← Surah 12

12:13

قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَـٰفِلُونَ

Word by word

قَالَ
He said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
إِنِّى
Indeed, [I]
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِنِّPreposition — accusative
ىNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st sing.
لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ
it surely saddens me
Verb
Root: حزن
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — emphasis، prefix
يَحْزُنُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
نِىٓNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st sing.
أَن
that
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنPreposition — subordinating
تَذْهَبُوا۟
you should take him
Verb
Root: ذهب
Grammar (i'rab)
تَذْهَبُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
بِهِۦ
you should take him
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
هِۦNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. sing.
وَأَخَافُ
and I fear
Verb
Root: خوف
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
أَخَافُVerb — imperfect، 1st sing.
أَن
that
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنPreposition — subordinating
يَأْكُلَهُ
would eat him
Verb
Root: أكل
Grammar (i'rab)
يَأْكُلَVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
هُNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
ٱلذِّئْبُ
a wolf
Noun
Root: ذأب
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلPreposition — definite، prefix
ذِّئْبُNoun — masculine، nominative
وَأَنتُمْ
while you
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — circumstantial، prefix
أَنتُمْNoun — pronoun، 2nd masc. plur.
عَنْهُ
of him
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَنْPreposition — preposition
هُNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
غَٰفِلُونَ
(are) unaware
Noun
Root: غفل
Grammar (i'rab)
غَٰفِلُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative

Translation

EN

(Jacob) said: "Really it saddens me that ye should take him away: I fear lest the wolf should devour him while ye attend not to him."

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

He replied, ‘The thought of you taking him away with you worries me: I am afraid a wolf may eat him when you are not paying attention.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

He said: Lo! in truth it saddens me that ye should take him with you, and I fear less the wolf devour him while ye are heedless of him.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

[Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Babaları, "Onu götürmeniz beni üzüyor; siz farkına varmadan onu kurdun yemesinden korkarım" dedi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Babaları dedi ki: "Onu götürmeniz beni üzer, korkarım ki onu kurt yer de sizin haberiniz bile olmaz."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Babaları) “Onu götürmeniz şüphesiz ki beni üzer. Siz ondan habersizken onu bir kurdun yemesinden korkarım.” demişti.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

قال يعقوب: إني لَيؤلم نفسي مفارقته لي إذا ذهبتم به إلى المراعي، وأخشى أن يأكله الذئب، وأنتم عنه غافلون منشغلون.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution