Surah Yusuf, Ayah 84 (12:84)

يُوسُف

وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَٰٓأَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَٱبْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ …

Quran 12:84 is ayah 84 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 245 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:84
وَتَوَلَّىٰعَنْهُمْوَقَالَيَٰٓأَسَفَىٰعَلَىٰيُوسُفَوَٱبْيَضَّتْعَيْنَاهُمِنَٱلْحُزْنِفَهُوَكَظِيمٌ٨٤
watawallā ʿanhum waqāla yāasafā ʿalā yūsufa wa-ib'yaḍḍat ʿaynāhu mina l-ḥuz'ni fahuwa kaẓīmun

And he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor.(84)

Word by word

  1. وَتَوَلَّىٰwatawallāAnd he turned away
  2. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
  3. وَقَالَwaqālaand said
  4. يَٰٓأَسَفَىٰyāasafāAlas, my grief
  5. عَلَىٰʿalāover
  6. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
  7. وَٱبْيَضَّتْwa-ib'yaḍḍatAnd became white
  8. عَيْنَاهُʿaynāhuhis eyes
  9. مِنَminafrom
  10. ٱلْحُزْنِl-ḥuz'nithe grief
  11. فَهُوَfahuwaand he (was)
  12. كَظِيمٌkaẓīmuna suppressor

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