Surah Yusuf, ayah 80
فَلَمَّا ٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟ مِنْهُ خَلَصُوا۟ نَجِيًّا ۖ قَالَ كَبِيرُهُمْ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ قَدْ أَخَذَ عَلَيْكُم مَّوْثِقًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ مَا فَرَّطتُمْ فِى يُوسُفَ ۖ فَلَنْ أَبْرَحَ ٱلْأَرْضَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْذَنَ لِىٓ أَبِىٓ أَوْ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ لِى ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَ
So when they had despaired of him, they secluded themselves in private consultation. The eldest of them said, "Do you not know that your father has taken upon you an oath by Allāh and [that] before you failed in [your duty to] Joseph? So I will never leave [this] land until my father permits me or Allāh decides for me, and He is the best of judges.
Word by word
- فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
- ٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟is'tayasūthey despaired
- مِنْهُmin'huof him
- خَلَصُوا۟khalaṣūthey secluded themselves
- نَجِيًّۭا ۖnajiyyan(in) private consultation
- قَالَqālaSaid
- كَبِيرُهُمْkabīruhumthe eldest among them
- أَلَمْalamDo not
- تَعْلَمُوٓا۟taʿlamūyou know
- أَنَّannathat
- أَبَاكُمْabākumyour father
- قَدْqadhas taken
- أَخَذَakhadhahas taken
- عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon you
- مَّوْثِقًۭاmawthiqana promise
- مِّنَminaby
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- وَمِنwaminand before
- قَبْلُqabluand before
- مَاmāthat
- فَرَّطتُمْfarraṭtumyou failed
- فِىfīconcerning
- يُوسُفَ ۖyūsufaYusuf
- فَلَنْfalanSo never
- أَبْرَحَabraḥawill I leave
- ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe land
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يَأْذَنَyadhanapermits
- لِىٓlīme
- أَبِىٓabīmy father
- أَوْawor
- يَحْكُمَyaḥkumaAllah decides
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah decides
- لِى ۖlīfor me
- وَهُوَwahuwaand He
- خَيْرُkhayru(is) the Best
- ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَl-ḥākimīna(of) the judges
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