Surah Yusuf, ayah 73
قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَـٰرِقِينَ
They said, "By Allāh, you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."
Yusuf · 12:73
Word by word
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
- لَقَدْlaqadcertainly
- عَلِمْتُمʿalim'tumyou know
- مَّاmānot
- جِئْنَاji'nāwe came
- لِنُفْسِدَlinuf'sidathat we cause corruption
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
- وَمَاwamāand not
- كُنَّاkunnāwe are
- سَـٰرِقِينَsāriqīnathieves
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