Surah Yusuf, Ayah 61 (12:61)

يُوسُف

قَالُوا۟ سَنُرَٰوِدُ عَنْهُ أَبَاهُ وَإِنَّا لَفَٰعِلُونَ

Quran 12:61 is ayah 61 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 242 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:61
قَالُوا۟سَنُرَٰوِدُعَنْهُأَبَاهُوَإِنَّالَفَٰعِلُونَ٦١
qālū sanurāwidu ʿanhu abāhu wa-innā lafāʿilūna

They said, "We will attempt to dissuade his father from [keeping] him, and indeed, we will do [it]."(61)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. سَنُرَٰوِدُsanurāwiduWe will try to get permission
  3. عَنْهُʿanhufor him
  4. أَبَاهُabāhu(from) his father
  5. وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed we
  6. لَفَٰعِلُونَlafāʿilūnasurely will do

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