Surah Yusuf, ayah 9
ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ قَوْمًا صَـٰلِحِينَ
Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance [i.e., attention] of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."
Yusuf · 12:9
Word by word
- ٱقْتُلُوا۟uq'tulūKill
- يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
- أَوِawior
- ٱطْرَحُوهُiṭ'raḥūhucast him
- أَرْضًۭاarḍan(to) a land
- يَخْلُyakhluso will be free
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- وَجْهُwajhu(the) face
- أَبِيكُمْabīkum(of) your father
- وَتَكُونُوا۟watakūnūand you will be
- مِنۢminafter that
- بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter that
- قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
- صَـٰلِحِينَṣāliḥīnarighteous
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