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Surah Yusuf, ayah 84

وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَٱبْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

And he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor.

Yusuf · 12:84

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  1. وَتَوَلَّىٰwatawallāAnd he turned away
  2. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
  3. وَقَالَwaqālaand said
  4. يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰyāasafāAlas, my grief
  5. عَلَىٰʿalāover
  6. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
  7. وَٱبْيَضَّتْwa-ib'yaḍḍatAnd became white
  8. عَيْنَاهُʿaynāhuhis eyes
  9. مِنَminafrom
  10. ٱلْحُزْنِl-ḥuz'nithe grief
  11. فَهُوَfahuwaand he (was)
  12. كَظِيمٌۭkaẓīmuna suppressor

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