Surah Yusuf, Ayah 10 (12:10)

يُوسُف

قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِى غَيَٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ …

Quran 12:10 is ayah 10 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 236 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:10
قَالَقَآئِلٌمِّنْهُمْلَاتَقْتُلُوا۟يُوسُفَوَأَلْقُوهُفِىغَيَٰبَتِٱلْجُبِّيَلْتَقِطْهُبَعْضُٱلسَّيَّارَةِإِنكُنتُمْفَٰعِلِينَ١٠
qāla qāilun min'hum lā taqtulū yūsufa wa-alqūhu fī ghayābati l-jubi yaltaqiṭ'hu baʿḍu l-sayārati in kuntum fāʿilīna

Said a speaker among them, "Do not kill Joseph but throw him into the bottom of the well; some travelers will pick him up - if you would do [something]."(10)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaSaid
  2. قَآئِلٌqāiluna speaker
  3. مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
  4. لَاlā(Do) not
  5. تَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulūkill
  6. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
  7. وَأَلْقُوهُwa-alqūhubut throw him
  8. فِىfīin
  9. غَيَٰبَتِghayābatithe bottom
  10. ٱلْجُبِّl-jubi(of) the well
  11. يَلْتَقِطْهُyaltaqiṭ'huwill pick him
  12. بَعْضُbaʿḍusome
  13. ٱلسَّيَّارَةِl-sayārati[the] caravan
  14. إِنinif
  15. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
  16. فَٰعِلِينَfāʿilīnadoing

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