Surah Yusuf, ayah 66
قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُۥ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ ۖ فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ
[Jacob] said, "Never will I send him with you until you give me a promise [i.e., oath] by Allāh that you will bring him [back] to me, unless you should be surrounded [i.e., overcome by enemies]." And when they had given their promise, he said, "Allāh, over what we say, is Entrusted."
Yusuf · 12:66
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- لَنْlanNever
- أُرْسِلَهُۥur'silahuwill I send him
- مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- تُؤْتُونِtu'tūniyou give to me
- مَوْثِقًۭاmawthiqana promise
- مِّنَminaby
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- لَتَأْتُنَّنِىlatatunnanīthat surely you will bring him to me
- بِهِۦٓbihithat surely you will bring him to me
- إِلَّآillāunless
- أَنanthat
- يُحَاطَyuḥāṭayou are surrounded
- بِكُمْ ۖbikumyou are surrounded
- فَلَمَّآfalammāAnd when
- ءَاتَوْهُātawhuthey had given him
- مَوْثِقَهُمْmawthiqahumtheir promise
- قَالَqālahe said
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- عَلَىٰʿalāover
- مَاmāwhat
- نَقُولُnaqūluwe say
- وَكِيلٌۭwakīlun(is) a Guardian
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