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Surah Yusuf, Ayah 81 (12:81)

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ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا …

Quran 12:81 is ayah 81 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 245 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:81
ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟إِلَىٰٓأَبِيكُمْفَقُولُوا۟يَٰٓأَبَانَآإِنَّٱبْنَكَسَرَقَوَمَاشَهِدْنَآإِلَّابِمَاعَلِمْنَاوَمَاكُنَّالِلْغَيْبِحَٰفِظِينَ٨١
ir'jiʿū ilā abīkum faqūlū yāabānā inna ib'naka saraqa wamā shahid'nā illā bimā ʿalim'nā wamā kunnā lil'ghaybi ḥāfiẓīna

Return to your father and say, 'O our father, indeed your son has stolen, and we did not testify except to what we knew. And we were not witnesses of the unseen.(81)

Word by word

  1. ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ir'jiʿūReturn
  2. إِلَىٰٓilāto
  3. أَبِيكُمْabīkumyour father
  4. فَقُولُوا۟faqūlūand say
  5. يَٰٓأَبَانَآyāabānā'O our father
  6. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  7. ٱبْنَكَib'nakayour son
  8. سَرَقَsaraqahas stolen
  9. وَمَاwamāand not
  10. شَهِدْنَآshahid'nāwe testify
  11. إِلَّاillāexcept
  12. بِمَاbimāof what
  13. عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāwe knew
  14. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  15. كُنَّاkunnāwe were
  16. لِلْغَيْبِlil'ghaybiof the unseen
  17. حَٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīnaguardians

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