قَالُواْ
يَٰٓأَبَانَا
مَا
لَكَ
لَا
تَأۡمَ۬نَّا
عَلَىٰ
يُوسُفَ
وَإِنَّا
لَهُۥ
لَنَٰصِحُونَ
١١

They said, “O our father! Why do you not trust us with Joseph, although we truly wish him well?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:12

أَرۡسِلۡهُ

مَعَنَا

غَدٗا

يَرۡتَعۡ

وَيَلۡعَبۡ

وَإِنَّا

لَهُۥ

لَحَٰفِظُونَ

١٢

Send him out with us tomorrow so that he may enjoy himself and play. And we will really watch over him.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:13

قَالَ

إِنِّي

لَيَحۡزُنُنِيٓ

أَن

تَذۡهَبُواْ

بِهِۦ

وَأَخَافُ

أَن

يَأۡكُلَهُ

ٱلذِّئۡبُ

وَأَنتُمۡ

عَنۡهُ

غَٰفِلُونَ

١٣

He responded, “It would truly sadden me if you took him away with you, and I fear that a wolf may devour him while you are negligent of him.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:14

قَالُواْ

لَئِنۡ

أَكَلَهُ

ٱلذِّئۡبُ

وَنَحۡنُ

عُصۡبَةٌ

إِنَّآ

إِذٗا

لَّخَٰسِرُونَ

١٤

They said, “If a wolf were to devour him, despite our strong group, then we would certainly be losers!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:15

فَلَمَّا

ذَهَبُواْ

بِهِۦ

وَأَجۡمَعُوٓاْ

أَن

يَجۡعَلُوهُ

فِي

غَيَٰبَتِ

ٱلۡجُبِّۚ

وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ

إِلَيۡهِ

لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم

بِأَمۡرِهِمۡ

هَٰذَا

وَهُمۡ

لَا

يَشۡعُرُونَ

١٥

And so, when they took him away and decided to throw him into the bottom of the well, We inspired him: “˹One day˺ you will remind them of this deed of theirs while they are unaware ˹of who you are˺.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:16

وَجَآءُوٓ

أَبَاهُمۡ

عِشَآءٗ

يَبۡكُونَ

١٦

Then they returned to their father in the evening, weeping.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:17

قَالُواْ

يَٰٓأَبَانَآ

إِنَّا

ذَهَبۡنَا

نَسۡتَبِقُ

وَتَرَكۡنَا

يُوسُفَ

عِندَ

مَتَٰعِنَا

فَأَكَلَهُ

ٱلذِّئۡبُۖ

وَمَآ

أَنتَ

بِمُؤۡمِنٖ

لَّنَا

وَلَوۡ

كُنَّا

صَٰدِقِينَ

١٧

They cried, “Our father! We went racing and left Joseph with our belongings, and a wolf devoured him! But you will not believe us, no matter how truthful we are.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:18

وَجَآءُو

عَلَىٰ

قَمِيصِهِۦ

بِدَمٖ

كَذِبٖۚ

قَالَ

بَلۡ

سَوَّلَتۡ

لَكُمۡ

أَنفُسُكُمۡ

أَمۡرٗاۖ

فَصَبۡرٞ

جَمِيلٞۖ

وَٱللَّهُ

ٱلۡمُسۡتَعَانُ

عَلَىٰ

مَا

تَصِفُونَ

١٨

And they brought his shirt, stained with false blood.¹ He responded, “No! Your souls must have tempted you to do something ˹evil˺. So ˹I can only endure with˺ beautiful patience!² It is Allah’s help that I seek to bear your claims.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:19

وَجَآءَتۡ

سَيَّارَةٞ

فَأَرۡسَلُواْ

وَارِدَهُمۡ

فَأَدۡلَىٰ

دَلۡوَهُۥۖ

قَالَ

يَٰبُشۡرَىٰ

هَٰذَا

غُلَٰمٞۚ

وَأَسَرُّوهُ

بِضَٰعَةٗۚ

وَٱللَّهُ

عَلِيمُۢ

بِمَا

يَعۡمَلُونَ

١٩

And there came some travellers, and they sent their water-boy who let down his bucket into the well. He cried out, “Oh, what a great find! Here is a boy!” And they took him secretly ˹to be sold˺ as merchandise, but Allah is All-Knowing of what they did.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:20