Surah Yusuf, Ayah 52 (12:52)

يُوسُف

ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّى لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى كَيْدَ ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ

Quran 12:52 is ayah 52 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 241 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:52
ذَٰلِكَلِيَعْلَمَأَنِّىلَمْأَخُنْهُبِٱلْغَيْبِوَأَنَّٱللَّهَلَايَهْدِىكَيْدَٱلْخَآئِنِينَ٥٢
dhālika liyaʿlama annī lam akhun'hu bil-ghaybi wa-anna l-laha lā yahdī kayda l-khāinīna

That is so he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allāh does not guide the plan of betrayers.(52)

Word by word

  1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  2. لِيَعْلَمَliyaʿlamahe may know
  3. أَنِّىannīthat I
  4. لَمْlamnot
  5. أَخُنْهُakhun'hu[I] betray him
  6. بِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiin secret
  7. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
  8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  9. لَاlā(does) not
  10. يَهْدِىyahdīguide
  11. كَيْدَkayda(the) plan
  12. ٱلْخَآئِنِينَl-khāinīna(of) the betrayers

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