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Surah Yusuf, Ayah 33 (12:33)

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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ …

Quran 12:33 is ayah 33 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 239 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:33
قَالَرَبِّٱلسِّجْنُأَحَبُّإِلَىَّمِمَّايَدْعُونَنِىٓإِلَيْهِ ۖوَإِلَّاتَصْرِفْعَنِّىكَيْدَهُنَّأَصْبُإِلَيْهِنَّوَأَكُنمِّنَٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ٣٣
qāla rabbi l-sij'nu aḥabbu ilayya mimmā yadʿūnanī ilayhi wa-illā taṣrif ʿannī kaydahunna aṣbu ilayhinna wa-akun mina l-jāhilīna

He said, "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. And if You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and [thus] be of the ignorant."(33)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
  3. ٱلسِّجْنُl-sij'nuthe prison
  4. أَحَبُّaḥabbu(is) dearer
  5. إِلَىَّilayyato me
  6. مِمَّاmimmāthan what
  7. يَدْعُونَنِىٓyadʿūnanīthey invite me
  8. إِلَيْهِ ۖilayhito it
  9. وَإِلَّاwa-illāAnd unless
  10. تَصْرِفْtaṣrifYou turn away
  11. عَنِّىʿannīfrom me
  12. كَيْدَهُنَّkaydahunnatheir plot
  13. أَصْبُaṣbuI might incline
  14. إِلَيْهِنَّilayhinnatowards them
  15. وَأَكُنwa-akunand [I] be
  16. مِّنَminaof
  17. ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant

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