Surah Yusuf, Ayah 8 (12:8)

يُوسُف

إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا …

Quran 12:8 is ayah 8 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 236 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:8
إِذْقَالُوا۟لَيُوسُفُوَأَخُوهُأَحَبُّإِلَىٰٓأَبِينَامِنَّاوَنَحْنُعُصْبَةٌإِنَّأَبَانَالَفِىضَلَٰلٍمُّبِينٍ٨
idh qālū layūsufu wa-akhūhu aḥabbu ilā abīnā minnā wanaḥnu ʿuṣ'batun inna abānā lafī ḍalālin mubīnin

When they said, "Joseph and his brother are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.(8)

Word by word

  1. إِذْidhWhen
  2. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
  3. لَيُوسُفُlayūsufuSurely Yusuf
  4. وَأَخُوهُwa-akhūhuand his brother
  5. أَحَبُّaḥabbu(are) more beloved
  6. إِلَىٰٓilāto
  7. أَبِينَاabīnāour father
  8. مِنَّاminnāthan we
  9. وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
  10. عُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batun(are) a group
  11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  12. أَبَانَاabānāour father
  13. لَفِىlafī(is) surely in
  14. ضَلَٰلٍḍalālinan error
  15. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

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