Surah Yusuf, ayah 13
قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَـٰفِلُونَ
[Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."
Yusuf · 12:13
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
- لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓlayaḥzununīit surely saddens me
- أَنanthat
- تَذْهَبُوا۟tadhhabūyou should take him
- بِهِۦbihiyou should take him
- وَأَخَافُwa-akhāfuand I fear
- أَنanthat
- يَأْكُلَهُyakulahuwould eat him
- ٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'bua wolf
- وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
- عَنْهُʿanhuof him
- غَـٰفِلُونَghāfilūna(are) unaware
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