasali
  2. ٱلۡقَرۡيَةَthe townl-qaryata
  3. ٱلَّتِيwhereallatī
  4. كُنَّاwe werekunnā
  5. فِيهَا[in it]fīhā
  6. وَٱلۡعِيرَand the caravanwal-ʿīra
  7. ٱلَّتِيٓwhichallatī
  8. أَقۡبَلۡنَاwe returnedaqbalnā
  9. فِيهَاۖ[in it]fīhā
  10. وَإِنَّاAnd indeed, wewa-innā
  11. لَصَٰدِقُونَsurely (are) truthful.'laṣādiqūna

Tafsir

In order to confirm that they were telling the truth, the brothers told their father to ask the people of the town where they had been, and to ask the people of the caravan they had come with, and that these people would tell him the same thing as they had. They said they were telling the truth in what they told him about his son’s theft.

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