Surah Yusuf, ayah 79
قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَـٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّظَـٰلِمُونَ
He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh [to prevent] that we take except him with whom we found our possession. Indeed, we would then be unjust."
Yusuf · 12:79
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- مَعَاذَmaʿādhaAllah forbid
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah forbid
- أَنanthat
- نَّأْخُذَnakhudhawe take
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَنman(one) who
- وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe found
- مَتَـٰعَنَاmatāʿanāour possession
- عِندَهُۥٓʿindahuwith him
- إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
- إِذًۭاidhanthen
- لَّظَـٰلِمُونَlaẓālimūnasurely (would be) wrongdoers
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