← Surah 12

12:81

ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَـٰفِظِينَ

Word by word

ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟
Return
Verb
Root: رجع
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱرْجِعُVerb — imperative، 2nd masc. plur.
وٓا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
إِلَىٰٓ
to
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَىٰٓPreposition — preposition
أَبِيكُمْ
your father
Noun
Root: أبو
Grammar (i'rab)
أَبِيNoun — masc. sing.، genitive
كُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
فَقُولُوا۟
and say
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
قُولُVerb — imperative، 2nd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
يَٰٓأَبَانَآ
'O our father
Noun
Root: أبو
Grammar (i'rab)
يَٰٓPreposition — vocative، prefix
أَبَاNoun — masc. sing.، nominative
نَآNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
إِنَّ
Indeed
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِنَّPreposition — accusative
ٱبْنَكَ
your son
Noun
Root: بني
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱبْنَNoun — masculine، accusative
كَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
سَرَقَ
has stolen
Verb
Root: سرق
Grammar (i'rab)
سَرَقَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
وَمَا
and not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
مَاPreposition — negative
شَهِدْنَآ
we testify
Verb
Root: شهد
Grammar (i'rab)
شَهِدْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَآNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
إِلَّا
except
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَّاPreposition — restriction
بِمَا
of what
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
مَاNoun — relative
عَلِمْنَا
we knew
Verb
Root: علم
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلِمْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
وَمَا
And not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
مَاPreposition — negative
كُنَّا
we were
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
كُVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَّاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
لِلْغَيْبِ
of the unseen
Noun
Root: غيب
Grammar (i'rab)
لِPreposition — preposition، prefix
لْPreposition — definite، prefix
غَيْبِNoun — masculine، genitive
حَٰفِظِينَ
guardians
Noun
Root: حفظ
Grammar (i'rab)
حَٰفِظِينَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، accusative

Translation

EN

"Turn ye back to your father, and say, 'O our father! behold! thy son committed theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could not well guard against the unseen!

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

so go back to your father and say, “Your son stole. We can only tell you what we saw. How could we guard against the unforeseen?

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

Return unto your father and say: O our father! Lo! thy son hath stolen. We testify only to that which we know; we are not guardians of the Unseen.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

Return to your father and say, 'O our father, indeed your son has stolen, and we did not testify except to what we knew. And we were not witnesses of the unseen.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Yakup: "Sizi nefsiniz bir iş yapmaya sürükledi, artık bana güzelce sabır gerekir; belki Allah hepsini birden bana getirecektir, çünkü O bilendir, hakimdir" dedi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

"Siz dönün de babanıza deyin ki: Ey babamız! İnan ki, oğlun hırsızlık yaptı. Biz ancak bildiğimize şahitlik ediyoruz. Yoksa gaybın bekçileri değiliz."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Babanıza dönün ve deyin ki: “Ey babamız! Oğlun hırsızlık yapmış. Biz sadece bildiğimize şahitlik ettik. Biz bilinemeyenlerin bekçileri de değiliz.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

ارجعوا أنتم إلى أبيكم، وأخبروه بما جرى، وقولوا له: إن ابنك "بنيامين" قد سرق، وما شهدنا بذلك إلا بعد أن تَيَقَّنَّا، فقد رأينا المكيال في رحله، وما كان عندنا علم الغيب أنه سيسرق حين عاهدناك على ردِّه.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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Testimony