Surah Yusuf, ayah 78
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥٓ أَبًا شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
They said, "O ʿAzeez, indeed he has a father [who is] an old man, so take one of us in place of him. Indeed, we see you as a doer of good."
Yusuf · 12:78
Word by word
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
- ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuAziz
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- لَهُۥٓlahuhe has
- أَبًۭاabana father
- شَيْخًۭاshaykhanold
- كَبِيرًۭاkabīran[great]
- فَخُذْfakhudhso take
- أَحَدَنَاaḥadanāone of us
- مَكَانَهُۥٓ ۖmakānahu(in) his place
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
- نَرَىٰكَnarāka[we] see you
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers
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