Surah Yusuf, ayah 42
وَقَالَ لِلَّذِى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِى ٱلسِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ
And he said to the one whom he knew would go free, "Mention me before your master." But Satan made him forget the mention [to] his master, and he [i.e., Joseph] remained in prison several years.
Yusuf · 12:42
Word by word
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
- لِلَّذِىlilladhīto the one whom
- ظَنَّẓannahe thought
- أَنَّهُۥannahuthat he
- نَاجٍۢnājin(would be) saved
- مِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof both of them
- ٱذْكُرْنِىudh'kur'nīMention me
- عِندَʿindato
- رَبِّكَrabbikayour master
- فَأَنسَىٰهُfa-ansāhuBut made him forget
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
- ذِكْرَdhik'ra(the) mention
- رَبِّهِۦrabbihi(to) his master
- فَلَبِثَfalabithaso he remained
- فِىfīin
- ٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'nithe prison
- بِضْعَbiḍ'ʿaseveral
- سِنِينَsinīnayears
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