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Yusuf 12:63

فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيهِمۡ قَالُواْ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا ٱلۡكَيۡلُ فَأَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَآ أَخَانَا نَكۡتَلۡ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ

When Joseph’s brothers returned to their father, they pleaded, “O our father! We have been denied ˹further˺ supplies. So send our brother with us so that we may receive our measure, and we will definitely watch over him.”

Word by word

فَلَمَّا
falammā
So when
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رَجَعُوٓاْ
rajaʿū
they returned
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Root: رجع
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
to
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أَبِيهِمۡ
abīhim
their father
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Root: ابو
قَالُواْ
qālū
they said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
يَـٰٓأَبَانَا
yāabānā
O our father!
Vocabulary
Root: ابو
مُنِعَ
muniʿa
Has been denied
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Root: منع
مِنَّا
minnā
to us
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ٱلۡكَيۡلُ
l-kaylu
the measure
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Root: كيل
فَأَرۡسِلۡ
fa-arsil
so send
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Root: رسل
مَعَنَآ
maʿanā
with us
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أَخَانَا
akhānā
our brother
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Root: اخو
نَكۡتَلۡ
naktal
(that) we will get measure
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Root: كيل
وَإِنَّا
wa-innā
And indeed we
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لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
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لَحَٰفِظُونَ
laḥāfiẓūna
(will) surely (be) guardians
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Root: حفظ

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.