Surah Yusuf, ayah 8
إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ
When they said, "Joseph and his brother are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.
Yusuf · 12:8
Word by word
- إِذْidhWhen
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
- لَيُوسُفُlayūsufuSurely Yusuf
- وَأَخُوهُwa-akhūhuand his brother
- أَحَبُّaḥabbu(are) more beloved
- إِلَىٰٓilāto
- أَبِينَاabīnāour father
- مِنَّاminnāthan we
- وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
- عُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batun(are) a group
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- أَبَانَاabānāour father
- لَفِىlafī(is) surely in
- ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
- مُّبِينٍmubīninclear
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