Surah Yusuf, Ayah 83 (12:83)

يُوسُف

قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِيَنِى …

Quran 12:83 is ayah 83 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 245 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:83
قَالَبَلْسَوَّلَتْلَكُمْأَنفُسُكُمْأَمْرًا ۖفَصَبْرٌجَمِيلٌ ۖعَسَىٱللَّهُأَنيَأْتِيَنِىبِهِمْجَمِيعًا ۚإِنَّهُۥهُوَٱلْعَلِيمُٱلْحَكِيمُ٨٣
qāla bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amran faṣabrun jamīlun ʿasā l-lahu an yatiyanī bihim jamīʿan innahu huwa l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīmu

[Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. Perhaps Allāh will bring them to me all together. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise."(83)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. بَلْbalNay
  3. سَوَّلَتْsawwalathave enticed
  4. لَكُمْlakumyou
  5. أَنفُسُكُمْanfusukumyour souls
  6. أَمْرًا ۖamransomething
  7. فَصَبْرٌfaṣabrunso patience
  8. جَمِيلٌ ۖjamīlun(is) beautiful
  9. عَسَىʿasāPerhaps
  10. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  11. أَنanwill bring them to me
  12. يَأْتِيَنِىyatiyanīwill bring them to me
  13. بِهِمْbihimwill bring them to me
  14. جَمِيعًا ۚjamīʿanall
  15. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  16. هُوَhuwaHe
  17. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu(is) the All-Knower
  18. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuAll-Wise

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