Surah Yusuf, ayah 33
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ
He said, "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. And if You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and [thus] be of the ignorant."
Yusuf · 12:33
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
- ٱلسِّجْنُl-sij'nuthe prison
- أَحَبُّaḥabbu(is) dearer
- إِلَىَّilayyato me
- مِمَّاmimmāthan what
- يَدْعُونَنِىٓyadʿūnanīthey invite me
- إِلَيْهِ ۖilayhito it
- وَإِلَّاwa-illāAnd unless
- تَصْرِفْtaṣrifYou turn away
- عَنِّىʿannīfrom me
- كَيْدَهُنَّkaydahunnatheir plot
- أَصْبُaṣbuI might incline
- إِلَيْهِنَّilayhinnatowards them
- وَأَكُنwa-akunand [I] be
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant
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