Surah Yusuf, Ayah 72 (12:72)

يُوسُف

قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ

Quran 12:72 is ayah 72 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 244 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:72
قَالُوا۟نَفْقِدُصُوَاعَٱلْمَلِكِوَلِمَنجَآءَبِهِۦحِمْلُبَعِيرٍوَأَنَا۠بِهِۦزَعِيمٌ٧٢
qālū nafqidu ṣuwāʿa l-maliki waliman jāa bihi ḥim'lu baʿīrin wa-anā bihi zaʿīmun

They said, "We are missing the measure of the king. And for he who produces it is [the reward of] a camel's load, and I am responsible for it."(72)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. نَفْقِدُnafqiduWe are missing
  3. صُوَاعَṣuwāʿa(the) cup
  4. ٱلْمَلِكِl-maliki(of) the king
  5. وَلِمَنwalimanAnd for (one) who
  6. جَآءَjāabrings
  7. بِهِۦbihiit
  8. حِمْلُḥim'lu(is) a load
  9. بَعِيرٍbaʿīrin(of) a camel
  10. وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I
  11. بِهِۦbihifor it
  12. زَعِيمٌzaʿīmun(is) responsible

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