Surah Yusuf, ayah 111
لَقَدْ كَانَ فِى قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ۗ مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًا يُفْتَرَىٰ وَلَـٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
There was certainly in their stories a lesson for those of understanding. Never was it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a narration invented, but a confirmation of what was before it and a detailed explanation of all things and guidance and mercy for a people who believe.
Yusuf · 12:111
Word by word
- لَقَدْlaqadVerily
- كَانَkāna(there) is
- فِىfīin
- قَصَصِهِمْqaṣaṣihimtheir stories
- عِبْرَةٌۭʿib'ratuna lesson
- لِّأُو۟لِىli-ulīfor men
- ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ۗl-albābi(of) understanding
- مَاmāNot
- كَانَkāna(it) is
- حَدِيثًۭاḥadīthana narration
- يُفْتَرَىٰyuf'tarāinvented
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
- تَصْدِيقَtaṣdīqaa confirmation
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of that) which
- بَيْنَbayna(was) before it
- يَدَيْهِyadayhi(was) before it
- وَتَفْصِيلَwatafṣīlaand a detailed explanation
- كُلِّkulli(of) all
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
- وَهُدًۭىwahudanand a guidance
- وَرَحْمَةًۭwaraḥmatanand mercy
- لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe
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