Surah Yusuf, Ayah 85 (12:85)

يُوسُف

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ تَفْتَؤُا۟ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَٰلِكِينَ

Quran 12:85 is ayah 85 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 245 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:85
قَالُوا۟تَٱللَّهِتَفْتَؤُا۟تَذْكُرُيُوسُفَحَتَّىٰتَكُونَحَرَضًاأَوْتَكُونَمِنَٱلْهَٰلِكِينَ٨٥
qālū tal-lahi tafta-u tadhkuru yūsufa ḥattā takūna ḥaraḍan aw takūna mina l-hālikīna

They said, "By Allāh, you will not cease remembering Joseph until you become fatally ill or become of those who perish."(85)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
  3. تَفْتَؤُا۟tafta-uyou will not cease
  4. تَذْكُرُtadhkururemembering
  5. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
  6. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  7. تَكُونَtakūnayou become
  8. حَرَضًاḥaraḍanfatally ill
  9. أَوْawor
  10. تَكُونَtakūnabecome
  11. مِنَminaof
  12. ٱلْهَٰلِكِينَl-hālikīnathose who perish

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