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Quran 12:81

Surah Yusuf, Verse 81

Juz 13 · Page 245 · Ruku 202 · Meccan

ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَٰفِظِينَ

Word by word

ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ ir'jiʿū Return إِلَىٰٓ ilā to أَبِيكُمْ abīkum your father فَقُولُوا۟ faqūlū and say يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ yāabānā 'O our father إِنَّ inna Indeed ٱبْنَكَ ib'naka your son سَرَقَ saraqa has stolen وَمَا wamā and not شَهِدْنَآ shahid'nā we testify إِلَّا illā except بِمَا bimā of what عَلِمْنَا ʿalim'nā we knew وَمَا wamā And not كُنَّا kunnā we were لِلْغَيْبِ lil'ghaybi of the unseen حَـٰفِظِينَ ḥāfiẓīna guardians

Transliteration

IrjiAAoo ila abeekum faqooloo yaabana inna ibnaka saraqa wama shahidnailla bima AAalimna wama kunnalilghaybi hafitheen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Return unto your father and say: O our father! Lo! thy son hath stolen. We testify only to that which we know; we are not guardians of the Unseen.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Turn ye back to your father, and say, 'O our father! behold! thy son committed theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could not well guard against the unseen!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم أمرهم أن يخبروا أباهم بصورة ما وقع ، حتى يكون عذرا لهم عنده ويتنصلوا إليه ، ويبرءوا مما وقع بقولهم .

وقوله : ( وما كنا للغيب حافظين ) قال عكرمة وقتادة : ما [ كنا ] نعلم أن ابنك سرق .

وقال عبد الرحمن بن زيد بن أسلم : ما علمنا في الغيب أنه يسرق له شيئا ، إنما سألنا ما جزاء السارق ؟

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.