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Yusuf 12:84

وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنۡهُمۡ وَقَالَ يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَٱبۡيَضَّتۡ عَيۡنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلۡحُزۡنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٞ

He turned away from them, lamenting, “Alas, poor Joseph!” And his eyes turned white out of the grief he suppressed.

Word by word

وَتَوَلَّىٰ
watawallā
And he turned away
Vocabulary
Root: ولي
عَنۡهُمۡ
ʿanhum
from them
Vocabulary
وَقَالَ
waqāla
and said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰ
yāasafā
Alas my grief
Vocabulary
Root: اسف
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
Vocabulary
يُوسُفَ
yūsufa
Yusuf!
Vocabulary
وَٱبۡيَضَّتۡ
wa-ib'yaḍḍat
And became white
Vocabulary
Root: بيض
عَيۡنَاهُ
ʿaynāhu
his eyes
Vocabulary
Root: عين
مِنَ
mina
from
Vocabulary
ٱلۡحُزۡنِ
l-ḥuz'ni
the grief
Vocabulary
Root: حزن
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
and he (was)
Vocabulary
كَظِيمٞ
kaẓīmun
a suppressor
Vocabulary
Root: كظم

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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.