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Surah Yusuf, ayah 11

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَ۫نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَـٰصِحُونَ

They said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?

Yusuf · 12:11

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  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. يَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāO our father
  3. مَاmāWhy
  4. لَكَlaka(do) you
  5. لَاlānot
  6. تَأْمَ۫نَّاtamannātrust us
  7. عَلَىٰʿalāwith
  8. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
  9. وَإِنَّاwa-innāwhile indeed, we
  10. لَهُۥlahu(are) for him
  11. لَنَـٰصِحُونَlanāṣiḥūnasurely well-wishers

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